Things that hurt more than childbirth...

[AFC84]

Getting your chest tattooed.

WAYYYYYY worse than childbirth, ctx stop getting tattoos hurts all the time you're in the chair and a long while after.

Not a chance IMO! I'm pretty heavily tattooed and no tattoo has come close to labour pains for me.

LOL there is NO way I'd get my chest tattooed again i you could wipe it clean...I'd do my second labour again in an instant!


LOL I love this thread, you'd wonder what all the fuss is about with labour/birth if theres so much other stuff that is more painful!

Wow, I'm hoping I agree with you after my second labour!

Really hoping I never get gallstones after reading this thread

 

[Eternal]

Getting your chest tattooed.

WAYYYYYY worse than childbirth, ctx stop getting tattoos hurts all the time you're in the chair and a long while after.

Not a chance IMO! I'm pretty heavily tattooed and no tattoo has come close to labour pains for me.

LOL there is NO way I'd get my chest tattooed again i you could wipe it clean...I'd do my second labour again in an instant!


LOL I love this thread, you'd wonder what all the fuss is about with labour/birth if theres so much other stuff that is more painful!

Wow, I'm hoping I agree with you after my second labour!

Really hoping I never get gallstones after reading this thread

Yep from what ive heard gallstones and kidney stones are the worse pain experincable. Part of me is quite pleased it was gallstones, i kept paincing that it was just trapped wind and i was a wimp

But when i had gallstones which caused pancreatitis during this pregnancy and wasnt allowed pain meds, it was a whole new version of pain. Glad i wount need to experience that ever again!

 

[Blah11]

I haven't given birth yet so take this with a grain of salt. . . but personally the worst thing I can imagine going through is constant severe dry-heaving unstoppable nausea... if its worse than that, i don't think i can get pregnant again...

eek, good luck! LOL

 

[Blah11]

I thought i was actually dying when i had kidney stones. Came over me all of a sudden too and within the hour i was projectile vomitting everywhere. I thought my appendix had burst or something. terrible pain

 

[Eala]

I'm very unusual (it seems) in that I'd rather have gallstones again than relive my labour with Roo. Back to back + syntocinon (plus being a CSA survivor, which apparently can affect pain tolerance) = not a happy experience. At least I got an epidural for labour, with gallstones I had to just "put up with it" til they were properly diagnosed and a lovely doctor gave me a prescription for tramadol.

Obviously I'd rather have neither pain (as both were awful), but if I had to choose, I'd go for gallstones.

 

[Guppy051708]

I had back to back labor (unmedicated) for 30 hrs straight (baby came out facing at the 2'oclock) anyways, there isn't much at all that compares to back pain, normal labor i am sure wouldn't be as bad, but i can't compare myself to that as i dont know what thats like. Anyways, id def say charlie horses (like in the leg), breaking my ankle, and tooth sensitivity all hurt worse than back labor HOWEVER the biggest difference is the length of time experiencing these pains. Back labor hurt really bad, but the other pains hurt worse BUT back labor was 30 hours compared to a matter of minutes (or less, actually) with the other types of pain...so yes, def. hurt worse than (back) labor, but they were easier to cope with as it didn't last nonstop for over a day lol and being dead tired, you dont cope nearly as well....

 

[VickieLP]

Has anyone had laser tatto removal??? This is the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life.....
I passed out twice the first time (But, then after, for following treatmeants I knew what to expect so didn't pass out, but it sure hurt like hell)...
I got through it by just talking crap to myself at each session.... Funnily enough the guy asked me if I had ever given birth......

 

[Aunty E]

Severe IBS attack was about the same as my first labour. It was worse than my second labour, which was easy peasy.

 

[lynnikins]

my PGP is way more sore than labour lol , putting my back out of alignment as a teen and tearing through my knee ligaments were worse as well, my tooth root infection was more intense than my last labour but probably about even on the pain stakes but way more touture mentally.

 

[tummymummy]

Having blood clots scooped my frou frou (sorry tmi) straight after the birth of daughter. Now that bloody hurts xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[RaspberryK]

The 9/10 months of pregnancy particularly the last 4 weeks.
Having a coil put in, really sharp pain plus cramps where I was bed ridden for 3 days.
Feeding with cracked bleeding nipples every two hours.
When your milk first comes in I got awful pain when feeding and when not feeding they were rock hard.
Getting stitches in my eyebrows.
Injections at the dentist and getting your teeth pulled out.

I've never had any broken bones or serious pain and I am normally a wimp but I had no pain relief other than warm water and two co-codamol. 26 hours of labour, most of which baby was back to back so it was a relief to start pushing and I wasso eager to meet my baby I wasn't bothered by the crowning. The contractions weren't too bad it was the stabbing and shooting pains I was getting up my cervix, bum and back plus cramps in my legs which was all to do with baby trying to turn and not contractions. Not an easy labour but not as painful as I thought.

Oh and he was 10lb3oz but no stitches

x

 

[shelleney]

The 9/10 months of pregnancy particularly the last 4 weeks.
Having a coil put in, really sharp pain plus cramps where I was bed ridden for 3 days.
Feeding with cracked bleeding nipples every two hours.
When your milk first comes in I got awful pain when feeding and when not feeding they were rock hard.
Getting stitches in my eyebrows.
Injections at the dentist and getting your teeth pulled out.

I've never had any broken bones or serious pain and I am normally a wimp but I had no pain relief other than warm water and two co-codamol. 26 hours of labour, most of which baby was back to back so it was a relief to start pushing and I wasso eager to meet my baby I wasn't bothered by the crowning. The contractions weren't too bad it was the stabbing and shooting pains I was getting up my cervix, bum and back plus cramps in my legs which was all to do with baby trying to turn and not contractions. Not an easy labour but not as painful as I thought.

Oh and he was 10lb3oz but no stitches

x

Thankyou for this! Im feeling much more positive that I can cope now!

 

[AFC84]

Has anyone had laser tatto removal??? This is the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life.....
I passed out twice the first time (But, then after, for following treatmeants I knew what to expect so didn't pass out, but it sure hurt like hell)...
I got through it by just talking crap to myself at each session.... Funnily enough the guy asked me if I had ever given birth......

Yup, it killed me too...maybe if it went on for hours then I'd find it worse than labour, but as it's only a couple of minutes it makes it more bearable IMO!

 

[Jaylynne]

Haven't given birth yet but was reading the thread for encouragement . My mom has severe Endometriosis to the extent that her doctors were surprised she could conceive. Anyway she said her 3 all natural births were a piece of cake due to enduring the monthly extreme cramps that would have her doubled up on the floor, throwing up and crying for 5 days straight.
I'm surprised no one mentioned a severe burn? Maybe I'm being naive, but I managed to burn 4 of my fingers badly with a hot glue gun. I was helping a friend at college with her education homework and she slipped and I got fresh hot glue all over my hand and the sink was forever far away. That hurt so freaking bad I couldn't stop crying. The glue was still burning hot but stuck to me and I had to rip it off. I lost my fingerprints for 6 months on that hand and the only relief was freezing cold water. I had to keep my hand in a glass while I slept or the pain would wake me up. Again, I've yet to give birth but I HOPE it's not as bad as that intensity.

 

[blondebabe]

treading on a plug lol x

 

[babyhopesxx]

My mother has said that she had period cramps worse than her natural labor. Seeing as how I've dealt with debilitating cramps myself (I've lost consciousness a few times) I'm hoping that this is indeed the case of giving me a glimpse into the *type* of pain I'm in for if not the scope! One thing that seems reasurring is that people talk about there being some let up between the contractions that at least give you a moment to gather your strength.

Totally agree with your mum there. I suffer from terrible period cramps, i've passed out before, been sick and has loose bowels, and generally been in so much pain when on my monthlies (sorry for TMI.) For me labour felt like this but maybe not as bad because you get a relief between contractions. But that is certainly what the contractions felt like at their strongest.

 

[Guppy051708]

I forgot about hot glue guns! those burns doooo hurt indeed! OUCH!

 

[Louise N]

{removed} changed my mind about sharing that story.

 

[NewYearNewMe]

Getting a molar tooth pulled out, being stitched up after birth and feeling it cause the stupid doctor had not injected enough anastetic! OUCH! It hurts now even thinking about it!

The birth I would have to say was great, I mentally prepared myself for the worst pain EVER and it wasnt too bad at all! I would do it again in a flash!

p.s I would never tell my husband this, as far as he is concerned Labour is the worst pain EVER and nothing he ever experiences will ever come close to it! HA HA

 

[pinklightbulb]

I've never had a natural birth but the C-section recovery was very painful to start with-- but when I had an abcess under my tooth during pregnancy with my son it was actually far worse, I wanted to pass out and die but could manage the section recovery with morphine. Didn't have any for the tooth abcess.... not before I got it pulled!