Transistion Stage .. ?

[20102001]

What is this ... ?

 

[diz]

It's when you go from 8 to 10 cm and is the time when most woman who have been in control start to feel scared, confused etc. It's occurs just before you get the desire to push. X

 

[20102001]

Thanks hun

 

[Kess]

Bear in mind you may not feel any different - I skipped the 'transition' feelings totally, one minute I was 5cm and the next (metaphorically speaking!) he was nearly crowning.

 

[span]

I certainly felt my transition stage - was the point I asked for an epidural, though it wasn't needed as 10 minutes later I was pushing and felt much better!

 

[FeistyMom]

It was definitely the point where I started to lose it. As others have said though, it goes by quickly, and then you get to push and see your LO.

I'm hoping to be a little bit more prepared this time around - with my first I was so distracted trying to NOT have the baby come until my hubby could be there and then so relieved when he got there, that it was more bearable. With my second, transition lasted about the same amount of time but I was feeling absolutely awful - hubby felt bad too because he didn't feel like he could help. So this time we're actually taking a natural childbirth class; that way hubby will feel prepared and hopefully some of the techniques will actually stick to me this time and not fly out of my head instantly.

Either way for me transition is at most 45 minutes with both of my daughters so just need to focus on surviving that brief time to get to the good part.

 

[teal]

I definitely felt I was starting to lose it at my transition stage too - I started to panic and feel really overwhelmed xx

 

[xpensivtaste]

i am glad someone asked this as i wondered. kinda freaked me a little though as with my first i never really lost it, as its put. i simply went from having managable contractions to needing to push and it was all over very quick after that.

 

[nov_mum]

It was the bit where I felt I couldn't do it any longer and it lasted about 5-10 minutes. I asked for all the drugs under the sun and surgery then and there. So glad I didn't get any of it though.

 

[Blah11]

I didn't experience transition either. I was just labouring as I always had until I said I needed to push.

 

[Connah'sMommy]

I actually don't remember if I experienced transition or not...I had diamorphine which pretty much made me forget alot of my labour be interesting to see if I do get transition this time round thoughxx

 

[hattiehippo]

I remember telling everyone I'd had enough and wasn't carrying on with having a baby and wanted to go home right then and there! Those feelings only lasted about 10 mins though and then it was time to push.

 

[bets83]

It's so fun to read about all the different experiences that women have with transition! Transition is definitely from 8-10cm...for me it lasted longer than I thought it would...about 2 1/2 hours...I remember banging my head against the door thinking that I would crawl out of my skin if I could...but then I realized that what I was experiencing was the hardest, and shortest part of labor. That helped me to refocus and continue coping with the contractions. I still can't wait to go through it all again, so it must not be too bad, right?

 

[prgirl_cesca]

And most people hit that stage on the toilet!!!!!

 

[Mamof1]

This confuses me, when in labour with my son, I suddenly got the desire to push, and it was overwhelming. I remember shouting please I need to push and the MW saying no you can't its just the transition stage. When it was time to push a short time later, I didnt have the urge to push, and my contractions had stopped, I just kept pushing & pushing but with no desire to do it. I feel if I had been allowed to push when my body told me too, I would have had my son in my arms alot quicker!

 

[SECOND TIMER]

transition is where I turn into the five headed monster lol with my first baby my son it lasted a good couple of hours with my daughter it lasted about 5 or ten minutes it was the part where I screamed I wanted all the drugs under the sun and really felt like I couldnt cope anymore even though id done the rest drug free I had one puff of gas and air which seemed to bring me to my senses and made me realise I didnt need drugs and just needed to find control minutes after that I pushed a couple of times and out came my daughter

with my son I did find it quite scary though and had WAY too much gas and air and had had pethedine earlier so just felt exhausted overwhelmed and very scared by that stage I kept fighting what my body was trying to do was laid down in bed trying to go to sleep and asking them to put baby back in and id do it later lol

For me transition is the 'lose control stage' ive had to warn my mum about it as she hasnt seen me give birth before and will be my birth partner this time she says shes bringing riot gear just incase loll ;-) :-D xx

 

[dan-o]

I certainly felt my transition stage - was the point I asked for an epidural, though it wasn't needed as 10 minutes later I was pushing and felt much better!

Exactly the same thing happened to me!! x

 

[amerikiwi]

I kept expecting to turn into a monster during transition, but for me, I became extremely internally focused. The midwife kept asking if the contractions felt different and how I wanted the water temperature and the only thing I would say is "I don't know...I don't care". I remember I kept thinking this must be transition but not being able to verbalize any of that to anyone as I was 100% in my own world at the time.

 

[Sooz]

I remember it clearly because I was pathetically pleading with the MWs that nothing was happening except me crapping myself and I started to wonder what on earth posessed me to get pregnant. I also remember thinking to myself "remember this feeling so you never get the desire to do it again".

 

[Blah11]

This confuses me, when in labour with my son, I suddenly got the desire to push, and it was overwhelming. I remember shouting please I need to push and the MW saying no you can't its just the transition stage. When it was time to push a short time later, I didnt have the urge to push, and my contractions had stopped, I just kept pushing & pushing but with no desire to do it. I feel if I had been allowed to push when my body told me too, I would have had my son in my arms alot quicker!

Possibly but when you really do need to push you can't stop pushing. I got told not to as they hadn't checked if I was fully dilated and there wasnt a 2nd MW in the room yet but I couldnt help it and told them so.