Did you enjoy labor & delivery?

The pushing wasnt bad , it was the contractions for me , I didnt get the epidural early enough for a few of mine .

2 water births and an emergency csection i absolutely LOVED them both and am quite sad I'll never experience that joy and relief ever again but also incredibly relieved to never be pregnant again its hard 😅

It was an okay experience for me. As he was born early and he is healthy boy now.

Nope. I 100% believe the medical team you surround yourself with will make or break the experience. Unfortunately I was in a rural hospital and the staff left a lot to be desired and I felt walked over, ignored, and like I was be dramatic for asking for anything.

I'm torn on this, it happened so quickly for me both times and I either still have the birthing haze or it was too quick to process 🤣🤣 however I definitely enjoyed the experience of being induced with my second more, we had a lovely calm morning joking with our midwife before my waters were broken and my husband was there for the whole experience

Natural birth is something else. With my first, I had the epidural. With my second, I screamed bloody murder. I can’t say I enjoyed it, more like, it was a privilege to give birth. The experience was wholesome. I think about it often.

I love being finding out I'm pregnant, being pregnant and the excitement of delivering my baby. I morn it even more as it's my last.

I didnt enjoy it but also loved it at the same time

I had a wonderful delivery but it was still quite painful. Yet I know that once I would be done with having babies I would miss that part (opposite to the pregnancy I definitely hate)

By the time i wanted the epidural they told me it was too late and I couldn't get one. Thankfully it was all fairly quick from 8 am to noon and then he was out. While in labor i had a massive emotional breakdown and was crying just praying he would be born alive after waiting 7 years and dealing with previous pregnancy losses. Overall experience i would give a 3 out of 10. No huge problems or issues that were life threateningto either of us. I was with an ob I didn't know and he was rushing me the whole time, he gave me an episiotomy without any warning when I had only just started pushing and then didn't tell me, my husband was the one who told me what he did. He was also pulling on the umbilical cord which was super uncomfortable.

Extremely traumatic even though technically in their eyes it “went well,”confirmed all my hospital fears, will never birth outside my own home again 🫠

It was an amazing textbook labor and delivery I can’t wait for it again

I miss that moment 💔 especially more now that my girl turns 3 soon

It was a difficult birth with my eldest and being at the start of lockdown really didn't help. But I honestly just thought that was what birth was like until I had my youngest and had a smooth and simple experience. I felt like a superhero! It made me have to go back and deal with everything from the first birth though after seeing how different it could've been.

Generally though, being in pain and pushing out giant babies obviously isn't my favourite thing to do 😅 Even with the 'good' birth I wouldn't say I loved it. I loved that both my kids arrived safely but not the actual process of it all.