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Labor Fears: Pooping during childbirth
Filed under: Your Pregnancy, Media
I was reading the latest issue of Fit
Pregnancy in the pediatricians office today and they had an article about labor fears. I wish I could link it up
for you, but I got so distracted reading about pooping fears that I forgot to take notice of the title. Every woman
that has ever been pregnant that I have talked to said that they feared "going #2" in front of everyone. It's
a normal fear, but at the same time, there are lots of other things going on. Like the birth of a baby. What people who have never had a baby need to know is that pushing out a baby is exactly the same as pushing out the biggest BM of your life. You are using all the same muscles to bear down on the baby. It makes sense that other, uh, stuff (besides a baby) is going to work its way out of your body. I have to admit that I didn't think about this at all when I was pregnant with my first girlie. I have a nurse friend who calmly said, "It happens. It will be cleaned up within seconds. No one will ever make mention of it." I guess that was enough to put my mind at ease. Don't really recall what I was thinking while giving birth to my second daughter. Oh yeah, I was thinking "Nine pounds feel a lot different than seven pounds! If I am ever pregnant again, give me drugs!" So to those that are pregnant: are you worried about public crapping or do you not care? If you are worried, let me reassure you that once you see your babe, a little poo will be a distant memory, right quick.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 4)
2-08-2006 @ 10:45AM
Paula said...I had a home birth and starting pushing while lying on my side. I continuously pooped a tiny bit throughout the entire 40 mins of pushing - and it was all on video. I figured I would poop and knew I wouldn't care. I kept saying to my midwife, "oh, I'm sorry" everytime she wiped my bum. I wasn't really sorry though. I knew she saw it all the time - I was just trying to be polite (ha ha). I knew that I was pushing effectively and that the poop was a good sign. The first words out of my mouth when my son was plopped onto my chest were: "that was so much easier than I ever imagined" - kind of makes me wonder what I was expecting. So - don't sweat the poop.
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3-14-2006 @ 4:37AM
Izabela said...He, he. I had meconium in waters, so was pouring baby poo in a large stream. And it was truly disgusting - green and in laaarge quantities, even if diluted. My poo would have been pretty well camouflaged if I didn't end up having a caesarian.
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3-16-2006 @ 12:48PM
Danni said...I am currently 6 months pregnant with my first baby. I was terrified of pooping in front of the ppl in the room and hubby too. These stories are simply hilarious. I am cracking up out loud too. I feel so much better. I still hope that my body releases itself way b4 that time. Great Stories!!!!!
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4-25-2006 @ 9:31AM
Michelle said...I admit it. It happened to me, but it wasn't until my husband mentioned it that I even knew about it. Labor and delivery staff see this all the time, and I'm sure are very professional about it in nearly all cases, as they were in mine.
And to Rach, I can't believe your comments, especially that babies aren't worth the humiliation. I'm sure glad to hear that you've decided not to have kids if that's the case. :b
Having a BM during labor is nothing to be humiliated about. In fact, my midwife told me that if it happens, at least she knows the mom is pushing correctly!
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5-22-2006 @ 5:43PM
Katie said...I did it three times in my docs hands! It's not a big deal. My second birth was worse because I acctually threw up on my mother in law and then pooped on my nurse! Then when the doctor said one more big push I pushed my hardest and pooped in his hands again! But, no one metions it. It's not that bad. The inportant thing is your baby is healthy! And I'm a doctor!
-Katie
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1-14-2009 @ 5:46PM
Aurora said...Just an FYI for everyone, every one of the the anti-baby comments were posted by the same person using different screen names, which is easy enough to check if you click on their name. How pathetic do you have to be to make a post and then pose as someone else to agree with yourself. TROLL!
And back to the subject, I was scared of pooing during delivery but once I was in labor that all went out the window. You really don't care what people see as long as they get that baby out of you. And of course, once you see your new baby nothing matters anyway. :)
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3-31-2011 @ 12:06AM
SAM said...I don't know how you all are managing to go into such denial about blowing manure out of your anus on doctors, nurses, and the table and floor being absolutely nothing to be humiliated about. What I really don't get is why are you trying to justify it? Is it so bad that you feel the need to tell yourselves and others that it's no big deal or is it really not an issue to you? Being as fastidius about hygiene and image as women normally are, (as I am as well) how could you not be embarrassed about it? Saying that its relevance pales in comparrison to the birth of your child, while rationally true, is just that, a rationalization. I am asking this b/c it seems dubious that a woman can possibly truly not feel disgraced about crapping on a stranger unintentionally.
6-28-2006 @ 2:36PM
Rach said...Michelle babies aren't worth that kind of humiliation, how on earth can u argue that they are? For all your trouble- up to 4 stone gained in weight, painful birth, the pooing and losing all of your dignity in front of everyone and what do u get? A little parasite that's only talents are crying, pooing and hanging off your breasts every two hours! I'd rather have a dog anyday! At least puppies are cute, babie's are ugly bald, red things!
And the only thing worse than babies are the parents who think the sun shines out of their "precious angels" dirty backside. Michelle let me tell you something, most fertile couples can reproduce and do so at an alarming rate! You aren't that special. And neither's your child. So if u think u deserve a medal for pooing like a dirty animal in front of people in order to bring another child into an already over populated world think again.
You just signed up for the most thankless job that exists- motherhood!
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11-09-2009 @ 4:43PM
shelley said...well... at least we now know what your parents thought of you when you were born!
4-15-2010 @ 8:03PM
Stephanie said...I'm sorry but that is an absolutely mean statement. All I have to say is I feel sorry that you don't see children as a blessing. They are miracles by God and if you think that way about children I can only imagine what you see when you look at yourself. You might want to re evaluate your life.
8-09-2010 @ 11:54AM
Belle said...Well now we all know that you have no appreciation, what so ever, for the woman that gave birth to you, and it looks to me like the best part of you ran down the crack of your mama's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress!!!!!!!
Grow the f**k up!!!!!
1-25-2009 @ 2:08AM
Tiffany said...well honestly im only going on 20 and im not overly concerned about having a BM in my doctors hands,cause they have seen it more then once,and for my hubby seeing this i could care less an same with him, hes there for your support and to meet the baby u an him made!! (but i asked him not to share it with me if i did pee or poop an happend not to notice). an for that other womens comments i am 28 weeks pregnant even after reading ur crap, im still looking forward to having a baby Girl, sure its constant demand, but its just so worth it, knowing there is gonna be apart of u left in this world after u go, an watching them grow up is amazing, all my 3 sisters have kids the oldest sister has 5 kids an she barelly misses a beat!! she had them all natural.
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5-01-2009 @ 3:38PM
Sara said...Oh gosh you guys, don't worry about the anti baby comments, she's just trying to get a rise out of all of you. Like we really care what some preteen thinks about childbirth.
I'm so glad I've read all these comments, when I first found out about having a bowel movement during labour I was extremely paranoid. Now I can't really be bothered, if it happens it happens. I should warn my husband though. I don't think I would mind though if my body cleared itself out before labour..
7-04-2006 @ 8:51AM
Mags said...Rach, please go and get a life - if you really don't like children, go and write on an animal website - and you are such a hypocrite...if your mother didnt go through childbirth, you wouldnt be here, right? And Im sure that you are grateful to her that you are, right? Some of your points about having a dog are valid, but some are just pure rubbish. Dogs demand attention, are expensive, some arent attractive and can be more hassle than they are worth. Im glad you dont like children, as I dont think you have it in you to be a good mother anyway. No mothers = no human race. Beat that argument.
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7-04-2006 @ 3:40PM
Rach said...no im not a hypocrite, i didn't ask my mum to have me and if she'd never had me I wouldn't have known the difference. And no mothers=no human race? true, but you're not going to be here in 100 years time to see the human race then, so if it did die out it won't affect you. Correct me if I'm wrong but there are enough people out there who WANT to have children to make up for the ones that don't. Finally you don't know me so you don't have the first clue what I'd be like as a mother.If I wanted children I'd make sure I was a good mother. I don't want children so my mothering skills aren't even an issue.
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4-15-2010 @ 12:40AM
Stephanie said...Rach,
I just think you should be careful about what your saying. Your not a parents obviously so you have no clue, you havent' gone thru pregnancy, you haven't parented a child so you really don't have much of a right to come in here and tell women that children aren't worth it as you have no clue. I'm not trying to be a snot even though some of your comments don't deserve any respect but you shouldn't be in this conversation.
4-23-2010 @ 2:32AM
Sharon said...Im 20 years old and about to have my first child, a baby girl. I must admit i was a bit taken by some of these comments that have been posted. I was told 2 years ago that i couldnt have kids cuz of an unfortunate medical condition. To my suprise and my boyfriends i became pregnant and couldnt be more happy. I've found that it is truly a blessing from god. This may be my only child but already im extremely excited to watch her grow and not only teach her things but for her to teach me. This is when you truly know what true love is. And no matter what you may think about women who have children, we're the strongest people in the world! And honestly the luckiest!
6-16-2010 @ 12:59PM
lynn said...OMGoodness... you are so stupid to go up against all of us pregnant women with hormones. You're just a troll and the way you speak and think about things I'm sure you look like a troll too!! Get OFF the pregnancy websites and go to www.ihatemyselfandeveryoneelse.com I am sure they will accomadate someone of your needs and personalitly!!!!!
7-04-2006 @ 4:02PM
momma2mingbu said...Rach -
If you are not a parent, don't plan to become a parent and hate children so much and think they are such a waste of time, THEN...what exactly are you doing here on a PARENTING website? Oh yeah...TROLLING. Go somewhere else if you can't say anything to actually contribute to the conversation. Any oh yeah...go tell YOUR mother "thank you" for "humiliating" herself so much by giving birth.
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7-05-2006 @ 10:16AM
Rach said...I would tell my mother if she were still alive, she died due to complications giving birth to my sister! and as for ur other comments, I can go where I want on the website and post on any forum I want to I don't need your permission or approval.
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