What did labor feel like

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What did labor feel like for you? 
Stories about what you felt like or what happened at the beginning of labor 🙃

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Before the epidural:

After epidural:

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labor for me was feeling like I constantly had to poop, with painful period cramps 🤔 basically if you eat some really bad taco bell the after effects of that.

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Wasn't too bad until they gave me pitocin.    That was horrible

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dull achy period cramps amd a constant back ache it was literaly nothing till an hour before i had her, i had a really good experience.

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My first when contractions first started they felt like consistent period cramps then just intensified from there, my labor was down low and spread into my hips, felt like they were going numb. My second I had lots of false labor and just felt like period cramps, but when I woke up thinking I was cramping from bad gas or needing to go to the bathroom they were sharp cramping, and stayed that way until I started pushing.

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It started out feeling like very intense period cramps that made me hunch over. Eventually I was screaming through them and could not think or talk. I am usually queasy around needles, but the pain was so bad I didnt even blink for the IV or epidural. After the epidural, I felt great (almost nothing) until it wore off. They gave me another dose but it wasn't as strong, so I felt dull pain until it was time to push. Pushed him out in less than 5 minutes, and he was a 9 and a half pound baby!

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Being induced, HORRIBLE! However; It’s your pain tolerance! Me, with that pitocin😳you would’ve thought i was I was going crazy, but I have a low tolerance for pain🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️ My advice....get the epidural if you feel like you can’t handle it! I think it’s a mind thing because soon as I got it, my son came!

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Back pain and intense pressure.  It's like someone is squeezing you too tightly from the inside.  Unbearable when in transition phase.  Fine up until then.

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First labor, I woke up feeling sick... Just not right, several trips to the bathroom, cramping, and I even threw up. Then it dawned on me... this is labor. Second labor, I had back labor all morning, and then real contractions kicked in after that. Third labor, my water broke, but contractions didn't really start until much later. There was a pocket, so the baby wasn't really engaged. When being checked for dilation, the nurse noticed the pocket and broke my waters the rest of the way. Then things got rolling.

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I was in labor for 36 hours. I went 24 hours before getting the epidural. It was pure hell. The pain gets so bad that you’re afraid to even move. And then when they give you the epi, they bend you over while you’re having a contraction and you have to somehow hold completely still. It’s brutal.

What did labor feel like

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