Whenever you tell someone that you are a midwife you get the inevitable birth stories. I love them. A young lady I met whilst out and about asked me what I did for a living and then told me her birth story.
Mum told me that she had been in the pool at her local hospital where she felt so nice and calm and relaxed that the contractions stopped causing her any pain. They were still there but were pain free.
She became upset at this as she thought that if they were not causing her any pain then they were not normal contractions and her labour had stopped.
So she got out of the pool and started walking about, becoming more and more stressed. At last the contractions began to hurt again and she was finally happy that she was once again in labour. She did not however get back in the pool as she did not want the contractions to stop hurting again.
Arrrrrrrgh. Do I have to shout it from a mountain top somewhere? UTERINE SMOOTH MUSCLE IS NOT DESIGNED TO CAUSE PAIN WHEN CONTRACTING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS!
OK, I feel better now.
If you are nice and comfy and relaxed and not secreting any adrenalin in the pool and your contractions stop causing pain then please stay there and enjoy the rest of your labour. As long as you can still feel your tummy going hard every 2-3 minutes then you are still in labour. Honest.
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