7 Things Pregnant Women Don’t Want To Hear About Birth

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Things Pregnant Women Don’t Want To Hear About Birth #1: That It Hurts

There is little chance that anyone has made it to adulthood without hearing that childbirth hurts, least of all someone carrying around a huge ‘I’m Pregnant’ beacon in the form of a baby bump. So there’s really no need for you to mention that labour hurts, or that it was the worst pain you have ever experienced.

Things Pregnant Women Don’t Want To Hear About Birth #2: That She Might Poop

Women go through the intense and primal experience of giving birth to meet the amazing babies they have created, and yet somehow, all anyone wants to hear about is whether they pooped. The idea of pooping during labour might terrify pregnant women, but most labouring women couldn’t care less. There is far too much going on during childbirth for women to spend time worrying about bathroom etiquette. So, yes, maybe she will poop, or maybe she won’t, but either way it is hardly going to be the most significant event of the day.

Things Pregnant Women Don’t Want To Hear About Birth #3: That She’ll Need An Epidural

The voice of experience can, at times, be invaluable and yet stifling at others. If a pregnant woman tells you her dreams for a natural labour, do not dismiss her birth plan by informing her that she should get an epidural straight away. Every birth is different, and all are impossible to predict. Perhaps she will decide to have an epidural on the day, or maybe she will get the ‘only two paracetamols’ birth she is hoping for. Be supportive of her decisions, and be careful not to force your own experience on her.

Things Pregnant Women Don’t Want To Hear About Birth #4: Horror Stories

Pregnant women spend a surprising proportion of their pregnancy trying to avoid hearing childbirth horror stories. For some reason, some people seem to love nothing more than sharing these horror stories with pregnant women. The unbelievably long births, the perineal tears, the complications and the interventions – pregnant women don’t need to hear every story you can dig out about these.

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• Things Pregnant Women Don’t Want To Hear About Birth #5: That It’s Messy

• Things Pregnant Women Don’t Want To Hear About Birth #6: That It’s Hard To Describe

• Things Pregnant Women Don’t Want To Hear About Birth #7: That ‘She’ll Know’ When She’s In Labour