"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 7/3/2014 5:08 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>
>> My labor was induced. That was the last thing I wanted. Was supposed
>> to be gentle and take two days. Nope. Caused me to go immediately into
>> labor. I knew it but couldn't convince anyone else of that. I actually
>> didn't know it until my water broke. And I had to convince them that my
>> water had indeed broken. They had me take a bath and I became frantic
>> in the bath because the pain was so great.
>>
>> They told me that my contractions were so strong that there was no way I
>> could tell when one ended and the next one began. They were just
>> constant.
>>
>> To make matters worse, her head was right there but it kept molding to
>> my cervix which is why I couldn't push her out. Dr. finally had to use
>> what he called salad tongs. Left no dent in her head. He also had to
>> cut me enough to require 17 stitches. I don't want to remember. Hurts
>> just thinking of it.
>
> That sounds scary as shit. When I say what my wife had to go through, it
> made me glad to be a man.

At the time, I didn't find it scary. Just extremely painful and annoying.