More from CafeMom: The Real Heroes of the Maternity Wards Aren’t the Doctors, It’s the Nurses Shortly after my daughter was born, I suffered a fairly serious hemorrhage — something I had never worried about before labor or had any reason to suspect would happen to me. When I reflect back on my pregnancy, major postpartum blood loss wasn’t something that had been on my list of worries, mostly because nobody ever mentioned it to me as a possibility! To be honest, I think it is probably a good thing that I didn’t know that was possible. There is no way it could have been prevented, and it sure wouldn’t have done me any good to stress about it for 40 weeks. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, so I asked some other moms what things they found out during labor that they were glad they didn’t know before. If a mama is pregnant right now, she can read on at her own risk! I would have been appalled at the thought of this, had I known before labor!" — Kelly S., Tucson, Arizona More from CafeMom: 14 Moms Reveal Their Biggest Delivery Room Regrets In a lot of ways, I think it is good that I didn’t know how quickly birth plans go out the window. It let me believe I had a lot more control than I actually did and that probably kept my anxiety lower." — Marisol Y., Oakland, California That would have been depressing or liberating to know in advance. I’m not sure which." — Amy L., Saint Paul, Minnesota I had felt like I had less choice about interventions than I expected because my baby had some signs of distress." — Beth T., Austin, Texas I really overestimated my committment to being crunchy granola." — Lexi C., Shreveport, Lousiana More from CafeMom: 11 Things Doctor’s Don’t Tell Us About Pregnancy & Delivery– but Really Should Who knew that this major expereince would rest on the shoulders of people I had no choice in picking?" — Terrie J., Lexington, Kentucky
title: “13 Labor Delivery Surprises We Re Kinda Glad No One Told Us About” ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-26” author: “Janice Garcia”
More from CafeMom: The Real Heroes of the Maternity Wards Aren’t the Doctors, It’s the Nurses Shortly after my daughter was born, I suffered a fairly serious hemorrhage — something I had never worried about before labor or had any reason to suspect would happen to me. When I reflect back on my pregnancy, major postpartum blood loss wasn’t something that had been on my list of worries, mostly because nobody ever mentioned it to me as a possibility! To be honest, I think it is probably a good thing that I didn’t know that was possible. There is no way it could have been prevented, and it sure wouldn’t have done me any good to stress about it for 40 weeks. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, so I asked some other moms what things they found out during labor that they were glad they didn’t know before. If a mama is pregnant right now, she can read on at her own risk! I would have been appalled at the thought of this, had I known before labor!" — Kelly S., Tucson, Arizona More from CafeMom: 14 Moms Reveal Their Biggest Delivery Room Regrets In a lot of ways, I think it is good that I didn’t know how quickly birth plans go out the window. It let me believe I had a lot more control than I actually did and that probably kept my anxiety lower." — Marisol Y., Oakland, California That would have been depressing or liberating to know in advance. I’m not sure which." — Amy L., Saint Paul, Minnesota I had felt like I had less choice about interventions than I expected because my baby had some signs of distress." — Beth T., Austin, Texas I really overestimated my committment to being crunchy granola." — Lexi C., Shreveport, Lousiana More from CafeMom: 11 Things Doctor’s Don’t Tell Us About Pregnancy & Delivery– but Really Should Who knew that this major expereince would rest on the shoulders of people I had no choice in picking?" — Terrie J., Lexington, Kentucky
title: “13 Labor Delivery Surprises We Re Kinda Glad No One Told Us About” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-17” author: “Rebecca Lafayette”
More from CafeMom: The Real Heroes of the Maternity Wards Aren’t the Doctors, It’s the Nurses Shortly after my daughter was born, I suffered a fairly serious hemorrhage — something I had never worried about before labor or had any reason to suspect would happen to me. When I reflect back on my pregnancy, major postpartum blood loss wasn’t something that had been on my list of worries, mostly because nobody ever mentioned it to me as a possibility! To be honest, I think it is probably a good thing that I didn’t know that was possible. There is no way it could have been prevented, and it sure wouldn’t have done me any good to stress about it for 40 weeks. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, so I asked some other moms what things they found out during labor that they were glad they didn’t know before. If a mama is pregnant right now, she can read on at her own risk! I would have been appalled at the thought of this, had I known before labor!" — Kelly S., Tucson, Arizona More from CafeMom: 14 Moms Reveal Their Biggest Delivery Room Regrets In a lot of ways, I think it is good that I didn’t know how quickly birth plans go out the window. It let me believe I had a lot more control than I actually did and that probably kept my anxiety lower." — Marisol Y., Oakland, California That would have been depressing or liberating to know in advance. I’m not sure which." — Amy L., Saint Paul, Minnesota I had felt like I had less choice about interventions than I expected because my baby had some signs of distress." — Beth T., Austin, Texas I really overestimated my committment to being crunchy granola." — Lexi C., Shreveport, Lousiana More from CafeMom: 11 Things Doctor’s Don’t Tell Us About Pregnancy & Delivery– but Really Should Who knew that this major expereince would rest on the shoulders of people I had no choice in picking?" — Terrie J., Lexington, Kentucky
