“Nobody told me that I’d shake like crazy. My jaw was literally chattering. Even when I commented on how bad it was, none of the nurses chimed in to tell me that was normal.”
Another person shared that they were surprised by how quickly they were allowed to leave the hospital with their baby. “They just let you leave with the baby after!”
Another person was surprised by how anticlimactic pushing was. “It was more like, we checked your cervix and when the doctor gets back from break we are going to start pushing.”
One person found heartburn surprisingly distracting during childbirth. They felt like vomiting acid after each push, unexpectedly focused on heartburn while delivering a baby.
One person expressed surprise at the sense of emptiness felt post-birth, especially after the placenta was out. They described it as empty yet somehow also relieving.
Another person was surprised by how much they were sweating during labor. “Literally in between contractions I was asking my husband to dig through my bag for my deodorant.”
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