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Name: ilovebaj

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We have our c section scheduled for the 28th of December and I will be 38 weeks 5 days..Hopefully I won't experience labor before then but what does it feel like so I will know...I havent had braxton hicks or anything yet either...please give me opinions..I appreciate it :) ↓

Name: .RoSey. | Date: Dec 7th, 2007 7:25 PM

lol you wanna know what contractions feel like ?!?!?!
you will KNOW when you are having contractions.. you CANNOT miss them.. they are extremely painful.. and you can time them .. They feel like period pain 10000000000000000 times worse.
But trust me.. you will KNOW if you are having contractions. ↑

Name: ilovebaj | Date: Dec 7th, 2007 7:41 PM

LOL Ok thanks....I read in my baby book that they are like period cramps but in my entire lifetime I have never had period cramps so I have no idea what those feel like either....so I guess Ill just wait and see?? LOL ↑

Name: kimber | Date: Dec 7th, 2007 11:54 PM

It feels like a menstrual cycle at first with some lower back pain that radiates around the sides of your lower abdomen, maybe some pain in the groin area. Then they get stronger and more intense. Real contractions do not ease up and get closer and closer together. Your belly will get hard as a rock and that is how you can count how close they are coming together. ↑

Name: briseis | Date: Dec 8th, 2007 11:09 AM

They're agony. Similar to how menstual cramps feel. but much MUCH worse. I felt I was being ripped apart. And well, I suppose I was! ↑

Name: briseis | Date: Dec 8th, 2007 1:07 PM

Why are you having a section? Everyone seems to have sections! Whatever happened to giving birth naturally? Too posh to push! lol ↑

Name: briseis | Date: Dec 8th, 2007 1:09 PM

lol. Was just kiding btw. I know some sections are necessary for the wellbeing of mother and baby, but some women I find have sections scheduled when there really isn't an need. One woman said she was having a section cause she had a small frame. Nonsense! I'm a tiny size 8, underweight before I conceived - 97 pounds! and I had an 8 pound, 3 ounce baby boy naturally, without any help whatsoever. ↑

Name: .RoSey. | Date: Dec 8th, 2007 3:27 PM

Briseis im gonig to Agree..
whatever DID happen to natural birth !!! Everyone these days has them scheduled.... why ?? I know some people need them... but common.. the C Section rate has been raised so much in the last 20 years.. its ludacris !! ↑

Name: Lola | Date: Dec 8th, 2007 3:57 PM

Yay! You're due on my birthday!!

On a side note, I don't know what they feel like : / ↑

Name: FatallyYours | Date: Dec 8th, 2007 5:03 PM

happy early bday lola ↑

Name: ilovebaj | Date: Dec 9th, 2007 12:36 AM

Thanks everyone..Im having it scheduled for personal reasons ...but either way c section or not whatever will get our baby out safe is good with us :) ↑