Big belly, huge leaky boobs, stretch marks, sore back, bladder weakness, disgusting food cravings, vomiting and nausea, compulsive shopping for baby stuff, rushing to get the nursery ready in time, booking an ob/gyn, going to classes and learning all about forceps/ventouse/caesarians/natural deliveries, epidurals, spinal blocks, gas and air, TENS (don't bother with that, it does not work!), 24 hour labour! episiotomies vs tearing naturally, perineal massage, transition period etc.

Now anyway, feel free to discuss anything you like right here safe in the knowledge that certain someone will not be bothering us here!

Come on peoples! I have gone to great lengths to disguise this thread so you can discuss things here completely UNDISTURBED!

that was a noble effort sweetie, but i don't think they're buying it.


i've only had one (baby). i was in labor 8 hours, pushed for 27 minutes and did it without an epidural!

i rock!!

fantasyislander said:

we are not supposed to be talking about THAT! That is just the smoke screen!
How about this:

I really like it when a man opens the door for me. Discuss:

fantasyislander said:

and yes, you most DEFINITELY ROCK for that effort!!!!!

charlottegelin said:

you guys enjoy spats, admit it?

charlottegelin said:

Or how about this: I think the whole world should get Skype so we could all stay awake 24 hrs and talk until we faint.

lilgish said:

what are you talking about?

retina said:

what? I googled that and still don't know what you mean

charlottegelin said:

I'd do that for you

...actually anyone, really.

charlottegelin said:

It's a free software that lets you talk to anyone anywhere for as long as you like absolutely free of charge as long as they have Skype too. I've gotten slightly addicted to it lately and spent the whole night yesterday chatting with a friend in Canada about everything and nothing until I wasn't making any sense anymore (this happened around 5 a.m.)

TMPletz said:

Isn't it great! And I like opening the door for men too, I do it all the time! I also open the door for pregnant ladies or those struggling with prams! Even if I was pregnant myself!

retina said:

Do you have a headset? then you can lie on the sofa without having to hold the phone next to your ear and get a sore ear.

charlottegelin said:

No headset, no phone. Microphone and headphones. You wouldn't believe how sore my mike arm became. I could barely reach for the toilet paper when I'd managed to transport my aching bones into the bathroom afterwards. But that's another story, eerily similar to some things you mentioned in your initial post.

retina said:

time to get a headset with a long lead, then no need for separate mic and headphones, it's a special one for the computer with 2 jacks, one for mic input and one for phones output. They're only $15 or something.

charlottegelin said:

It sounds like you're hooked up already? Do you have something similar to Skype?

retina said:

nope, I got nothing of the sort! I call people the old fashioned way with a telephone - I'm a bit slow with the technology

charlottegelin said:

Hey, me too, I was just drawn to Skype out of financial necessity. I would be ruined ten times over by now if I hadn't had it. Or I wouldn't have been able to talk to my "international friends".

So mothers tell what it was like giving birth....pain..

retina said:

It must be hard having your friends so far away. I never call anyone anyway!

unlucky7 said:

hurts worse than a motherf*#@er

charlottegelin said:

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unlucky7 said:

so get an epidural!

charlottegelin said:

...and it felt so great you did it two more times???

I kid my wife about that, too.

TMPletz said:

I cheated first 2 times. But the last birth was only 2 hours start to finish so I would be willing to do it again.

charlottegelin said:

But you do a hell of a lot of typing on here. Does that really fulfill your needs for social interaction? I'd go crazy if I didn't get to hear somebody's voice every once in a while.

Or maybe it's just that everybody else calls you?

retina said:

you can still type if it is noisy where you are.
If someone calls me I always have to say now's a bad time I'll call you later, but a better time usually doesn't come. For some reason the kids always start screaming if I get on the phone.

And yes, to a degree it really does fulfill my need for interaction with other adults. I am never alone, the kids are always here and I am constantly cuddling them.

good lord!

I'm gonna need a dictionary for some of the words you mentioned

Dewrede said:

just use condoms and you won't have to!