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writes:Hello =]I had quite an embarrasing question.I'm 7 months pregnant and I yes I am scared about giving birth (which is natural) but i have a more embarrasing problem. My fiance and mother are going to be in the room, and there is one thing I have been told and warned about when giving birth.Pooing during labour!Is there any way to prevent it...someone mention cod liver oil to me.(btw please dont judge on my age, I have qualifications, a loving and caring fiance whose there 100%, I have a job (abouts to go onto maternity leave =]) and so does my fiance and the grandparents to be are all happy.)But yeah any answers. I dont care if there aren;t any as long as my baby is happy and healthy it would just be a nice thing to not feel so embarrased as I am already slightly so insecure.help maybe??!!
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reader, Ginalolabridga + ♥, writes (23 January 2009):
 Hi,
Congratulations a little girl how wonderful i am so glad everything went fine for you and i bet you have forgotten all about the pain already! enjoy your little daughter Grace what a blessing you have received take care.
Gina
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reader, icelordess  + ♥, writes (22 January 2009):
 Oh sweetheart, I'm so happy for you! Congratulations! I'm so very happy that you took the time to write to us and let you know that you and baby Grace are fine. You see sweetie? By the time the actual labor comes, at that point you just really don't care WHO is in the room...LOL..You take care of yourself and that little angel ok? Please let us know how you are doing. I'm so very very happy that everything went well! Bless you both!
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reader, anonymous, writes (22 January 2009): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionHey, I just wanted to let you all know i had a girl (yes she was early) January 16th, shes asleep now so i get a small piece of time to the computer.
Well it went as others said after getting the pain i completely becmae oblivious to anything that happened other then to get her out!!! I ended up on ALOT of gas and air to put it nicely. I didn't poo during labour as i figured my systems were empty due to whats my poor bottom went through earlier that day and the night before =[. Yes i got the runs (diareha -cant spell it)
But yes Grace was born Jun 16th, 5lb 3 ounces and 3:34 in the afternoon =D. Shes quite content already, she likes beign handed around to family, shes quite a hungry baby though. breast feeding is going ok, but i prefer to express mainly so daniel aka daddy can help. Shes waking every 5 hours which i heard is good and she may be sleeping through soon - i hope. =]
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reader, Ginalolabridga + ♥, writes (17 December 2008):
Poo will be the last thing on your mind when your in labour it is on your mind just now cause your not there yet and got time to think about it but in the labour ward before you go to theatre everything to clean you out is done prior to going there i recall having the enemas but don't recall anything coming away!
Probably to drugged up by then with the epidural and my 1st pregnancy i was asked if students could be allowed to come in to the birthing suite and i said yeah fine and there must have been about 7 of them all male! and it was a forceps delivery (legs hanging from the chandeliers lovely!!) i never flinched an inch because by this time i just wanted to give birth.
It was a wonderful experience and one we quickly forget pain and all!
Enjoy it and nowadays people take videos and photo's marvellous how things progress you take care and let us all know what you have.
Gina
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reader, petina1 +, writes (16 December 2008):
 thats so true as well icelordess, I signed for 'no students' to be coming in when i was in labour, but I must say, there were loads, and we had a good laugh, they were all prodding me and feeling the bump, but they were lovely girls and to be honest my experience with them being there was great. They all asked after me afterwards because they knew i wanted a boy, and thats what i got. 'hes 22 now'..
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reader, anonymous, writes (16 December 2008): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionHey this advice is very helpfull
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So they do enema's in england too
And yeah my fiance has been briliant, rubbing my back with the morning sickness (which happened at night ¬_¬) and hes always talking to bump =]
Yeah i plan for him to be at my side, rubbing my back (hes very good and its very soothing)
=] thank you all for the advice, it has eased my mind alot =]
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reader, petina1 +, writes (16 December 2008):
You will have an enema when you first arrive, its painless, and then you can have a shower. You will be laid on a disposable sheet and if there is any soiling at all it is quickly removed. Your boyfriend would be offered a place at the side of you,not full frontal anyway so don't worry everything will be very delicately done. Just enjoy the experience and try not to worry let the nurses do that, they are trained in all these things. good luck. hope this helps.
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reader, icelordess + ♥, writes (16 December 2008):
Sweetie..I know you're really worried about this happening..and I do understand, I'm a very private person myself, and I don't like having any extra attention focused on me, but trust me, by the time you're into full labor, you aren't going to care WHO is looking at you, touching you, or what the heck is going on with your body because all you are going to be doing is focusing on having that baby. I know it seems so overwhelming to you right now, but you just have to trust me on this one. When it came time for me to have my children, I really didn't care who saw me naked, or was examining me or what the heck happened..I just wanted to have my baby..and the quicker..the better. I think you'll be very comforted to have you mom there, just draw on her strength ok? And hopefully your guy will be rock too! My husband almost fainted because I squeezed his hand so hard! LOL...Please try not to worry about your body function though ok? It'll be alright...PROMISE!
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reader, anonymous, writes (16 December 2008): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionHey thanks for the advice. Im still pretty insecure and i looked it up and aparently eneama's aren't ...whats the word... mandatory? The advice helped me a bit but hopefully. My mum is cheering me up a bit and conforting me saying it doesn't matter my fiance has said the same but its just. I dunno i just really dont want this to happen =[
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reader, icelordess + ♥, writes (15 December 2008):
I'm not sure about how things are done in England, but in the US, they give you a pill/shot that "cleans you out" kind of like an enema before you go into hard labor. I've had 2 children and they did this both times, and BELIEVE ME....it cleans you out! By the time you are ready to have the baby, there is nothing left inside of you! LOL..Darling, even if you should "let go" during labor, please don't worry alright? All the doctors and nurses are there, they're all professionals... they've seen it happen many many times, and they will take care of everything, you will be so very busy and concentrating, that something like that will be the last thing on your mind! If you feel very uncomfortable having someone in the room, you can ask that they leave. Believe me, everyone is focused on the mom/baby and they will do whatever possible to accommodate you..even if it means asking someone to leave. Don't stress about this alright? Good luck darlin'..you're gonna be just fine!
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reader, anonymous, writes (15 December 2008): I've heard it's true and that it's okay if it happens. It's quite common and the nurses take care of it as soon as it happens. If you're concerned, ask your doc. :)
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reader, daletom +, writes (15 December 2008):
Obviously, I have never given birth but I HAVE been with my wife when our kids were born. And, just last spring my daughter gave me the great privilege of being with her when my granddaughter was born.
Yes, there are embarrassing things that happen during delivery - regardless of who is there. But it is a medical situation and, in the U.S. at least, you (the patient) have the right to exclude whoever you wish. You must personally decide whether the support and encouragement you receive from these people outweighs the embarrassment you would feel.
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