Comments on: “Ssshhhh…There Are Women Trying To Sleep Around Here.”

By: Andy (Uk midwife)

Andy (Uk midwife) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:33:35 +0000

Some people scream and shout when they cut their finger, others grit their teeth and say nothing. If you are in the first group, then you will deal with labour by shouting at it. If you are in the second you will be quiet. If your way of dealing with pain is to shout and scream, then we do not have the right to tell you to shut up. If we do then we are not allowing you to deal with the pain, which is unfair. I personally don’t mind if women shout, scream, swear, whatever. I do tell women though, that the only thing they can do that WILL make me cross is to apologise afterwards. Women who make a big noise have nothing to apologise for. The woman who kept grabbing my throat and squeezing frightened me though. I was supporting her through an instrumental birth, and I had to keep reminding her that I wanted to see my children again…

By: StarkRavingMom

StarkRavingMom — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:18:57 +0000

I was told something very similar too! Honestly, who tells a laboring mother to be quiet?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:24:29 +0000

I was told this while laboring with my first. This among other things. I was livid and promptly gave the nurse a piece of my mind.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:10:49 +0000

I was induced with both of my daughters. One was born just two weeks ago. I also had her without pain meds. I would have beat the you know what out of anyone who said that to me.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:10:57 +0000

You know what kills me about comments like this..when I am with a doula client who is coping well, breathing through contractions and zoned out in “labor land”, that is usually when you get a noisy nurse or family member who tries to chat with her like it’s lunch time at the club!!! Hellooo, she doesn’t have an epidural and she needs to be left alone!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:39 +0000

Ohhh, I remember being on pitocin unmedicated. My poor nurse just about panicked when it took an hour of that before the anesthesiologist came to do my epidural. But at least she didn’t scold me for screaming.