It’s a Labor Day meme!

(or as we write in Canada, a Labour Day meme).

I learned about it through Angela over at Breastfeeding 123  and I went over to Rocks in my Dryer, where Angela found out about it. So, here we go:

How long were your labors?

(keep in mind, my kids are no longer kids, so I grin every time I write the word “kid”)

Kid 1- 16 hours, which included 2.5 hours of pushing

Kid 2- 5 hours, which included about an hour of pushing

Kid 3- 2 hours, which included a couple of pushes

Needless to say, if I’d had a kid number 4, I’d have likely rented a room for a week before the due date.

How did you know you were in labor?

Kid 1- It HURT, dammit!

Kid 2- I wasn’t until the dr broke my membranes – out she popped 5 hours later

Kid 3- I  wasn’t until I received, oh – about three drops of picotin, and he was born two hours later.

Where did you deliver?

Same hospital all three times.

Drugs?

Sort of.

Kid 1- Had an epidural – it worked fabulously for a couple of hours but as the going got tough, it stopped working.

Kid 2- Had epidural, no pain relief but boy, did I dilate fast.

Kid 3- See Kid 2

C-section?

No, but to this day, I believe that my oldest, who was over nine pounds, should have been. He was a mid-forceps delivery and that left me with fourth degree tears.

Who delivered?

Kid 1- the doctor on call for my doctor’s group

Kids 2 and 3 – my doctor

If you want to play along with this meme, just put your answers below in the comments section if you don’t have a blog. If you do have a blog, cut and paste the questions into your own blog, and leave your link below so we can check it out.

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