Why Share Your Labor Story?

Posted on August 16, 2009 in Pregnancy & Labor, Stories & Random Thoughts by little mochi

Pregnant women have to listen to a gazillion labor stories.  Isn’t it strange that other women just volunteer the gruesome details of their labor?  As if I wanted to know about how this lady’s baby almost died because she couldn’t push the baby out in time.  Or about how this guy’s wife’s nurses weren’t being cooperative and how he had to tell them that his wife is ready because the baby is crowning.  It was my first pregnancy so why would I want to hear the horrors of labor?  What happened to the “My labor was only 3 hours and I pushed only 3 times” type of stories?

I suppose it’s those terrying labor stories that end up sticking in your mind.  I don’t even know who had an easy labor.  The easy labor stories tend to go in one ear and out the other.  I think it’s because we women like to hear stories of other women suffering.  It’s like saying, “Ha!  My labor was easier than yours!”  or “Hey, I feel better because your labor was longer than mine!”  You know how competitive we can get with each other.

I haven’t shared my labor story with many people – only if they asked.  Or if they were a close friend.  Not only do I want to spare the next first time mom but also because I don’t they want to really know.  If they did, they’d ask, right?

So ladies, why do you volunteer such information to other pregnant women?  Seriously?  I didn’t care to know.  Would the big bellied women next to me care?



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2 comments to “Why Share Your Labor Story?”

  1. sevianas mom on September 30th, 2009 6:36 pm

    ok little mochi so you dont want to hear other womans labor stories?? so you dont tell yours,however you just decide to boar us to death with every other m inute detail of your long drawn out poregnancy of little pea?(is that her real name?)honestly i would rather hear how u came up with these freakin names???

  2. little mochi on December 2nd, 2009 5:22 pm

    hey sevianas mom…as you can see, i never did share my labor story. but if you want to hear about it, i would be glad to share it.

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