I just had a dental appointment where my pregnancy prompted WAY too much oversharing by the hygienist. As I was being held captive with my mouth agape & sharp tools scraping away, she proceeded to tell me about her 3 birth experiences (in WAY more detail than this):
#1- epidural never took and she had the most insane pain of her life, leading to an emergency c-section
#2-went into pre-term labor at 4.5 months & had to deliver a stillborn son
(story of a miscarriage she had at 8 weeks inserted here)...
#3-had a picture perfect VBAC labor- but as the baby descended both her uterus and bladder ruptured, and she had to have an emergency hysterectomy & bladder reconstruction.
REALLY LADY? You think I really want to hear all of that? I wanted to take one of those scrapers & poke her eyes out. My jaw ached after the appointment from all the tension clenching I was doing.
At least my teeth are sparkly clean....
#1- epidural never took and she had the most insane pain of her life, leading to an emergency c-section
#2-went into pre-term labor at 4.5 months & had to deliver a stillborn son
(story of a miscarriage she had at 8 weeks inserted here)...
#3-had a picture perfect VBAC labor- but as the baby descended both her uterus and bladder ruptured, and she had to have an emergency hysterectomy & bladder reconstruction.
REALLY LADY? You think I really want to hear all of that? I wanted to take one of those scrapers & poke her eyes out. My jaw ached after the appointment from all the tension clenching I was doing.
At least my teeth are sparkly clean....
