About the pregnancy cartoons
After many sleepless nights spent pondering the humorous nature of pregnancy, our yet-to-be-pregnant cartooning artist realized she was going to need some help from moms who'd been there. Happily, a beautiful collaboration between the artist and our snarky freelance mom blogger, the sarcastic journalist, sprung up to save the day! The humor was conceived together and each panel was hand-drawn by our relieved cartooning artist.
Pregnancy Week 40 : Cartoon
indexweek 1week 2week 3week 4week 5week 6week 7week 8week 9week 10week 11week 12week 13week 14week 15week 16week 17week 18week 19week 20week 21week 22week 23week 24week 25week 26week 27week 28week 29week 30week 31week 32week 33week 34week 35week 36week 37week 38week 39week 40index
| << previous week | Share this cartoon! Link to it: Post as HTML: Post as BBCode: |
its not that bad i had my baby a day after my due date and im only 16 yeah it wassnt bad it never hurt like that lol their just trying to scare you just be calm the whole time and itll be fine
well, i'm on my fourth & epidurals are the best thing man ever created!!! i promise...
ok, so two births under my belt and my third on the way. First time I had the epidural, it made real fuzzy and it was harder to push. Second time I went all natural, and yes it was extremely painful but not nearly as horrific as I was expecting!
oh wow now im not sure if i want this ugh
Why couldnt that last momment be any more easier? hehehe
i's not that bad but the cartoon was funny i'm on my third
thank goodness im having a c section this time.....i dont wanna go though that AGAIN!!
:)
i was so scared with my first n still kinda am the needle on the epidural scared the crap out of me its HUGE
lord i just hope i don't be like this nigga
I love this one! LOL
tht was me..lol..wit my son hayden
hhaaaa...dat gets me even more scared...specially because im on my own durin the day while my baby daddy works
Thats so goin to be me lol
With my first, I had an epi, but for some reason it didn't take! I think I felt everything. My husband was so sweet and tried to hold my hand as much as possible, but I got so much more gratification from reaching up and yanking his hair! He finally would just lean over and offer his head each time I had a contraction. I'm 38 1/2 weeks now, and he says he's ready for me. (He's let his hair grow just below chin-length, so I "can get a good hold of it" :) )
This comic makes me want to cry. For unfortunate reasons, my beloved hubby won't be there for my labor. At least I know he'll be coming home soon.
I told him he'll be right where I can squeeze 'em
i'm 2 months pregnant, but my mom and my aunt are always scaring me to death that it hurts like hell and also those videos on you tube got me freaked out, but i have seen some comment in here saying it doesn't not even hurt as that much, who should i believe ? or it depends on every women if it hurts or not?
Hi, im a student midwife, I suggest to all of you to go and do some research on epidurals and the hormone oxytocin.
Oxytocin is released when you are in a supported happy state and releases endorphins which increase as your labour does. Epidurals take away this natural pain reliever and often can slow down your labour. This then could cascade to syntocinon augmentation(induction) a synthetic hormone to induce the contractions however as this is synthetic it does not pass from the blood to the brain, which means no pain relieving endorphines.This cascade quite often leads to fetal distress(contractions can become to long in duration),or "failure to progress" (baby gets stuck with the ineffective contrations)and consequently a C/section. Now not every epidural leads to this senario of course, but it is definitely food for thought if its pain your concerned about(and I do accept the need for one in extreme circumstances).
Fear also cuts your supply of endorphins so it is this aspect that you need to address. Trust your body as you did for conception.
Pregnancy is your opportune time to become reflective and truly look at yourself within, it is from within that you will find the courage and strength to birth your most precious gift. I strongly suggest joining a yoga, pilates or meditation class. for your mind works with your body.
good luck ladies with your search for a harmonious labour full of joy! and lets not forget the orgasm at the end! the euphoria only comes with a natural no med birth.
The epidural is my best friend! I have a couple of friends and a few sisters-in-law who think I'm completly weird for taking drugs. One girl even said that the reason she didn't get drugs was she felt like she hadn't gotten her punishment from God for her sins! That's just nuts!! Anyone agree??
I'm only 24wks pregnant and I already feel that way!
I can stand my back anymore, it feels like at any moment it's going to break in half! My hubby can't stand my crazy mood swings any longer...
my husbend says that when i go in to labor he is wearing a cup and a hard hat to help him! LOL!!
...after my horrible labor and birth expirence.. I had 2 epidurals..1st fell out...my nurse said to me " I have 6 children-and I had them all natural" she threw this info in my face and I have back problems and a upper extremitie disorder...it didn't help that my hosp. was horrible.
I went natural with my first one and it was cake. Back then I thought my boyfriend was perfect, and he is the one that gave me the strength to get through it. This time his butt better be out of reaching distance because I feel like strangling him more and more everyday.
I adore epidurals!!! My sister in law is always trying to push me into a natural delivery, sorry no dice. I love the cartoon! That was me and my hubby, in the delivery room with my daughter. Only I wasn't chocking him. Even he was ticked at the nurse because they wouldn't hurry up the epidural. So I was in good company. He thinks it's nuts if a woman wants to have a natural birth just to prove something. Like so many people we know. Good luck and God bless to all the soon to be mommies out there!!!!
this is my first, 19, but have had some previous back probs (pinched nerves lower back) i always said i would try to avoid an epi, but at 7 wks,im already havin bad pains from ligament stretching, i will prob have the epi....heck i deserve some type of pain relief!!
I definately was her. My whole pregnancy I said I was going to be all natural, now expecting my second, I plan to have my baby the way God intended - numb from the waist down. After my first I was so tired I coudlnt sleep, I could barely hold my head up, but I just couldnt lol I want to be more aware this time around. :)
To have or not to have the epidural, that is the question.
I tried not to with my first child. After no sleep the night before (we went into the hospital about midnight) and 14hours of back labor I was falling asleep between contractions that were coming every 60 seconds. I stagnated when I was supposed to be in the final transition. Supposedly that transition lasts about an hour. After 2 hours of that contraction/sleep cycle I was completely delirious. It was at that point that I gave in and asked for the epidural.
Having the epidural was the best decision for me and my baby. After it took effect, I was able to relax, my baby finally turned the right way (as I said, I was having back labor where the non-maleable part of the head is facing the wrong way), and his heartbeat regulated where it had been dropping drastically with every contraction. Granted, I couldn't feel my legs or even try to sit myself up for pushing... I had to trust the doctor and the monitors telling me when I was contracting, but my baby wasn't an emergency c-section as we had feared with his heart rate dipping so. Had I not gotten the epidural I am certain we would have be rushed to the operating room. I was able to relax and gather my wits enough to enjoy the rest of the birth experience.
I am going to try to go natural again. I'll give my best effort just as I did with our first birth. Hopefully, things will be different. It would be nice to have some sleep. We're praying that this time around I'll have a much easier time. After my son was born I was restricted to bed rest for four weeks, but that's another story.
For any first timers, do your research, go to Lamaze, be as prepared as possible, but realize that there is no way to know exactly what is going to happen.
Sarah, I have gallbladder issues, too! I haven't had surgery to have it removed, but I'm afraid my pregnancy will make that happen...With my first pregnancy (I was 18 then, I'm 22 now) I didn't have much labor pain. The epidural wore off and I didn't need more meds. The epidural was just to ease the contraction pains. Those are worse than pushing the baby out and having he episiotomy!! But, labor and pains are different for every woman. Maybe I was just lucky that time!!
woah my first child and you girls have
made me nothing less then terrified to
have her.
=p
I dont think i was too horrible. I think what pushed me over the edge was my father cracking jokes and my child
s father assuming the 3 point stance ready to catch the baby like a football. I just didnt find the humor at that point. For my first two kids i had the epidural and was in a large amount of pain.. but still thought that labor was hyped up. So, my third one i decided to go natural. Let me just say... there is NO SHAME in getting the epidural! GET IT!!
i didn't get crazy like that. i just wanted to be let alone. and i had a c-section 2 hours after trying to push my first child out. after the c-section i didn't want any pain medication.
i love this when i was in labor with my son everyone told me to breath and i said the next person to tell me to breath is getting punched in the face and i had 2 doctors and like 4 nurses in my room and they just looked at me and said ok then well we'll try to say something else in that general area and what do you no my husband was the next person to tell me to breath and he did get punched. before i had the epidual my husband had asked me if i wanted anything and i said yea this baby outta me and i said do you see what you did to me and he was like aww come on its not that bad when i looked at him he was ok maybe it is do you need anything hunny i was like yea you outta my face. he went down the hall and came back with a big class of crused ice. lol
my husbund fainted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my husband has plans on bring the camcorder into the delivery room...I plan on hurting him so bad he will need a bed next to mine.
For me, to have the luxury of having my fiance at my labor to yell at would be the best thing in the world. I'm 16 weeks pregnant, and he was killed 10 weeks ago. So be thankful to have your husband/fiance/boyfriend there with you. I'm looking forward to the physical pain, to distract me from the mental anguish.
my boyfriend said he is gonna cut off his hair lol because i already like to pull it .
I have had 2 children i used epi durring both but for my daughter it didnt take they tried 3 x's but i ended up having her with nothing. I was in so much pain i wanted to die... so for those women who dont have pain, your lucky! but dont you dare say you dont know what the big deal is, i cried even at the thought of how horable my labor was for 3weeks. Im pregnant again an hope for a better labor but will do whatever i have to not to go through all that again. and my man better be at my side i promise that he wont be in as much pain as i am either way! lol
I had the epidural and STILL thought "I can't do this! Push it back in!"-which, of course, is impossible, but it's not like I was in my right mind.
It drives me crazy when people try to push "natural childbirth" on others. If you can do it, great! But it's not like you'll get a medal at the end.
oh my gosh, im only 31 weeks and my husband is already trying to do this. he thinks enducing laboris no problem, well for HIM!!!
When I was giving birth to my son, my husband kept complaining that his back hurt. So my mother gave him a back massage and the nurse got him a chair. All of this while I was trying to push out a 9 pounder. I hope he doesn't try that this time.
omg that is so funny i think that will be me!
what about TENS machines? has anyone used one of those? cz i REALLY dont want an epidural but really dont want to go pain-relief-free either.
i am almost 40 weeks now... god.. i just wish i were lucky enough to be there in that hospital bed right now. i think i'm gonna try natural because i'm terrified of needles. we'll see what happens. i'll prolly just cry a lot cause that's how i get when i'm in pain. lol.
i got the epidural only cause i had to.. it was either the shot or a c-section. so i picked the shot cause i wanted to have my daughter naturally... well 8 hours later no baby still. i went in for the c-section. it was a bummer cause i really wanted to have her myself. but the epidural is more then just pain relief. the reason i needed it was to slow the babys heart rate down. so those of you who think is only for pain guess again. i wish you all an easy pregnancy and birth! good luck!
I'm due on the 6th feb '08' every woman in my family has at least 1 child so as you can imagine i'm getting advice left right and center. my sister had an epi with her 2nd baby coz she was only 5ft1 and her baby was over 9lb, she said it was a horrible experience getting the needle in coz it is very big.. i'm alot bigger than my sister at 5ft8 and have far broader hips..i just hope that that will go in my favour and make mylabour a tad easier for me...(well..lets hope anyways) i just know that my partner will be a nightmare in the hospital. he's already told me he's going to tease me when im "pushing". he's going to ask me if we should kiss? and lick my ear and things...so i KNOW his throat will definately be being SQUEEZED!lol Good luck all you mams
p.s all hospital fees, meds, and care is FREE in Britain on the N.H.S. Thank God lol
I'm due August 29, This is my first and we are expecting a baby girl. I'm so excited and part of me can't wait...but then the other part is deathly afriad of the pain lol. Everyone *mainly my fiance* keeps pressuring me to do natural...which is fine I'll due my best but if it hurts to much i'm getting the epi ^ ^...I can kinda see me doing this lol, but i'm gonna do my best to stay calm...My friend had her baby and she said it hurt like hell and she screamed inside but to everyone else she looked like everything was great...I'm not sure I can do that...lol
Haha, I want to try it the natural way, but you can bet that will probably be me and my boyfriend in about seven months...
If your husband or boyfriend says anything about doing it without drugs and you dont agree, ask him about getting a vasectomy with out any drugs!!
I'm not pregnant... Yet.
I have a feeling this might be me with my husband in the delivery room. Who knows? I may even have the nurse kick him out before we get to this point. Thing is, he's so stubborn he probably wouldn't leave until I was literally choking him. lol!
I'm so nervous, I've always wanted to be a mom, ever since I was little. I can hardly wait until I get pregnant, but deathly afraid.
.... Is that normal? o.O
I act so strange when I'm in pain! Everyone says I'm nicer! With my daughter, I was induced and was in labor for 24 hours!!!!Had 2 epiderals, neither one worked at all! So not fun! And after all that, I would not dialate enough...so, they had me trying to push her out at 5!! Like that would ever happen! Then they rushed us in for a c-section.Here I am 6 years later, getting ready to have another one, and I HAVE to have a c-section because of certain complications. Because of neither my husband or I getting to witness the birth of my daughter, I want to stay awake for it, and have my husband there to tape it. Do they let you tape a c-section?
Gimme the DRUGS!!!
That will definatley be me when i go into labour! im 32weeks with my first baby at the moment! hehe hopefully my bf wont mind i mena he did have to put up with me and my hormones in those earlier weeks he should be used to it ! hehe
ah ha !!!!! i'm so not have mine nat. i'm a big wuss any ways
Im 35 weeks with my third one...and Im more scared to get epideral, then experiencing the pain. I had my first 2 naturally and felt everything. Yes you do feel like you will split in half...but you dont have to worry about all thoes side effects.
I wanted to do that to my hubby when I was in labor with our son, he kept bouncing the bed because he was so excited. It HURT even with my epidural. If he does it with this one, I'm hurting him! lol
im only 15 weeks but i already went to my partners boss and asked for him to take the few weeks around my due date off, and also warned him he may not b able to attend work for a while after baby is due as it would be him that will go through more pain than me.
I love this one. I'm 32 weeks pregnant and have decided that I definatley want pain medication but am not certain just yet which one I will go with. My husband however, will probably be begging the doc to give me something!
im pregnant and i think my husband is going to go trew the pain as well as me so hopefully the doctors give him something for his neck couse i will be squizzing it alot!!!! im 23weeks pregnant and its a boy!!!
Hahaha. This is great. My boyfriend is petrified to be in the delivery room with me. I told him if he couldn't handle it I'll have my best friend of 10 years go in there. Atleast I know she won't get emotional or angry when I'm screaming swears and obscene things at people. My boyfriends the most understanding and sweetest man, but I know he won't be able to handle it in the delivery room. Hopefully he'll prove me wrong. I'm due November 16.. not looking forward to this hot summer.
this is great!!
i don't have the father around then but my best friend...i think he will be sorry for his dissicion!!!hahaha
i still have no idea what i want..natural or not...im only six weeks now...and it's my first...very exiting!!!
ps i'm from holland and an epidural is free here...
I have 2 daughters age 18 and 20 with the oldest expecting her first child, she keeps asking what she should do about having the epi and I have told her you just need to wait and see if you really need it. I personally wanted to go all natural but ended up having 2 C-sections so I didn't really get that choice. Everyone is different that is why we get to choose.
My mom punched my dad n the eye when having me...she gave thwe pic.
my husband is going to be so funny on this day !
I think i'll get a DOULA!
haha i just found this site from a friend. i looked at this cartoon laffing. I have a 15 month old son right now. i was sure glad i took the epidural.. i would have did naturally only because my sone came out 9 pounds and i required an epesiotomy.. if i didnt have the epidural oh man getting my perineum cut would have hurt! i wanted natural but had no support nurses and hubby kept tellin me to get it. if i would have had support i might have made it until i was past the point of getting it and been screwed. good luck all you future child bearing women. its hard work but its worth it in the end.
This is my 2nd child..and for some reason..im still scared. As for everyone talking about the epidurals..I had it with my first, and im not sure about it the second time around..I had nothing but back problems for around 2 months after giving birth. During the birth..I couldn't hold my own legs up, my mom and my boyfriend had to, and I could barely push, because i was so numb. I want it pain free again, but in a way i guess having back pain for 2 months straight isn't considered "Pain free". I couldn't even bend over to pick up my daughter. Good Luck Mommies!!!
Thats not true in Britain, or at least not in Cardiff, Edinburgh or the Valleys where I have had/am having births.
No pain relief or IV are foisted on you unless absolutely necessary, and the government is trying to encourage home births (to save costs I guess) so no needles there either.
No pain relief at all on first 2, not planning this time either, Good Luck ladies.
To roz: Sorry sweetie but you can't have a baby needle free anymore. If you're delivering in a hospital, you'll at least have an IV.
I can only hope that I'm not like that next week when I'm supose to deliver!. But I know for sure that I'm getting the Epidural, I don't tollerate pain very well, but then again my biggest fear in the world is NEEDLES! So basically I'm screwed!..lol
michelle and angela: i have been doing the same thing...yelling and getting angry for no reason, only my hubby doesn't think its funny, he says i should lighten up...but i will definitely use an epideral. i watched my mom have my 6 year old brother and wow...no thank you!
This my first child, I'm not afraid but does the epidural really reduces pain? I want to have it all natural but they tell me it's painful...
i didn't quite choke my husband but he claims i left bruises on his knuckles while delivering
I love this one.
Yeah, my sons father had his own nurse in the room with us. He was scared wouldn't come within grabbing distance of me. I remember the doctor telling him he "had" to hold my head down while I pushed, he just looked at her and said, "have you seen the woman we are talking about?"
I love this! I want to do it naturally because I really don't like needles much and I'd rather not have anymore poked into at this point. But who knows? I may feel that pain and start screaming until somebody makes it stop. My ultimate goal is avoid a c-section.
@michelle. My ex when i was with him would get angry cuz i was getting irritated too easily and stuff... hence me being alone now.
haha...that is def. going to be me! im 26 weeks now and go from crying and saying i love you to my boyfriend then 5 minutes later scream and cuss because he's holding my hand the wrong way. I don't know how he puts up with me, but im glad he stays so calm. The last thing i need is him getting offended and yelling back.
hehe that is cute, although I definately won't be getting an epidural. I'm deathly afraid of needles so this baby is coming out without any painkillers. My boyfriend says I'll probably be in labour and I'll look at him and yell "you did this to me!!" which he's probably right, but I figure it won't be so horrible. I'm sure there are worse things I could go through.
My husband has been great he loved anti-natal classes althouhg some things made him squirm he is so interested, me wanting to be a midwife kinda have been interested in pregnancy and all that goes with it from an early age... We both have decided to go for no drugs... just the gas as i want to keep as active as poss.. Although i know how my horns can come out when i am not in the most comfortable postion.. i cant wait till it's out had enough of looking like have a huge watermelon under my shirt anyway good luck to all the new mummies out there.. have fun..
"Heres to smelly nappies and lots of baby vomit"..
this will probably be me in august. i'm 15 weeks right now and I'm yelling at every waitress and cashier when we go out and getting short with everyone else. My fiance thinks it's funny now but just wait until i'm in labor. i bet he won't think it's that funny then.
What's all the hipe with wanting to have a "natural" birth? I say if you have a happy, healthy baby that's all that matters! Mommies out there don't need to go through all that pain, and for what? To say that you did "all natural?" It doesn't mean you love your child more or less and it certainly doesn't make you better than those who have taken pain meds. Women experience pain differently and for some it's too intense to just stick it out. And also it may be wiser to take meds. due to stressing the baby and you. I had a wonderful experience with my first and I did have an epidural. I'm due in 3 weeks and I'm wondering what this one will be like (labor). I'm not saying that going without pain meds. is a bad thing! Heck no! To all you women out there who have done this (WOW) you are my hero. But like I said don't think you're better or did a better job than the rest of us. We're all women and share that sacred bond of motherhhood! Good luck to everyone and just be proud that you are having a healthy, happy baby! (That's really the point right...?)
My boyfriend wants me to go au naturel but i'm not doing that I plan to have an epidural I'm the one who has to push this baby out. I love that picture...that will definetly be me
HAHAHAHA!!! With my first I was cursing at the father and staff! I just think this is funny!
Somehow I have a feeling that I will be mimicking the lady in the comic EXACTLY when it comes time. I've had a very moody and hormonal pregnancy and to tell the truth I'm kinda scared about what will happen when it comes time. I'm afraid I will just scream and shout at everyone. I've never had so much of a temper before.
lol this is great i really need to show this to my finace...maybe it'll change his mind about trying to get me to do this completly natural lol!
well i found the site for my brother's girlfriend.. and i hope she does this on that day...an will someone please take pictures cause i wanna see!!LOL i love this one!
no i have no kids but i look forward to it!
this one was pretty funny though i didnt have to do this, after all i went through during my last pregnancy, 2 shots a day, a cerclage, pre-eclampsia, these weeks i spent in the hospital and those stupid cathedars, i was happy to be giving birth even though the epidural didnt work until the 3rd time which was only about 30 minutes til kasey was born. the only thing my husband did that made me angry was that every time i started feeling those labor pains again, he never got out of bed but instead told me to just call a nurse.
To "can't wait for #2": You need to be careful with your words. I am waiting for #3, and have had horrible labor pain with both my children, and an emergency c-section with my first. Women do not experience the same amount of pain, it's different for everyone. It all depends on the size of the baby, the size of the opening (ahem) and the way in which the baby moves through the birth canal. I have experienced my fair share of different kinds of pain, including, but not limited to: Gall Bladder attacks (and then surgery to remove the gall bladder when I was 6 months pregnant), A dog attack, and migraines. Labor was really painful for me. Congratulations, and blessings to all you mommy's!
I love this cartoon It had me cracken up
I love this!! My boyfriend had two children with his ex-wife and she did it all natural. He couldn't understand why I wouldn't happily agree to doing it that way. To which I responded "Would YOU like to be the one doing this?! No? Didn't think so!" lol
haha no ill just tell my boyfriend i love him and that after this i get everything my heart desires
Don't you just love how men say "WE" in the delivery room! "WE" aren't doing anything, "I" am calling the shots! (and the baby)
I absolutely Love the expresion on her face! My husband was very fortanate I was nicer through my delivery then I was through the whole pregnancy!
I never realized myself how much pain being pregnant would be!! And now I'm actually 38wks and 3 days...and going threw quite a bit of pain my baby already weighs 8lbs4ozs. and he is killing me his head is down in position! And he is ready to come out...Now I'm getting worried i won't be able to handle the pain of childbirth...but it's not like i can take it back now!! It just wasn't something i thought of growing up saying "OH I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE A BABY!!" The pain's are..worse than i really ever cared to imagine...and im just barely gonna be starting the hardest bit!
i have got any kids but i think it would be nice to have a baby the fault if sumfink growing inside you is amazing
I went all natural with my first and I didnt scream, I dunno why so many people say that it is the most aganizing pain in your life, cause Ive had worse, compared to a tooth ache a baby is a breeze!
This is the exact reason my husband DID stay on the other side of the room until I got the epidural with our first child. What can I say, I'm a redhead.
im going all natural...im not sure what im getting into
My first pregnancy my hubby got lucky all I said to him is "I love you." This time we will just have to wait and see. LOL
My hubby say's he'll be there...but he's going to try and keep away from me before(even IF I get one)...I get an epidural.LOL.Mom hasn't said anything lol cuz she knows as long as my hubby is there she'll have nothing to worry about!!
my husband says he is going to stay on the other side of the room....lol
my hubby will be the one needing the needle if he even breathes near me during labour.