Confession: I Hate Birth Stories.
- June 30th, 2008 3:18 pm
Okay, before admitting this, I will openly note that I might possibly be breaking internal ‘mommy blogging’ laws. I might be breaking the code of woman, the code of the blogger, and the alleged code of the reader.
But the truth is–the only thing I hate worse than hearing (repeatedly) about eDrama is reading birth stories. That’s right, folks. I hate reading birth story posts.
Now, before you exit the post because you love them or think I’m now the Antichrist for not wanting to curl up with a warm blanket and take them in, know that I do realize that they are important to the person writing them. I realize a large portion of people enjoy reading and hearing about them. If they didn’t, there wouldn’t be television shows focusing all around the subject.
I also realize that in the blogging community, where events like the birth of a child are shared tenfold, a birth story is sometimes a necessity.
I am aware of all of these things. Their significance is not being overlooked.
But significant or not, I still hate birth stories.
Forgive me, but I’m just not one of those people that get in a tizzy over hearing an hour by hour account of a child’s birth. It’s anticlimactic to me. Because, ultimately, at the end of the story, a child is born.
May it was dramatic, traumatic, or even systematic, but at the end of the story, new life sprang forth and motherhood either began or continued with the new life.
Some birth stories are enthusiastic , even exciting, and some leave the reader sad and/or grieving for the mother and the child due to the set of circumstances. And I’m sorry when that happens. Terribly sorry.
But I still hate reading birth stories
And I don’t mean to be insulting about it. Truly, I just mean to say that if a blogger has 23423 posts, the birth story just isn’t going to be one of my favorites.
Don’t get me wrong, your water breaking or not breaking is exciting. Bringing new life into the world is amazing. I know that big bustling bunches of people treasure those posts.
But, I’m just not the birth story reading type of gal. End of story.
(Disclaimer: It seems the internet is a bit cranky this week. So please do not assume that this is in any way directed at any person, body, or entity. I would hate my own birth story if I had to read it. It’s nothing personal.)
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June 30th, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
I HATE hearing about eDrama. People who talk and post about it are skeeves. Even people who come up w/ the term eDrama – those chicks suck major ass.
I’m with you on the birth stories – I ALWAYS skip over it unless I read down to the bottom and see a chicken come out of the vujajay. Now THAT’S a story.
A Whole Lot of Nothings last blog post..eDrama
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June 30th, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
See I’m the opposite. I LOVE birth stories. Everyone’s experience with giving birth is different and I find the differences interesting.
And… yanno… I’m a friggin sap!
NotAMeanGirls last blog post..House Keeping
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June 30th, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
Yeah, tired of the birth stories. And of the “look how cute my kid is” posts. And the braggy mom posts too. I’m just a bitch, I guess. Why am I the only blogger with imperfect kids? And okay … once in a great while one of those kiddy pictures is cute … but the vast majority? Yawn!
TwentyFourAtHearts last blog post..Hawaii Vacation
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June 30th, 2008 @ 5:04 pm
I never thought of it before but I can’t say I really enjoy them. I do think the person that is telling can also make it worse. For example, my husbands boss’ wife…tried not to cringe at that one!
Helens last blog post..This just in…
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June 30th, 2008 @ 5:33 pm
Is this in response to me writing MY birth story?!? Huh, huh, is it? I know it is. JUST KIDDING.
I don’t like them either. I think they are boring. I wrote mine on the off chance my kid wants to read it one day. I don’t expect anyone else to read it or enjoy it. Good for you for saying you don’t like them!
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June 30th, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
oooh it looks all pretty! And…I mostly agree. I wrote mine bc I want to be able to look back…and of course, show the kid when she’s older.
Ashleys last blog post..Coming soon to blogs near you.
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June 30th, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
I suppose I’m lucky that I have no idea what eDrama is but birth stories? I don’t wanna hear them. I don’t care. I just don’t care. And of course, not having children, I’m always told, “wait until you have your own.” To which I reply, “No, you wait. And hold your breath while you’re at it. Particularly if you are going to be telling me a freakin’ birth story!!”
Dingos last blog post..Taxes Not Included
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June 30th, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
my old boss was one of those who would talk and talk and talk and no one ever wanted to make eye contact because she just wouldn’t shut up for the love of GOD! i was dreading telling her i was pregnant and what my tentative plans were for maternity leave and all. the next thing i know, i was sitting in her office and she was telling me about having her pubes shaved during her 4 deliveries.
and you bet your sweet butt i told every one of my co-workers. hey, if i had to suffer, so did they.
also, i am a little embarrassed to say that i have not known of this “eDrama” until just now. am i missing out? or better off?
marchelles last blog post..sneaky fruit vampire
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June 30th, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
Not having given birth myself (required plumbing not present – no vujajay, etc.) it IS rather hard for me to relate to birth stories. However, having related my son’s birth story from my point of view, I have to admit I did find the experience somewhat cathartic. Really. I do feel much better now. So, I have to wonder, do women tell these stories out of a desire to share – you know, like men tell sports stories – or is it cathartic for them, as well?
lceels last blog post..half a lap
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June 30th, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
When I was a kid, I once asked my mom why she didn’t hang out with the other moms as much as they did. She said, “Because all they talk about are their pregnancies and childbirth!”
I totally get what she meant, and you, too.
(eDrama sucks.)
Christines last blog post..Early Bird Special
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June 30th, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Who has time to write out a birth story? Shouldn’t they be taking care of the baby or resting after giving birth? I will say, when someone who has a blog is pregnant, I think it’s ok when they post that they’ve given birth, but please save all the placenta talk for when your new child brings home their first boyfriend/girlfriend.
Madisons last blog post..Half-Blood Prince Trailer With Dark Knight!
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June 30th, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
What is eDrama?
I guess I’m a dissenting opinion here–as I have googled the subject hoping to read others’ experiences. Kinda helps me know what I could expect.
And to respond to Iceel, yes, it’s helpful to process the whole experience by writing it out.
Jessicas last blog post..Baby Doctor
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June 30th, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
Well, I have yet to write my oldest son’s birth story because it’s one of those tearjerker ones.
So, I give you fair warning – On July 18th, don’t open me up in your reader – my son will be turning three and I think I am about ready to get his story out there.
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June 30th, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
Not a big fan either. I remember when my daughter was born I was plastered to A Baby Story…now, I could careless. I guess it just depends on where you are in your life?
Either that or you really are the AntiChrist!
Melissas last blog post..Breathe Deeply…..
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June 30th, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
hehe totally opposite here – I love reading birth stories! I can understand why others don’t though!
Marylins last blog post..Zack is Officially Trained.
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June 30th, 2008 @ 8:02 pm
You know birth stories are like reading the bible, or watching a movie about the Titanic. You already know how it ends. But what the heck is eDrama and why am I so boring and/or old that I am totally unaware of it? Do tell.
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June 30th, 2008 @ 8:02 pm
I don’t like reading birth stories either. I always skim them.
BUT, I like to watch A Baby Story & other such programs. Weird, eh?
dysfunctional moms last blog post..Monday Memes
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June 30th, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
Ive given birth FIVE times..and while I love a good birthstory … Ive never told any of mine in formal “birth story” form. Mainly because Im all “Pitocin is Satan … Epidurals are Christ Reborn .. I had another baby” .
Madnesss last blog post..SundaySecret ~ and a little something extra
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June 30th, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
I’m good with birth stories. They really are all pretty similar, but I’m still good with that.
Now eDrama. WHAT ?? How did I miss this new term?
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June 30th, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
I’m okay with the birth stories–maybe because I’ve got some good ones of my own.
eDrama? It got a lot better once I figured out the details. I’m defnitely not jumping on the Twitter board after this, that is fo’ sure!
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June 30th, 2008 @ 8:18 pm
Blah blah blah YOU DID THIS TO ME blah blah FUCK THIS HURTS blah blah I AM PUSHING YOU COCKSUCKER blah blah *cry* WHEW! They all sound the same anyway right?
Hockeymans last blog post..My Favorite Pre-Bedtime Routine
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June 30th, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
I kind of think of them like car accidents – I slow down, glance over – and well…usually keep on going. My problem is that I am bitter…my 3 delivers SUCKED – almost lost baby, almost kicked the can myself, had double whammy of crappiness…so, I read about births like the one I still have in my head as ideal, and I feel like ralphing! I guess I am bitter and jealous…and then I give my head a shake and realize I have 3 wonderful kids and that is all that counts…
I hate getting cornered by a birth-teller – that is the worst!
Thanks for sharing!
Laura from the Finges last blog post..Reaching for the Stars!
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June 30th, 2008 @ 8:54 pm
I’m on the fence about it. I don’t mind when people ask me about my experience, but people only ask because they don’t believe how big she was (and she wasn’t a huge mutant baby by any means)
I think it’s the ever constant mom vs. mom issue. My birth was harder than yours. Blah blah. It’s not that I hate birth stories, but I hate moms in competition!
alynns last blog post..Serenity Now!
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June 30th, 2008 @ 9:15 pm
I’m not a fan of the birth story either. One day a little friend of Collette’s came over to play and her mother stayed (whom I did not know AT ALL)… and told me the birth story of each of her FOUR children… I thought I was going to have to go into the kitchen and slit my wrists about the middle of child number three….
I can completely assure you… I will never post a birth story on Pink Lemonade!!… LOL!
Pink Lemonade Lizs last blog post..Sleeping with the Fishes
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June 30th, 2008 @ 9:16 pm
I have to admit too, I tend to skip through birth stories. My kids are teens now, so maybe I just don’t relate anymore, I don’t know.
More power to the people who write them though, they’re just not my thing.
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June 30th, 2008 @ 9:23 pm
Huh. Now that I think about it, the only time I was every really interested in reading birth stories was before my first baby was born, because I wanted to explore all of the horrifying possibilities of what was about to happen to me. But now? Meh. Not so much. Although this post has kind of got me thinking about posting my kids’ birth stories.
rimaramas last blog post..I Dodged the Bullet
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June 30th, 2008 @ 9:47 pm
For me it depends. Strangers’ humdrum birth stories don’t interest me. But friends’, or ones where something unusual takes place, fascinate me.
I’m in the middle of writing up my own, actually. It’s therapeutic, part of me learning to look at myself in the mirror again. I’ll be sure to title it recognizably so you know to skip it!
Sadias last blog post..The things children eat!
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June 30th, 2008 @ 9:53 pm
What’s eDrama?
I’m not a huge fan of birth stories either. My stance is that they are beautiful, they are wonderful, they are important…but it’s something that just seems more private and personal to me. Hell, my plan is to have a firm “Me and my husband and the doctor ONLY policy”…so why would I write the story out for the internet to read???
Annies last blog post..One more thing…
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June 30th, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
Birth stories…..ho hum…..that’s how I feel about them. Birthing babies is amazing and a true miracle but I don’t really have any desire to hear about how far you stressed, how many stitches it took to repair or how loud you screamed. I try to run when I see the new mama heading my way! : }
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June 30th, 2008 @ 10:08 pm
For the most part I like birth stories. Most. Once my MIL told me all about when my husband was born and used graphic gory detail and said the word “vagina” several times and I was scarred for life.
Jens last blog post..Chums
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June 30th, 2008 @ 10:11 pm
Well dammit, there goes my Traumatic Tuesday Birth Story post. And I don’t even have kids!
The Over-Thinkers last blog post..Calling All Jane & John Doe’s!! Time to spill it.
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June 30th, 2008 @ 10:12 pm
Ummmm….let me correct my comment…you may be stressed but the word I was going for was STRETCHED! LOL
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June 30th, 2008 @ 10:37 pm
I tell everyone and their mom my birth story, so I wouldn’t dare say I hate hearing about others!!! lol But I see where you are coming from.
Meagans last blog post..I passed!
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June 30th, 2008 @ 11:00 pm
I like them!! I was actually about to post Ari’s just because I’d posted mine about Bella long ago and never got around to Ari’s, but I’ll actually save that for her birthday. And that’s all the way in October. So you’re safe.
For now.
*muahahahahaha*
Marias last blog post..Five Years
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June 30th, 2008 @ 11:02 pm
Oh and while I’m here – so I love your design right? But my favorite part is the comments. It’s so clean looking and really pretty.
Marias last blog post..Five Years
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June 30th, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
Me thinks that the Internet is having its period. Give it a few days and it – the eDrama – will all be over.
Heather B.s last blog post..Fight and Flight
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June 30th, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
I’m one of those cranky bloggers this week. But not about birth stories.
I freaking love birth stories. I am one of those freaks who can’t get enough of them. It blows my hubby’s mind. While I was in the hospital (the DAY I delivered my baby-actually all of them) I was watching A Baby Story. I’m so crazy.
Kathryns last blog post..It’s Hard To Be The Heavy
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June 30th, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
It depends on how they’re written for sure. I can tell within the first paragraph if I’m going to read it or not, haha. Then there is like Becca’s birth with Addie. I’d been reading Becca’s blog since Eli was born so it was different than coming across another mommy blog.
Mandis last blog post..Personality Glitch?
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June 30th, 2008 @ 11:38 pm
OK, I think I can figure out eDrama on my own, but really, what the heck is it?
I like birth stories. Before J, no way. Not a chance. Ho hum. Now, I’m riveted. But, I’ve only read 7908 of them, so maybe by 10,000 they’ll start to wear thin. Until then . . . birth away.
Oh, yeah, and I probably won’t share my story on AUGUST 10th. I’ll share pictures instead . . . of the exact moment he came out. I kid. Maybe. Maybe not.
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June 30th, 2008 @ 11:44 pm
I’m with you!!
Did you ever notice that when some women get together and start swapping birth experiences, they become kind of competetive and it begins to sound a lot like a high stakes poker game:
i.e.
Mom #1 – I was in labor for 14 hours
Mom #2 – I’ll see your 14 hours and raise you 4 more PLUS a posterior head position
Mom #3 – I’ll throw in 18 hours of labor with a posterior head position, and also raise you an emergency C-section!
Mom #4 – You ladies are too rich for my transfused blood, (which is what I received due to excessive post delivery bleeding…) I’m OUT!
Jackie
PS – I’ll spare you all 5 of my delivery stories… You can thank me later!!
Jackies last blog post..Ginormous is the New Humungous…
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July 1st, 2008 @ 12:12 am
Okay, so enough of us on here have no freakin’ idea what eDrama is. Will someone enlighten us or we’ll just start telling birth stories. And for those of us who don’t have a birth story, well, I’m not above making one up.
Dingos last blog post..Taxes Not Included
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July 1st, 2008 @ 12:27 am
I don’t like e-drama, birth stories or discussions of ANY bodily fluids-all three make me queasy
Mrs. G.s last blog post..Home on the Range?
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July 1st, 2008 @ 12:59 am
I don’t even know what edrama is. I can’t imagine why someone would freak out because you don’t like birth stories, so it’s not your cup of tea big deal.
Thanks for the visit, no off to explore more of your web page.
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July 1st, 2008 @ 1:51 am
I’m laughing at what Heather B. said about the internet being on it’s period. That is truer than true!
Birth stories? Totally depends, normally I am fascinated only by the traumatic ones, not the normal run-of-the-mill kind. Must be my love of the dramatic (not the eDramatic, mind you)
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Carries last blog post..Why Can’t We Be Friends?
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July 1st, 2008 @ 2:25 am
I don’t mind them… I think it all depends on how well a story is told – the subject is actually less important.
vereds last blog post..Best Shot Monday: Random Thoughts On Paper Mache, Connectivity and Television
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July 1st, 2008 @ 3:15 am
it seems like a confession of the day around the blog-world.
Just pop by a blogger who confessed that she doesn’t like twitter
and now you mention about this.
what’s a treasure on one, may be shit to another, so I guess its perfectly ok.
Angelines last blog post..Double Awards
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July 1st, 2008 @ 8:45 am
I feel this way about dreams. When someone starts to tell me their dream I want to run as fast as I can. Please, don’t tell me your dream.
Shannon Whites last blog post..It’s Not A Party ‘Til Somebody Does The Hand Bone.
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July 1st, 2008 @ 8:55 am
I’ll tell my story if someone asks. I kinda am in the middle. Don’t mind them but not a must read. I think they are more for the mother and child then anyone else.
That being said, I really wanted to get as many episodes of a baby story in as aI could before my firs was born!
KD @ A Bit Squirrellys last blog post.."NO YOU SHARE DAT WAT-R GUN"
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July 1st, 2008 @ 9:04 am
Well, it all depends. I REALLY hate stories of the pain and blood and screaming, especially when they’re used to frighten first-time pregnant women. And, really, I don’t want to hear about any of the medical stuff, nor do I want to hear competitive birthing stories. But funny stories about giving birth in a cab or cursing a blue streak at the father are OK.
cdps last blog post..Guess who’s coming to dinner
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July 1st, 2008 @ 9:31 am
Yeah, I’m in agreement about avoiding the birth stories. I mean, they all follow pretty much the same script: unbearable pain for hours on end, a clueless hubby or bf, lots of crying and goo at the end. Yuck. I did it three times and certainly don’t care to rehash it.
Love your blog, btw.
Gails last blog post..Good Times, Bad Times
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July 1st, 2008 @ 9:58 am
If I know you..I don’t mind the story. Lord knows I’ve shared mine enough to make anyone nuts. But, I’ll never push it on anyone, nor will I get upset if no one reads it. Logan and Kylee can read it one day…that’s enough.
As for eDrama….I guess I’m special…no eDrama here!
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July 1st, 2008 @ 10:39 am
I haven’t really be subjected to all that many birth stories so I haven’t figured out if I hate them or not. What I do hate is repetitive blog posts, you know the kind where you talk or whine about something and then they very next day you are whining about the same thing again… Ugh, I guess it is hard to explain.
Everyone is entitled to whine and all that but to do so everyday for like 2 weeks… common you are just asking to loose readers.
Ahm… Anyway, I am just a bit cranky from the repetitive construction zone outside my home… The damn back up beeping is enough to make me open a vein!
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July 1st, 2008 @ 11:04 am
I never really thought about it. I like them except for the gory parts. I faint really easily and cannot even talk about blood, needles, etc. with out getting light headed.
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July 1st, 2008 @ 11:40 am
I like birth stories for the most part, but every now and again I come across one that makes me want to never discuss them again.
Jessicas last blog post..I’m an aunt!
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July 1st, 2008 @ 11:52 am
I like the plain and simple stories like yeah, I went in at 5 and had the baby at 10. I hate, hate, hate the one sthat are like: omg then the put the IV on me. Then after that….. etc. I hate the too much detail ones, its like ok did I need to know that they checked your cervix at 9pm?. lol
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July 1st, 2008 @ 12:02 pm
Well it took reading through the post and all the preceeding comments for me to figure out eDrama wasn’t some new reality TV show!
As for birth stories, I could take or leave them at this point in my life- no more babies for me. But when I was pregnant the last two times, oh my gosh I couldn’t get enough.
Kels last blog post..Oh, No she din’t!
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July 1st, 2008 @ 12:04 pm
Hm, I used to love to watch “A Baby Story” on TLC, back in the day. It is so cool! But i don’t know what the heck e-drama is, so maybe it evens out.
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July 1st, 2008 @ 12:29 pm
When well told, I can *love* a good birth story as much as any good writing, and I do rejoice for those who rejoice in the telling because it’s a special moment. Definitely, birth stories can (understandably) get a little lengthy (not that my comment here isn’t…), but the shorter and the sweeter and the less with the icky stuff or boring stuff, the more I enjoy reading.
I also totally understand why some don’t want to tell or read birth stories. Do know that if I ever figure out a means of having a child, I will post the story about 8 times a day, copy, paste, repeat on my blog, your blog, everybody’s blog blog.
maggies minds last blog post..Can’t Take Me Anywhere
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July 1st, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
I won’t be expecting a comment from you then when (and if) I actually finish writing Little Man’s birth story! LOL
VDogs last blog post..17 Things About 17 Months
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July 1st, 2008 @ 12:49 pm
That’s good to know. I’ll warn you before I post mine!! J/K! I actually haven’t found one I’m particularly found of either. I’m 15 weeks pregnant and it seems that people either want to share their wonderful experience with you or they want to scare the s*&@ out of you with their birth story and frankly, I’m fine with having neither. Just give me the facts, lady.
The only person I can listen to tell me about her births is my BFF. I look to her for her experience and knowledge. Everyone else gets so ….. I don’t know – emotional about it. And I realize that it IS emotional, but for real, yo – I don’t want to hear the gross story of how your plug came out during dinner or how the after birth made a big woosh sound!
I want to know my own story, and that’s about it. If I’ve got questions, I’ll ask – Thank You Very Much!
Grey Streets last blog post..Random Fact #2
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July 1st, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
I’m sort of a ‘beentheredonethat’ person with birth stories. I haven’t done one cuz there wasn’t anything new to say.
Tara R.s last blog post..Mullet anyone?
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July 1st, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
LOL! I’m an OB nurse, birth stories run rampant. But I’ve got to say, there is no “miracle of childbirth”!! Childbirth is bloody, yucky, and generally unpleasant. I’ve never understood why anyone would want to video anyone’s vagina doing that.
THE BABY people, clean it up, wrap it up, THERE’S the miracle!
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July 1st, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
To each their own, I like them ! I know lots that don’t though !
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July 1st, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
I love everything Baby… including birth stories, though I’ve never written any of mine. Except those fill in the blank pages in the baby books.
I do share parts of them with other women once they have had their children and we are talking about birth and having more babies. Mine was not a tear jerker, but rather a THANK GOD I SURVIVED.
I also love love love The Baby Story, Bringing Home Baby, and those Discovery Health Shows about high risk deliveries, Birth Day, etc…
Sap, I am. Herh herh herh.
Polka Dot Mommys last blog post..Take Me Out To The Ball Game…
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July 1st, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
I, too, get bored with birth stories. I guess that makes me a freak of sorts.
Karens last blog post..Name That Bump
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July 1st, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
I’ve never heard the term eDrama. huh. I like birth stories depending on how they’re written. A good writer can write ANYTHING and I’ll enjoy it. A bad writer…well, you get the idea.
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July 1st, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
I’m right there with you. I gave up on reading birth stories when one of them made me pass out from the shear terror of it all. I know, I’m twelve. Seriously though, I don’t need to hear about a stranger’s vagina any more than absolutely necessary.
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July 1st, 2008 @ 9:23 pm
I am a childbirth educator – a certified childbirth educator – the one who teaches the classes. Somewhere in the process of doing that job, I have evidently acquired a blinking sign of some sort that revs up whenever a woman of ANY age approaches me “Tell ME your birth story! – because I have heard =blow by blow, push by push, miserable moment to glorious moment – EVERY SINGLE BIRTH STORY in the world. If there is a woman who has spoken to me, like even in passing in a huge crowd, she will track me down, and tell me the whole story. It’s neither good nor bad, it’s just a fact of life. EVERY WOMAN, every time, every kid.
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July 1st, 2008 @ 9:25 pm
Please, share your birth story and while you’re at it, tell us about the last time you visited the DMV (don’t leave anything out!), when you were audited by the IRS, and all the details of your husband’s upper endoscopy. Go ahead, we all have time and could use some enrichment in our lives!
ps – thanks for commenting on my Blog!!!
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July 1st, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
I’m the exact opposite. Sorry! I guess I just find it amazing how different each person’s path into the world is…and I don’t mean the difference between the two tunnels out of the uterus (natural or man-made), but if mom had an easy time or a hard time, if the baby had APGARs off the charts or needed to be resucitated, etc. I cry when I read birth stories or watch it on TV because it reminds me of the birth of my children…of actually meeting them for the very first time face-to-face after all those months and all those hours of hard work. To relive that magical moment with others’ birth stories is a huge glimpse in their lives, their real personality, and seeing how similar we all are as women and mothers.
But since i know you aren’t keen on them, please ignore my post from June 3rd and the one coming up on July 12th.
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July 1st, 2008 @ 11:16 pm
I’m not sure where I stand with the birth stories. I think if I had to read about mine, I’d be bored to tears.
eDrama? I don’t know what that is
I don’t think anyone is going to let me sit at the cool table anymore…
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 1:05 am
You would have loved mine… *snigger*
http://www.magnetoboldtoo.com/2008/03/26/all-these-horror-birth-stories-clogging-up-the-blogosphere/
smootches babe.
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 10:11 am
My ‘babies’ are 22 and 20. I am so far removed from birth stories they make my eyes glaze over. So many of the people in our age group are having children or just had children… it makes me cringe whenever they start comparing stories.
Although sometimes I’ve made stuff up during these ’story times’, just making sure I outdo anybody there with either a) ease at which the kid shot outta my wahoo or b) the hours upon hours of excruciating labor while they doctors all stood around amazed at my stamina.
Come to think of it, this might be why we don’t have many friends. Go figure.
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
I love birth stories, as long as they’re happy. I can’t read the sad ones or I’ll be heart broken all day. LOL But then that’s why I’m a doula, I just really like birth.
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
I’ll forgive you even though I just wrote about mine…
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 9:43 pm
I don’t mind them if they are short. I’m not real interested in minute by minute recaps, but a general story is good for me.
And eDrama? Are there really that many bloggers that don’t know the term eDrama? e….. drama…… like e meaning internet… sort of like email…. and drama… internet drama.
I suppose I could be wrong but that is my best guess.
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July 2nd, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
Heh – I don’t so much hate the birth stories as I hate the boring blogs. You know the ones I’m talking about – you feel the urge to keep reading them becaus ethey always comment on your blog, but their blog sucks? Yeah – those. I can’t stand ‘em.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 6:30 am
Can’t bear (excuse the pun!) hearing about them and have no bloody inclination to tell anybody my experience!!! UGH!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 8:55 am
What I hate is when women are standing around talking about it and they try to one up each other…
“I was in labor for 10 hours!”
“So what, I was in labor for 12!”
“Oh yeah, well I had my baby naturally without an epidural, epidurals are for sissies!”
“Well, I was forced to have the epidural due to complications, my baby had his cord wrapped around his neck!”
“So did mine, TWICE!”
That just bugs the shit outta me.
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July 4th, 2008 @ 8:02 pm
Kudos to you for saying it, girl!
My birth story is highly dramatic and twisted and I would never write about it because I feel the same way about them as you. I don’t even skim birth story post, I just move on. Same goes with that breast feeding stuff…move on, move on, move on.
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July 5th, 2008 @ 10:15 am
I skim them. I just like to read the end to see that everything turned out alright.
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March 25th, 2009 @ 11:01 am
We certainly don’t mind people who want to gush about their experience, everyone is entitled to be excited about a birth. But the “war stories” and gory details can sometimes be kept to yourself, I think!
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