Falling face first into dinner!
Brynne:
Quote from: Witches on 2005 September 30, 02:21:22
Quote from: Brynne on 2005 September 29, 19:57:21
Actually, in my experience,"building" the baby was pretty easy. Now, "birthing" the baby was a pain in the ass. Literally. ;) Especially when the baby is over 9 lbs. I seriously begged my obstetritian for a c-section, no joke. My mom and husband overheard his phone call to another ob/gyn, and he was saying "I have a healthy mom and a healthy baby, and the mom is refusing to push! What should I do???". He was making arrangements for an emergency c-section, when I decided to go ahead and push. I've always been a bit stubborn.
I always have the husband or another sim in the household do all the cooking and cleaning for the pregnant sim, so all she has to do is whine continuously. When I got the game a year ago and had little experience in sim-pregnancy, my pregnant sim died because she was in a deadlock: too tired to eat, too hungry to sleep. I didn't have hacks installed in the game, yet, either, so it was frustrating. Never leave pregnant sims to take care of themselves!
LOL! My baby was 8.5 pounds so I can relate ... didn't mean to imply that birthing was a snap. I didn't use drugs, and I've never screamed so much in my life. Lamaze, in my experience, was a waste of time. You've got to breathe deep and scream through those contractions. It helps. Very satisfying. Panting, my ass. I think the "I want to go home now" is a very normal reaction. I think every mom thinks at some point, "what the hell have I gotten myself into?" :o
Actually, I've had lots of single sim moms that lived by themselves get through pregnancy relatively easily. They just order pizza and sleep a lot. One trick I use if a lot of needs are heading toward orange is send them to bed until sleep is at least in the yellow, then get up, use the potty/eat something/take a shower before going back to bed again. Repeat as needed.
At first I thought you were still talking about real-life experiences, with the pizza-eating and sleeping. Not far from reality, either way.
I was drug-free as well and not by my own choice. I walked into that hospital backwards ready to impale myself on the epidural needle. It was the military hospital's choice that I remain epidural-free. My obstetrician told me that I seemed to be tolerating the pain well at 7 cm., and he said the rest should be a snap. That, and he'd sent the only anesthesiologist home, already. Notice I said "he"d sent the anesthesiologist home early, and "he" thought it would be a snap. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. They had me hooked up to the monitor improperly, and it wasn't registering all my contractions. The nurse finally told someone to please turn the monitor away from me, as I was fixated on letting everyone know (loudly) that the monitor was lying. My mom videotaped the Mad About You episode a few months later, where Helen Hunt's character was giving birth, as she was saying almost verbatim what I had said. Especially notable was when they told me the "window of opportunity had passed" to medicate me, and I cried "Well open the window back up, then!". I'm thinking sledgehammer over the head at this point; that's still considered "drug free". So when I was fully dialated and past the transitional period and the time came to push, I said no. Like I had the choice. I wanted the c-section. The obstetritian had never had a case like mine, where a mother was defying the biological urge to push, so he rushed off to make the phone call to the other doctor, medical manual in front of him. Then he called a meeting outside the room with my husband and mother to discuss the fact that he may very well have to give me the c-section. Jay wasn't out there long, though. They had left me alone in my agony, and my mom said that they heard this scream from my room "Jaaaaaaaay!", and he said "Welp, gotta go see the wifey!" My mom finally said the magic words: "If you push, the pain will end ". My husband was eating jelly beans. He was thrilled we got the suite with the tv. And Married with Children was on!
Okay, sorry about the off-topic chatter, there. Too much fun to relive those memories, and I couldn't pass it up.
shadow:
The first two pregnancies I had after installing NL, the mothers died before they were even showing. I mean, they got out of bed, grabbed their throats and died before I even noticed their hunger was way down, though not in the red yet. I was able to plead with the grim and get them back. It seems that their needs deteriorate much faster since NL.
skandelouslala:
I had a sim that gave birth to twins the other pratically live in her plate the whole pregnancy. She was too tired to eat..but close to starving to death. She'd wake up..take a few bites then right down into the plate..repeat scenerio for about three sim days straight.
Vesca:
Quote from: Brynne on 2005 September 30, 03:49:45
[Too much fun to relive those memories, and I couldn't pass it up.
It is fun to relive your childbirth memories, isn't it Byrnne? I have two children (10 and 12), and it seems like yesterday they were infants in my arms. The years go by so fast. And, they're the ones now asking about childbirth, as they're getting older and more curious about it, so we have some good conversations about their births.
Due to pregnancy problems, my first son was born 6-1/2 weeks early and was in the neonatal unit for 10 days. He was only 4 lbs. 9 oz. But you wouldn't know it - he's taller than I am. My second son was 3 weeks early and nearly 8 lbs. (thank God he was early!) He was a chunker.
Witches:
OMG Brynne that doctor should be shot. My doctor let me call all the shots, and even though a lot of things went wrong he still listened to my wishes. I can't believe how arrogant some doctors are. I feel for you.
I don't have NL installed yet. Waiting to upgrade my computer first. My current PC can't handle it. I'll have to keep that in mind when I do load the game ... may have to eat my words about the easy pregnancies. ;)
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