So uhmm.. kinda extremely terrified of having a baby now. Epidural.. labor..10-20hrs...then u can rip and get sutures…

Catheter doesn't hurt because they wait until your numb to put it in and they take it out right after birth

Gotcha. did the catheter hurt? how long do they leave it in?

only if u get the epidural tho. cuz ur legs will be numb so u can't walk

I f'in hate hate the catheter😭

so you do get a urinary catheter if you get an epidural?

girl, the tearing and stitches are nothing. you are sore down there but it isn't a distinct sore that you pinpoint to just one spot. at least that's how it is for me. it's nothing you can't handle I promise. don't worry yourself.

If you google everything your gunna end up psyching yourself out, I know I did and I was so nervous but once getting there and going through it, it was not even half as bad as I expected

No you don't need a catheter if you can walk that's why you only get it if you get the epidural, it's honestly not bad with my first I was only in labor for 6 hours, contractions do hurt but with the epidural you can't feel anything

ok that's good to know.

u dont have to do all that. u can go in and refuse anything u want to.

I've been googling everything.

But it's all worth it at the end I promise

sounds terrifying. like there is so much I don't know. I feel clueless!

Yes labor is very scary with my first I was in labor for 23 hours and my body went into shock I

It's not that bad!!!

so its not like a pee catheter its a catheter in ur back?

And you don't have to dry yourself off with a hairdryer lmao

lol it's really not that bad I went to 8 cm without the epidural and you only get the catheter if you get the epidural, which you can't even feel the catheter and I got stitches and you most certainly can go #2,

do u really get a catheter during labor?

Yeah. Its not fun