I was walking down a hallway during my morning college classes and I noticed a poster that was hanging up in the medical hallway. - Help.com

Interesting read! I don’t know that I agree with all of it, but it’s peaked my interest, which is very hard to do. I think about medical things a lot of the time. I would wonder about a few things, but too tired to post them all. My brain is barely functioning. It’s been a long day! I wish you luck in any discovery that you happen to make or laboratory work that you do, in pursuit of finding out the answer to the questions that you seek with regards to information contained on this poster. It would certainly be worth speaking to your profs about your thought process to get their input. Good luck!

These Endorphins certainly exist, I had two babies, one at 6lb 2 the other at 9lb 2 (boy) I had both with no anesthetic, the “norm” these days is for mothers to opt for an epidural, or docs often prefer C section. If you rely on the bodies own pain Endorphins, yes you will have pain, but once you get that baby in your arms, all the pain is gone. And yes that was an interesting read, do I detect an Entrepreneur here ? lol.

“once you get that baby in your arms, all the pain is gone”
It wasn’t for me. I don’t want to scare anybody. Enough said. My entire pregnancy was a bit…ok a LOT unique.

We all have a different pain tolerances, maybe Im a lucky one, giving birth to a 9lb’er mine must be dang high lol. btw the lack of anesthetic wasn’t by choice, I left it too late to get to the hospital, but even then I wouldn’t have had Epidural, I wanted to experience the birth :-) Im glad I did.

They wouldn’t give me mine until it was too late. I was in such bad pain by then that I jumped and the epidural went to far. It did next to nothing. Then bc I already had the epi, they couldn’t give me anything else. There were about 10 people in the room bc of the pain that I was in. Baby was really high but I had to push anyway. I pushed for an hour after they gave me the epi. It was awful. I am NOT and was not glad that I went through that. They waited too long to give it to me, even after my request. They said that they thought it would be MANY MANY more hours before she came. I know my body. I told them that I had to push, they told me that I didn’t, that I was wrong, and that the baby WAY was too high to push.

I wouldn’t have a tooth extracted without pain meds. That was pretty much my thoughts on child birth too, LOL.

I wish I had your pain threshold.

Yes, that’s the truth. That can happen but is SOOO uncommon. It’s like winning the lottery twice. But bc of the off chance, you must sign a waver stating that you won’t sue the hospital if they mess up. (at least here) It’s also common to get epidural headaches. Sometimes they don’t work, or barely work, like the way that it happened with me. Not fun!

I did, twice. no problems at all the first time. In fact, I had is work out perfectly. I recommend it to everybody. I just wish the the hospital would have given it earlier. I think that MY BODY was the reasonn they didn’t Baby was too high and they thought that I wouldn’t deliver for a long time. If they give it before you get dilated to around 6 cm, it could slow you down. They pain was intense by the time I got it, and I moved. (They have to insert it DURING a contraction. That was why I moved. The contraction hurt!) It was my fault that it went to far. Not the fault of the staff. If they gave it earlier, the pain wouldn’t have been so bad, and I wouldn’t have moved.

I understand the concern. I’ve had it, but weighed the risks. Risk was small. It’s more dangerous to walk across the street, in my opinion. I’ve been run over. Trust me, that was worse than a needle. I am thankful for epidurals. I tell my h that I’ll get one when the quints arrive too. his reaction :O Quints?! BWAHAHA! (no more kids for me, LOL)

Daksha, Your post is most intriguing to me as I have Fibromyalgia. At times, the pain is so all encompassing and overwhelming that I find myself pulling my hair out, just to try to escape from it. Any thought process out there that might eventually lead to a numbing of the pain I experience gets a whoop! of excitement from me. Very interesting and thought provoking post, Daksha. Not that I expect you to research fibromyalgia just for the heck of it, but I’ve provided a link and some excerpts to an informative site below in the event that it helps you with the thought process you’ve got going.

http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/63… EXCERPTS:

Fibromyalgia, (also known as fibrositis, fibromyositis, and muscular rheumatism), is a chronic syndrome that causes pain and stiffness throughout the tissues that support and move the bones and joints. Muscle pain, tender points, and fatigue are the predominant symptoms associated with fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia may occur alone or in conjunction with rheumatic disorders such as arthritis, osteoarthritis, or lupus.

Although the exact causes of fibromyalgia are not known, there are a number of theories as to the cause of this syndrome. The theories include:

* The cerebral spinal fluid in those afflicted with fibromyalgia had more substance P (a neuropeptide that carries pain signals).

* • There is a diminished blood flow to the two areas of the brain that help regulate the amount of pain signals the brain receives.

* The syndrome is psychosomatically based. Psychological factors such as anxiety, depression, disappointment, or failure to achieve goals somatize (express themselves) as physical symptoms such as backache or sore muscles.

* Fibromyalgia is caused by sleep disturbances. Tests of people with fibromyalgia often show a sleep disorder in which the deepest or most restful stage of sleep (stage IV) is disturbed or interrupted. This disruption in sleep may be responsible for the shortage of the growth hormone called somatomedin-C which is produced in deep sleep. This hormone is responsible for muscle repair and maintenance.

* There is a deficit in the levels of tryptophan. Tryptophan is a neurotransmitter that plays an important role in inhibiting pain and inducing deep sleep.

wow this was very interesting. and endorphins don’t just numb the pain either they make you feel good. so then u have the danger of people abusing them like they do painkillers right now. but u might have something there…..