Indeed. I was hoping for a boy.
She's my fiance, actually. My daughter is through my ex-wife.
Actually my fiance wasn't laughing about it, she fully believes that my toothache was worse than her labor. She only pushed for 15-20 minutes, the doctor was caught off guard by how quick it was and didn't have a chance to get her gloves on. And toothaches are no joke, they rate as the highest pain I've ever experienced, last for days, sometimes weeks, and I get them bad enough that my face swells up, I get fevers, and cold-like symptoms. Sometimes they have spread to sinuses, and this last time I was worried about getting an ear ache also. I went to the ER two nights in a row, the first night I didn't want to leave because she wasn't pushing yet and I didn't want to miss it, but she wanted me to, so I did, and they gave me a shot of toradol. That made the pain subside for 12 hours, and I got back in time to see my son born and support her. The following morning I got antibiotics and pain relievers (started with an L, never heard of them before) but the pain relievers weren't working so I took others as well, it got bad enough that I took way more than I was supposed to. That night I went back, they gave me Norcol, which didn't work at all. So they gave me another one, which finally started to work some, and cold compresses for the swelling. After leaving the ER, and trying both, the pain basically came back after a very short while and I would have to be taking way more than recommended to see it subside at all. No position was comfortable to sleep in, and I finally resorted to sleeping in the bathroom tub, because it was the only position I could "lay" in with my head upright. I slept for 30 minutes, and when I woke up, the pain and swelling had shifted, with the swelling getting a lot worse, but the pain getting to be not as bad. I then went and slept on the bed, and when I woke up the next morning, I had almost no pain but the swelling was horrible. Having my mouth closed was having my bottom lip under my top lip, without adjusting my jaw.
The experience was quite miserable, but I have bad teeth, as my father did at my age. A lot of it is due to soda over the years, as it also was for him. After all of that, a day shift worker at the hospital told me about a dentist in town that's pretty good and takes people on short notice, whereas my dentist appointment was scheduled for September, because that's as soon as I could get in, this guy was willing to see me that day. (before I got the September appointment, I had tried over 10 other dentists in the area, so for me this was a lucky break. I don't live in a city, I tried all options in my town, and several neighboring ones.)
Oh, and I also didn't do much complaining just suffering... haha, I probably would have accepted a bullet at the time if it meant the pain would cease. I don't wish that kind of pain on anyone.
The only pain on-par with this toothache, was one time I had a bad sinus infection about 5 years ago. It started after a cold with my face hurting slightly, and ended with my head feeling like it was split open, being wheelchaired into the hospital, getting a ct scan and IV's. That was a bitch. I didn't even drive myself. I'm not sure which experience was worse, but getting five teeth pulled was instant relief. It still took several days for the swelling to subside completely. It was also more like 3 toothaches at the same time, and an entire side of my face. Heh. I think the toothache was worse, even if the pain was on-par, because in the case of the toothache the effects and swelling and everything lingered longer. I actually still have shards of tooth coming out of my gums here and there, one came out two days ago, another one is coming out now. With the sinus infection, I was waiting for it to get better on it's own, and when it didn't after a couple of days, I went to the ER.
My fiance did a waterbirth, she said that it wasn't nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be, but maybe she's one of the lucky ones. It's hard to say, because my ex-wife's birth of my daughter was also relatively painless as well. Both of them had "small" babies, but both of them are smaller women. My ex-wife is taller though, and of larger stature (still small, and not fat) than my fiance, and my fiance is skinny and of very small stature. She's only 5' tall as well. My son was still within an average weight size, being on the smaller side of it. My daughter was very small, and they were concerned, but she was otherwise fine. Both of them were on time and not premature. I imagine that if my son had been a 9 lbs baby, she would be singing a different tune, but it's very fortunate that he was not. We also knew he wouldn't be, her belly was just not large enough to be a very big baby, and it was all baby, no extra weight. People tried to convince her that he would be larger.
Anyway, I have a NEW dentist now. I'm not going anywhere else, the guy who pulled my five teeth has my business. I'm going back in another couple of weeks. After I got them pulled, I was able to enjoy the rest of my time at the hospital with my son and fiance and that meant a lot to be able to do that. It wouldn't be so bad if healthcare/dentistry/eyecare wasn't so fucked in this country. Then again, you live in Canada, so I can't really talk. lol
