There are some stories that just seem a little too out there to believe, but when it comes to having sex in the delivery room, while in labor to have a baby, it’s happened, believe me.<\/p>\n
\u201dOK, goodbye! We\u2019ll be seeing you soon!\u201d I said cheerfully to the patient and her boyfriend, gathering up her discharge paperwork as I waved them out the door of our labor and delivery floor.<\/p>\n
Behind me, I heard stifled giggles from my co-workers.<\/p>\n
\u201dWhat is it? What\u2019s so funny?\u201d I demanded.<\/p>\n
\u201dWe didn\u2019t have time to tell you, but that was the<\/i> couple,\u201d one of them managed in between laughs.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe<\/i> couple?\u201d I asked. \u201dOh,\u201d I said, realization dawning on me. \u201dThat<\/i> couple.\u201d<\/p>\n
That couple.<\/p>\n
The one who got caught having sex in the delivery room. Behind a curtain. With two other patients in plain view.<\/p>\n
As a labor and delivery nurse, I am used to well, intimate moments with my patients. But sometimes, things can get a little too intimate for my liking. Through the years, my co-workers and I have witnessed a few X-rated scenes on the OB floor, including the delivery room.<\/p>\n
Throughout my tenure, I’ve noticed that labor and delivery brings out a lot of things in people. And one of them, apparently, is sex in the delivery room.<\/p>\n
The couple in question was there for a labor evaluation. She had experienced a few contractions and thought she may be in labor, but after being evaluated, her doctor decided to send her home.\u00a0Her nurse unhooked her from the monitors and walked out to gather her discharge paperwork\u201d\u201da task that takes 15 minutes, tops.<\/p>\n
But that was all the time they needed to have sex in the delivery room.<\/p>\n
The two other women in the triage room and their husbands, separated by a few thin curtains, watched as the couple formulated a plan. Deciding the hospital bed wasn\u2019t conducive to any other position, the couple settled on doggy-style<\/a>. While they may have thought the curtains provided them with enough cover, they had overlooked the fact that their bed sat directly next to a window. With a reflection clearly visible to the entire triage room.<\/p>\n When their nurse came back, she was quickly waved over by one of the other patients in the room and updated on the situation. So unbelievable was the scene they had just witnessed that one of the husbands had even snapped a picture of the window reflection with his cell phone, leaving no shadow of a doubt.<\/p>\n Now I know having sex is supposed to induce labor<\/a> and all, but I call that taking things a bit too far.<\/p>\n Call me old-fashioned but I just don\u2019t see the appeal. There\u2019s just something about giving birth and getting intimate in a hospital environment that doesn\u2019t sit well with me. But that doesn\u2019t seem to stop some people.<\/p>\n One nurse I know caught her patient with a man in her bed during her labor\u201d\u201dand he wasn\u2019t the father of the baby she was delivering.<\/p>\n While talking with my patient about the plan to have her get up to the shower, her boyfriend asked if he could help her. \u201dOh, of course,\u201d I said gratefully. \u201dThat would be great.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201dSee?\u201d he said, shoving her playfully and waggling his eyebrows. \u201dI told you they wouldn\u2019t care if we got in the shower together!\u201d<\/p>\n His girlfriend rolled her eyes at him. \u201dShe didn\u2019t mean like that<\/i>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n No, I certainly didn\u2019t mean like that<\/i>. And did I mention she had given birth about 30 minutes prior?<\/p>\n For another patient, no permission was necessary\u201d\u201done of my fellow nurses had the pleasure of walking in on a patient in the shower with her man.<\/p>\n Or there was the patient who called up to the labor and delivery floor, curious as to how long she should wait to have anal sex after her c-section. Was three days too early?<\/p>\n All jokes aside, there was once even a case of a woman giving birth, only to be sent right back to surgery after her husband exercised his spousal rights\u201d\u201dand tore her\u00a0stitches\u00a0completely open<\/a>.<\/p>\n And then there was the patient I had recently whose labor had stalled. After being stuck at two cm dilated for most the afternoon, her boyfriend helpfully suggested they have sex to try to get things going.<\/p>\n \u201dOh, yeah!\u201d she said brightly. \u201dThat\u2019s a good idea! The prostaglandins are supposed to help dilate me!\u201d They then proceeded to discreetly ask for privacy.<\/p>\n The moral of the story here? Please don\u2019t have sex <\/a>while you\u2019re in the hospital, waiting to have a baby, or having just delivered a baby.\u00a0You never know who may walk in on you. Or have a cell phone.<\/p>\n (Image:\u00a0Mirko Tabasevic<\/a>\u00a0\/ Shutterstock<\/a>; Originally published on: Jan 9, 2013)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are some stories that just seem a little too out there to believe, but when it comes to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21296,"featured_media":70694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[42,145,35126],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":4,"label":"Pregnancy"}],"post_tag":[{"value":42,"label":"childbirth"},{"value":145,"label":"pregnancy"},{"value":35126,"label":"sex"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shutterstock_19369018.jpg",500,328,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Chaunie Brusie","author_link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/author\/chauniebrusie\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":4,"name":"Pregnancy","slug":"pregnancy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Learn how to combine pregnancy and good health. 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