I'm pregnant with DS2, DS 1 will have just turned 12 months when I'm due (currently 38 weeks pregnant) & I'm dreading things things this time around.
This baby was a shock and we didn't find out we were expecting till 23 weeks (periods hadn't returned, no weight gain, no symptoms etc) so it all feels like a blur.
We have everything ready, but I still don't feel pregnant so to speak. I'm still fitting in my normal clothes and just have a little bump which looks like I've ate a bit too much.
Anyway, now my due dates nearly here I'm constantly thinking about it and to be honest, I'm terrified! I thought I'd be less scared after knowing a little more about what to expect this time around, but just the thought of giving birth again makes me feel physically sick.
DS's birth wasn't necessarily traumatic, I arrived at hospital when I was 7cm and I was pretty much left to my own devices. I was in the birthing pool with just gas and air right up until the last minute, when my waters broke and there was significant meconium staining. I had to get out and delivered a couple of minutes later on the bed.
I coped last time around, I know I can do it, I've done it before, so why am I so terrified this time around? It was probably the most painful thing I've experienced, but I managed. I have all these thoughts in my head thinking that this time around, I won't. I don't think it helps that during DS's birth I felt a little intimated by the midwives and I was too scared to ask for anymore pain relief. The midwives came just before DS was born and just poked their head in to check everything a couple of times beforehand.
Has anyone else been like this with their second?
(Sorry for the unintentionally long post)
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JhurstB · 16/03/2016 08:48
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