I will be 37 weeks tomorrow and have suddenly develeoped a fear of actually having this baby...
I have alot of anxiety around going to and being in hospitals anyway and then started reading other womens experiences of labour (mainly on here) and don't think I can do it... I am considered (because of a number of health conditions) to be high risk so my only option was to have a hospital birth.
Some of the things I have read have honsestly scared the out of me...
women not being able to control their bladders/ bowels, and their husbands/ partners having to clean them up... I can honestly say this would be probebly the worst thing (obviously other than my baby not being healthy) that could happen!!!!!
women not being listened to when they say they are in labour, and then having their babies on their own in a room
the pain being too much (although I will be given an epidural asap when I get to hospital as I cant have gas and air and they have advised against other pain med's)
I really don't know what to do... I am thinking about asking the midwife about having a c/s after reading that the risks involved are not that much higher these days than for a natural birth...
I am petrified of making a fool of myself while im in labour... which even as im typing it I realise sounds absurd!!!
(sorry for the long post and thankyou for reading)
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Childbirth..... not sure I want to now!
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mommyPlant · 07/11/2012 14:38
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