I'm not scared of labour as I'm more excited to meet our DS, but I think (with 6 weeks til due date) it's time to start thinking about it and not having my head buried in the sand anymore...
Soooo, as a FTM, what do you wish somebody had told you or you that you had known before you gave birth for the first time?
(I'm thinking the books will give a rosy outlook with lots of smug looking couples and I'd rather be a bit prepared)
I realise a birth plan is just what happens in an ideal situation and can be thrown out the window in an instant. Was hoping to go into the midwife led unit, at the moment I don't want a epidural, not because I'm being brave and can take the pain and all that rubbish but because I'm a bit needle phobic and the thought of it already panics me. Again appreciate I may change my mind on that as well but am I right in thinking that you cannot have one in the MLU and need to go to the "proper" labour wards?
Trust me, I want drugs just not that!
Wow this turned out to be a massive post!
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What would you tell a first time mum about labour?
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LJHH · 13/07/2014 09:58
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