I am 35 and expecting my first child one month from now. I am petrified of giving birth, and scared of tearing and all sorts of other complications. I enrolled myself on NCT and also hypnobirthing and in both cases talking about pain relief, natural or otherwise, has gotten me absolutely hysterical - I've started crying (privately in the toilets afterwards), feeling really low and suicidal, breaking out into a sweat and just feeling like I am going to faint.
I should add that I normally take Prozac for depression and anxiety but my doctor told me not to take this while pregnant or breast feeding so I came off it which I feel proud of although I've had some very dark days.
I'm really tempted to just pay for a C section in a private hospital (I've more than got the money to easily do this).
I did the hypnobirthing course but all the constant language used about 'no pain, no pain, no pain' just made me feel completely hysterical - the opposite of relaxed.
Has anyone else found hypnobirthing a waste of time? Does anyone have an opinion on what I should do?
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Anyone finding hypnobirthing utterly useless?
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EnglishRose34 · 01/06/2016 23:59
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