Hi everyone!
I feel a bit of a fraud using this site because I'm not yet a parent...
However!!!
This is my question...
What is better a vaginal birth or a c section??
I ask this because I am absolutely terrified of giving birth vaginally (and I have been since I was about 14) I can't explain why the only reason I can think of is because I've heard so many horror stories.
Before somebody gets on the bandwagon and starts saying I'm too posh to push or anything like that it's not that at all. I'm not frightened of the pain involved because I've had several operations that are quite painful and dealt with them just fine.
I'm frightened of things going wrong, every mother you speak to loves to share their gruesome tales of what went wrong and the trauma they endured. No one is open to tell you that actually the birth was quite well controlled and a nice experience.
I'm really hoping there are some mothers out there that did have a good experience and aren't frightened to share that with me because I'm on the verge of not having a child at all because I'm so scared.
Sorry if this irritates people but you wouldn't stick a woman terrified of spiders in a room full of them and that's how it feels!!
Please help!! I really really want to get over this fear.
Thanks
Also bit of background I'm 27, married and have been with my husband 7 years I'm an only child and only one of my friends has a baby (which she had a section due to medical reasons). So don't have much experience of labour (by being a birthing partner or anything like that)
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Terrified and need opinions / advice
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Dowhatmakesyouhappy1212 · 22/05/2017 10:19
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