I always assumed that the first child would be worse as I didn't know what to expect, but I feel terrified about having a second birth, I keep having a flashback to certain parts of the birth which stick in my mind....I don't know if it's maybe because my last birth was a bit traumatic, sorry for tmi but 3 day labour, baby's heart rate dropping and needing a clip on her head to be monitored, waters wouldn't break so they had to be broken, being cut & a lot of blood loss...close to needing blood transfusion. I'm just terrified the next birth will be even worse, I've heard the first is usually the longest, but I just feel like I couldn't cope again, strange though because I always thought if I could get through the first one the others would be less scary when I know what it's like
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