Can anyone recommend me a good book that will help me get into a more positive mind frame about giving birth. I had a pretty awful care in my first labour and had been relying on staying away from the hospital for as long as possible when I have this next baby. Sadly I’ve just been told that I’ll need to go straight to the labour ward again - which is exactly what I was hoping to avoid because the care was so awful last time.
Seeing as there is literally no way out of this now - I’m 32 weeks, the baby will have to come out at some point. How do I get over the fear I have of child birth? I was reading the Maggie Howell hypnobirthing book, but it’s not that useful if you need to be on a ward with monitoring and a cannula as it has a real focus on avoiding intervention and monitoring which in my case is probably not possible.
Is there anything out there that helps you to make the most of a birth on a labour ward? I feel like I may as well give up before I’ve even started as there is no way I can possibly relax there so it’s just going to be another awful drawn out experience. Help!
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Book recommendations to help me get over my fear
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Doublechocolatetiffin · 21/03/2018 09:24
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