Anxiety about labour. Ways to help cope?

[Chloeisobelle21]

I have 3 weeks until my due date and I'm really scared of giving birth.
I had a pretty horrible time with my daughter and this being my second baby I'm just positive it will all happen again.
Are there any tips to help me try and stay calm during labour? Anything I can do mentally in the next few weeks to try and help myself? The fear is becoming quite bad and I'm starting to even have nightmares! Please, if anyone has any advice. All my midwife says is Oh it will be easier this time because it's your second which doesn't reassure me at all..

Just bumping up this post as I went into spontaneous labour Saturday at 6pm and I had my son with just gas and air at 8.00pm!
Very painful but nothing like before and I'm so happy it went this way rather than a section.

Ahh fantastic news, congratulations! So glad you got your straightforward, intervention free birth and what a beautiful baby! Does he have a name yet?

What a cutey!

So so cute! And congrats xx

Thank you his name is Henry!
Just too all the mummies out there who have had a scary first birth it doesn't have to be the same second time around.

Amazing news. Congratulations. So glad it went well for you.

He is gorgeous!! So pleased for you!