I'm hoping to deliver our baby without an epidural.
How did you prepare yourself for the pain, or what did you do with your mind to help you through it?
Dp will be outside the delivery room. I respect his decision and have never tried to sway him on it, but it's quite daunting to think I have to face it essentially on my own (SIL will probably be there, but we're not incredibly close - I just think she's very nice and down to earth and has done it twice herself).
I've got two weeks to go
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Childbirth
how did you prepare yourself mentally for the --agony-- --pain-- er, I mean intensity of childbirth...?
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makipuppy · 03/08/2009 18:10
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