panic

[homebirthmummy4]

i have started to have mild panic attacks about labour. i am terrified that i just wont be able to be breathe and start to struggle with breathing now when i think about impending labour (due in 2 days). i know it is ridiculous especially as i have had so much training for breathing with yoga and hypnotherapy. also this is my 4th baby and i have had no problems with previous births. please can anyone help me to destroy these ridiculous fears? i keep thinking that i will suffocate and die

homebirthmummy4, you will be fine!! I am due next week and found myself struggling with the breathing when listening to my hypnotherapy CD last night, then reasoned that my baby bump is now massive and pushing up on my lungs, so natural to feel a bit breathless at this stage. He/she will descend and you can then breathe easier.