Anxious about birth
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My plan is a waterbirth if possible. I’ve been practising hypnobirthing and happy to accept gas and air. ☺️ I’m also happy to have anything else if best for baby and me.
Beyond anxious because with my first I had a smooth pregnancy and then labor went all wrong . Meconium in waters, no progression, HR going high. Nothing was working. Ended in an emergency section. Now I'm looking forward to a VBac but thinking I should change my mind to a section. I know not all births are rhe same but yep I'm anxious .
My suggestion would be: learn as much as you can about the process of birth, what the different interventions are and why they’d be offered, and different forms of pain management. I think education and information can help alleviate some anxiety. Don’t go down the rabbit hole of learning all the ways things can go wrong. Part of having a smooth labor is you feeling safe and you won’t if you’re thinking about all the what if’s. I’d suggest checking out Mama Nurse Tina (YT and IG), Built to Birth/Bridget Taylor (YT), Doc and Doula (YT, IG, and podcast). While I never read it, the book Spiritual Midwifery was recommended to me for a collection of positive birth stories. I did all this, and I hired a doula and I had a beautiful, unmedicated birth experience. It wasn’t euphoric, but I also wasn’t in agony either. Nothing is guaranteed, but do the best you can with what you have. Labor is a mental game and any prep you do is never wasted and will help you cope regardless!
Something bad could happen at any point in life doing anything! Hold on to your excitement and take it one day at a time. Once you’re in it, you’re in it - there’s no stopping it lol do you have a birth preferences plan?