Nerves... I'm starting to get filled to the brim with anxiety over the big day.. I'm not due til Dec…

Being completely honest (for me) labor and delivery SUCKED ASS but I would do it a thousand times over for my son. The majority of the pain is over as soon as you deliver, you're still sore for about a month after but it is alllll worth it. Just enjoy the rest of your pregnancy because you WILL miss the sleep.

My family and I are actually thinking I'll get more sleep when my Little is here. Reason being I'm being hit with every single pregnancy symptom in the book or not in the book on top of insomnia. I sleep maybe 1-2 hours a night if I'm lucky and don't sleep at all during the day. I look extremely ill all the time. My complexion has gone completely white with dark circles around my eyes. Makeup barely makes me look like a living human. I'm not even sure how I manage to keep on my feet during the day. I'm so tired. I go to bed usually between 3 and 4 and I'm up at 5 getting my husband's things ready for work. Can't wait for my pregnancy sypmtoms to be done with. Definitely gonna sleep every time my little does.

Im a huge sissy when its comes to pain and I did it almost med free. I had a very small dosage at 3 cm, it helped slightly for about 30 minutes and that was all. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be. BUT it is different for everyone! Just walk a lot and do things that will help with labor. Like taking those oil pills by your mouth and poking a hope in it and inserting it vaginally. I can't think of the name of them right now but maybe somebody else will. During labor just try to tell yourself "my body was made to do this. My baby is worth it. I will meet my baby soon. Every day woman go through this. I CAN DO THIS. " ? You can do it momma!

Thank god i deliver normally and fast lol... i go in the hospital an hour later the baby is out, i think baby #3 took the longest... who knows maybe you'll be just as lucky and its just the ftm jitters! I'm due with baby #4 december 16th... yay december babies ?. You'll be ok momma!!

Don't worry, it'll be over before you know it!

A lot of women have the same fear, It's a pretty terrifying process.

I remember asking my midwife at one of my appointments if it was normal to be scared sh*tless at this point, she said "yep, completely normal."

Yes, it will probably suck at the time because as beautiful and crazy as birth is it is still painful and scary. But everything is worth it when you hold your baby for the first time and every new milestone they hit you are reminded of how absolutely powerful your body is.

It's normal to be scared, but take one step at a time and just stay calm.

Watch some home birth videos! Those made me feel so so much better. You can find them on YouTube.

Just realize it's going to happen regardless. Your body does most of the work for you. You just have to ride it out.

Good luck!

When I'm about to face something painful my mind way over exaggerates how I think the pain is going to feel then when it actually comes I'm just kinda like "that's it?" I'm really hoping that's how it is with this. Probably not but one can hope. My mother said every woman takes it differently and for me she says that it can possibly be one of those things I end up handling really well. I always had unbearable menstrual cramps. To the point where it made me want to curl up in a ball and cry then run around the house in a frantic search of relief. My mother said that my contractions could be like my cramping and be no big deal for someone like me and she said the worst part for her was the contractions. Usually it doesn't take much once your fully dilated to get the baby out. My cousin who was induced and delivered a stillborn says her labour and delivery went extremely well. She said it was the most painful thing ever but she was dilated to ten within an hour or so and it took like 3 pushes to get the baby out. By the time she realized she was in labour and asked for an epidural she was 10 cm and they told her no. I'm just trying to find ways to calm myself. I have under 3 months now and I'm freaking the f out. Lol.

Please order and read Ina May's Guide to Childbirth. THEN watch The Business of Being Born. Childbirth is natural, and while it is work and not a walk in the park (although sometimes that helps), it is more painful when you are more tense and fearful. So get educated about exactly what will happen with your body and the baby, and how it's supposed to work, then maybe you'll be more relaxed about it.

Personally, I'm ready for labor right now if it means an end to constant heartburn. =P

you're just having a lot of negative thoughts. thoughts are just thoughts, they don't mean much and they don't have to be true. it's not going to be a cakewalk but it's bearable and you will get through it.