Who else was afraid to give birth im a first time mom and the closer I get the more nervous I get, but don't get me…

The best thing you can do is stay calm and breathe. It helped me so much. As women our bodies are made to give birth.

For me birth was not the scary part. It was the recovery. I was not scared one bit other than I was scared that I was overreacting to my intense close together contractions and that I was going to get sent home in that much pain. When I got checked my water had just broken but I hadn’t felt it yet and I was 6 cm dilated and 100% effaced and I was not progressed at all the Wednesday before! I got the epidural right away and pretty much slept until it was time to push then slept in between contractions while pushing. I only had my husband the doctor and my nurse until it was time to deliver then they quickly called baby’s nurse when baby was close to be there for delivery and that probably helped with the calmer tone. Also to me I felt a big relief after baby was out like I had just taken a huge dump(lol tmi but hey it’s true). That’s my experience and I hope that helps!

I was afraid all 3 times lol. And all 3 experiences were horrible. I envy every woman who had a great birth 😭😭😭

I was terrified to give birth! Like someone else mentioned millions do it and so can you, my neighbor told me she loved being in labor and I honestly thought she was crazy until I went into labor! It’s the most rewarding amazing thing, I did take the epidural and had no issues, you’ll do great!

@valerie_jean true!!

You have to remind yourself that it must not be THAT bad considering women do it over and over and over again.

My experience was amazing and I promise you’ll want to relive the moment.

@mommamia18 yeah my mom did natural with my sister and she regretted it she got pain relief when she had me so my mom told me whatever you do get the epidural your able to sleep and relax and hage enough energy to push when the time comes

The epidural is the best thing ever! I had no issues with it. It allowed me to nap until I felt the urge to push. I'll definitely be getting it again!

@jenny955, try not to get the epidural I know it sounds crazy but see how long you can hold out on it its too much then get it but it causes problems after birth like back problems long term and other things I didn’t know about but it’s up to you love I tried to hold off but I really wasn’t ready to feel the contractions I was traumatized for like a week after I had Mia everytime I had to poop it brought me back to those damn contractions 😂

@mommamia18 yeah my boyfriend will be there and I'm gunna get the epidural as soon as I can

But it’s still a beautiful experience it’s just getting the head out the body kinda slides out

Have someone there with you for support because it gets intense. Work on your breathing because contractions are seriously no joke

@jenny955, Totally understandable! Again, it's entirely out of your control so there's really no point in worrying too much. I'm sure everything will be just fine. Best of luck!

I had a huge sense of calm during both labors

@aengs2 thank you and I think I'm more scared of something going wrong or something being wrong with him

I recommend working on breathing exercises, coming from a girl who has asthma, pushing was very difficult cause I didn’t work on my breathing before hand. You can do it girl, trust me I second guessed myself and bam I did it.

It's mostly out of your control and it always ends with baby in your arms. It's worth it and you'll get through it!

We can do itttt!!!! 😂