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L&D Jitters?

Flowerstar1023Flowerstar1023 member
in April 2015 Moms
Hi all. Anyone else getting nervous about labor and delivery? I'm not so nervous about the pain, more nervous about the potential for complications. How are you dealing or how did you deal with prior pregnancies?
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Re: L&D Jitters?

  • JuliaLovesPugsJuliaLovesPugs member
    Actually, last night is the first time I've felt real anxiety about delivery. I started to think "hey, people really do die from this still". I tried to remind myself that the maternal mortality rate in the United States is 26/100,000, which are pretty good odds, but still.

     Then I started to think about C-sections and how having one would mean I'll actually be awake while someone is cutting me open. Ugh!  Please, let this baby come out the old fashioned way. I know these fears are somewhat irrational, but I do have a couple of risk factors (AMA, GD). Part of the problem is that I was having these thoughts in the middle of the night. During the day I don't have the same kinds of anxiety at all.

    All I can say is we really have no choice but to relax and hope for the best. The odds of a good outcome are in our favor.
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  • tjheldtjheld member
    Well I am more worried about making it to the hospital as I had a quick delivery wih my last (1 1/2 hour). Then I think where will I be and how and who will be able to watch my son especially if it is so fast.

    I am more worried about the pain then vs complications just bc I know how painful it was and I remember how much my tailbone hurt after.
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  • pistachio&blushpistachio&blush member
    I'm really nervous (actually terrified) about labor & delivery. We start Lamaze classes soon so I'm hoping that helps to ease my fears.
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  • jamiesc58jamiesc58 member
    I am on my third and I am still scared about the pain. It hurts! I will be the first to admit that I am a sissy when it comes to pain and I don't want to be too late for an epidural.
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  • JuliaLovesPugsJuliaLovesPugs member
    edited February 2015
    jamiesc58 said:
    I am on my third and I am still scared about the pain. It hurts! I will be the first to admit that I am a sissy when it comes to pain and I don't want to be too late for an epidural.
    Yeah, I'm a little worried about the timing of the epidural as well. I'm going to ask my doctor about it during my next appointment. I don't want to be too late or too early and have it run out. At least fearing the pain is completely rational, unlike some of my late night worries.
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  • kjuryflkjuryfl member
    edited February 2015
    I was doing pretty good since this is my second, but then my friend almost died giving birth a couple weeks ago. She was going for a VBAC and her uterus ruptured while she was pushing.

    I do hope that I have a successful epidural this time. Last time my epidural did not work and by the time my nurse came i had dilated from 5-10 in 30mins so there was no correcting it. I was not prepared for that. Thankfully as soon as I had my daughter the pain instantly went away.
    Married: 3/01/08
    Baby Girl: 7/29/11
    Angel Baby: M/C 7/15/14 at 7wk
    BFP: 8/23/14 - Due 4/28/15  - It's a BOY!
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  • zandybzandyb member
    This is my first, and for a while I was TERRIFIED just thinking about labor, but now I feel like the best thing I can do is be calm because no one can predict exactly what's going to happen. So I'm just trying to learn what I can so I'll know all of my options when the time does come, and that's the best I can do to prepare myself.

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