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Scared of dying from delivery :(

abigailcoitoabigailcoito member
in October 2015 Moms
Not too nervous about the pain or anything along those lines. Just worried about the death rates from giving birth.
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Re: Scared of dying from delivery :(

  • FrozenMommyFrozenMommy member
    I was too with all of mine. I have no words of comfort, other than I didn't. But you are not alone!!!
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  • komorebikomorebi member
    The risk, while not as good as it could be, is still so very low. Most of the things that could go wrong have solutions that staff are trained to deal with rapidly.
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  • mandy903mandy903 member
    I'm sorry you are feeling this way! I can sympathize. This is my third but a traumatic event a couple years a go changed me. I'm very anxious to a point of it being debilitating at times. And today out of no where anxiety over labor and delivery hit me. I've done this before med free with no complications but still it's there looming over me. I think the best way to deal with anxiety like this is focus on the good. Delivering in a safe place with experienced people that you trust.
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  • MamaBear345MamaBear345 member
    You are not alone! I know it is scary and even though it is possible..the chances are very, very unlikely, unless you have a major health condition. The Medical field is so much more advanced now than it used to be and childbirth is much safer than it was years ago. If you're gonna worry about something, worry about how cute your baby is going to be!:) you're gonna make it.
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  • kaza512kaza512 member
    This is part of the maternal anxiety the can pop up in pregnancy (part of paranatal mood disorders). When these scary thoughts start to pop up, some women find comfort is trying to put it into perspective. Of course there is always a risk, but it is very low compared to the other activities that could also take your life on a daily basis. Try to think of all of the positive things in place that counter the small risk. Things like, you have had good prenatal care, you are trying to be as healthy as you can be, you are delivering in a developed country with awesome medical teams available should you have any emergencies during delivery, etc.
    I do encourage you to monitor these feelings of anxiety for after the baby is born. Things might switch from worrying about dying in delivery into other obsessive thoughts about the baby. If these thoughts continue to be pervasive, it is likely to be a part of PMAD (paranatal mood and anxiety disorders... Not just post partum depression, anxiety is actually more common than the depression piece).
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  • LiveNLove44LiveNLove44 member
    Sweet Sadie Mae said:
    You are probably more likely to die in a car accident on the way to the hospital than during childbirth. If that puts it into any kind of prespective. Focus on holding that baby in your arms. You can do it!
    This made me giggle because I envision the follow-up advice to be: "So you should probably walk to the hospital rather than drive." ;)

    OP, I totally get where you're coming from, but rest assured, you aren't alone in those nerves. I had to stop watching ER shows in my third trimester when I was pregnant with DD because they'd trigger that fear and anxiety. I think @kaza512 made some good points. Just try to keep your mindset in a good place!
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  • barah07barah07 member
    I have lots anxiety as well. My fear is not only dying in labor but going home with complications i.e infection or internal bleeding. The worst thing you could do is Google! The best thing you could do is take a labor class. We had a class at the hospital where we will be delivering at and it was a great chance to see the facility meet the nursing staff and get all my questions and fears answered. The nurse assured me that I will be ok. That being pregnant is not a illness and that they are not going to send you home if you are having any sort of issues after labor. Remember there are a millions of babies born each year and last I checked the death rate was less than 1%.
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  • lilmagic00lilmagic00 member
    Yeah this ran across my mind before...this can definitely be scary to think about!!
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