Anyone extremely squeamish have a baby??

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I’m so squeamish. looking at pictures of blood makes me feel weak and want to pass out. I can’t watch any shows/movies with blood; I start to feel terrible (13 reasons why bathtub scene took me DAYS to recover from) I was just reading an article about free bleeding, where a woman ran a marathon without a tampon and I started to feel ill. Actual blood (paper cut, period) doesn’t make me feel quite as bad, but I’m wondering how I’d do being pregnant/giving birth? I know there’s lots of blood. Anyone have a positive story?! 💉

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I didn’t see any bleeding during delivery and I lost quite a bit. They had all sorts of special towels all over and cleaned up right after he came out. My doc was busy stitching me up, nurses put my son on my chest for skin to skin, I was crying, my hubby was emotional and rubbing our son’s back and talking to him. I wouldn’t have even noticed if there was blood. Now there was quite a bit afterwards like a mega period for about two days and then it slowed down to a normal period flow. Now I’m 2.5 weeks PP and it’s tapering off a lot like the last day of your period.

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I’m horrible with blood and needles. I got an epidural, and watched myself push in the mirror. I still needed a c section and I couldn’t look at the incision though 😬

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Blood makes me faint. Even the slightest bit hahah! And if I have too much period blood I get lightheaded. Anyway, I ended up with a c section but I did have a serious water breakage and my bloody show all at once. I didn’t see a thing. Lol! And the nurses cleaned everything up so fast!

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I absolutely hate needles but I was all for the epidural haha. I also don’t like blood but saw my placenta when it fell on the floor and I was fine. That’s another story. 😂 My son had health issues and I was able to help give him IVs after awhile. For me, everything was different when it was about birth and my baby.

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Thanks ladies!!

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I don’t really remember seeing blood during labor and delivery and I had an episiotomy. I mean, I know there was some, but I can’t remember seeing much of it. Chances are you won’t really notice too much, especially in the moment. Only time there was a lot of blood was with the lochia after the birth, but it’s more like a heavy, long period. Do you cope all right with your period? If you do, it’s not really different except you can’t use a tampon.

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I'm semi squeamish- but really pregnancy hasn't been that bad. There are a lot of changes but when it's happening to your body and you understand why and you know your body is growing a human it's a little different than just seeing gore in a movie. It has a purpose and it just kind of feels different. My advice would be to NOT read up if it makes you squeamish (I didn't read any pregnancy books or anything because I didn't want to make my anxiety or nerves worse), and just ask your doctor directly if you have questions if you need. But if it helps, then yes! Read a book and try to understand your bodies changes. :) good luck!

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I doubt you'll even pay attention to that. My mind was elsewhere. Is my baby ok? was all I was even thinking about. There's blood but its not a bloodbath.

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