Anyone else getting really nervous ?

Question

So as the weeks are getting closer and closer I’m beginning to have such bad anxiety . So scared that I won’t be able to handle labor :( anyone else ? What is labor like ?

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I got back and forth between scared and I've totally got this multiple times a day. FTM and I have no idea what to expect either. 😂 I'm trying my best to keep a positive mindset and practicing breathing when I have braxton hicks so my mind and body are trained once real labor starts. Good luck to you Mama!

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I’m nervous too but I find a lot of comfort watching YouTube labor and delivery vlogs! It’s good to see a variety of experiences documented. Some happen real fast, some are medicated some are natural, some take days of laboring... everyone comes out on top and is bad bass. This is my second and I wish I’d recorded my first bc I went umedicated and the whole thing was 3 hrs. 
I have anxiety this time around bc whereas the first one I had NO idea what to expect and just had to take things as they came, this time I DO know what to expect and what lies ahead sucks lol. I also want an epidural this time and am nervous about it failing or not having time to get it. I also don’t like not knowing when labor will strike. I had my first 6 weeks early out of nowhere, but now w this one I am almost considered term. This is uncharted territory. Watching the vlogs helps me see how many different ways there are to labor and get through it all. It also helps give me an outlet to cry bc I absolutely do cry at the end of nearly every video when the baby comes out.  We lost our first son when he was only 9 months old so for us this whole experience Is anxiety causing and will be an emotional roller coaster.  So I highly suggest watching some Vlogs!

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There's options if you can't handle the pain 😊
I went all natural with my first and was in labor for 37 hours with a transverse baby. The hot shower and laughing gas helped immensely! 
Expecting my second now and aiming for a water birth but not completely opposed to an epidural. This may be my last child and I'm curious as to what its like 🤷‍♀️

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