Scared of Giving Birth?

Question

Is this a normal feeling? Ftm so I have no idea what to expect. I’m now 23 weeks which means another week closer to giving birth. The closer I get the more I think about having to go through labor and the more I think about it the more I start to freak out. I don’t want to just brush it aside and “not think about it.” Regardless I’m still gonna have to go through this so there’s no point in doing that. My anxiety is so high. What if I can’t handle the pain? What if I poop or fart in the doctors face? What if I end up needing a Cesarian? What are tips and tricks to get past this feeling? I can’t wait to bring my precious daughter into this world. I’m just so nervous about birth though.

Answer

If you cannot, or do not want to, handle the pain. The solution is the epidural! Which is GREAT! Problem solved. 
Scared of pooping or other butt functions? Don’t worry, you won’t be the first, last or worst to have a bowel movement in a medical setting. You won’t even know you’ve done it because they discreetly clean it up the moment it happens. Plus, they just don’t care! Problem solved. 
Need a cesarean? That’s ok! It’s a commonly performed procedure with low risk of complications and at the end you get a baby as the prize! Bam, problem solved. 
Literally every aspect of labor and delivery has an outcome that can rationalize that anxiety. I know how it feels, I have general anxiety so everything seems to amplify it. I try to focus on the solutions to reduce fear. 
I’m going to have my 3rd soon and I still get nervous. I know I’ll be safe and taken care of in the hospital, I just focus on that. 
Plus, it’s a whirlwind. Once it starts you are so focused on other things all those fears literally melt away.

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If you can’t handle the pain you can get the epidural. I pooped while pushing. It happens to tons of people. They quickly wipe it away and most people never know the did but my husband decided to watch everything and told me later 😂 a csection is tougher than vaginal (usually) but it’s nothing to worry about. My mom had 3 and everything went smoothly. I loved labor and giving birth. I’m excited to do it again

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I’d say talk to your provider about it each time you can. Ask as many questions as you can think of and talk to friends and family about their experiences but preface it with your nervous and want to hear positive stories and not horror stories cause some people don’t have tack. 
It’s going to be just fine, everything will happen how it’s suppose to, your made to do this and if something comes up they will talk you through different routes.

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We all have anxieties around labour and delivery. From someone who had an emergency csection, it's really not bad at all. From the time I went into surgery and my daughter being born was probably 15 minutes and in total the surgery was only about an hour. Thankfully they have epidurals to help with the pain and again from someone who had one they really are amazing! And when you are in labour and having rough contractions you dont even feel the needle! You got this momma!  Its overwhelming! I'm on baby #2 having a scheduled csection and I'm still having anxieties about it even though I know more what to expect! The thing that really helped me with my first baby was watching tons and tons of birth vlogs and reading lots on labour and delivery. Even when the videos made me nervous or scared I made myself watch it and it helped educate me on what to expect.

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Have the same problem! What really helped me was watching different birth vlogs videos! And now I’m so exited about giving birth! It really help to know a little bit about the process!

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