Advice for a first time mommy to be?

Question

Does anyone have any advice or words of encouragement to help me ease my mind about labor / c section? This is my first babe and my due date seems to be sneaking up on me so quickly now and now my nerves are starting to work. I don’t know what to expect or what is gonna be helpful to get through it. I’m feeling very overwhelmed at the thought of everything being so close now.

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Your body knows what to do mama. Just listen to it :) if something doesnt feel right speak up. Advocate for yourself :) you are in charge of your own birthing experience.
If an emergency does happen the doctors and nurses are so well trained they know exactly what to do. If you dont like the nurse or doctor, ask for a new one and remember there is ALWAYS time for questions to be answered. 
Labour is hard and uncomfortable but i found what helped was bringing my own pillows and blankets from home! Dont be afraid to ask for pain management if and when you feel its necessary. You got this mama! Congratulations!

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c section recovery for me was so easy! in fact, my entire labor i was never in pain! i got the epidural pretty early and really enjoyed laboring even though it did in an emergency c section. i was expecting the worse with postpartum and recovery but it wasnt bad at all. just stay on top of your pain medication. my doctors advice was to take the medication before the pain could start and i lived by that and was pretty pain free the entire time. hoping for a wonderful delivery for you and quick healing ♥️

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First of all congrats! I have always said that I would take labor a million times over being pregnant again😂 I had a very rough pregnancy with my first and for the longest time refused to have another just because I dreaded pregnancy. I did have a relatively rough delivery but I was lucky to have an excellent team that made everything seem totally normal until she was born so we didn’t panic. I had a vaginal delivery with an epidural, and props to all moms who go med free because I am not and never will be one of those. My water broke hours before I started feeling contractions but I hemorrhaged so I had a lot of bleeding and got admitted despite not feeling contractions. I had no clue all of that bleeding wasn’t normal until afterwards when my doctor explained it and I had to have a transfusion. I’ll add that I already knew the doctor and nurse who were there for delivery outside of this so I trusted them with all my heart and they were amazing. But once I had the epidural I slept for two hours, woke up feeling a huge amount of pressure, and was ready to push. My daughter put up a fight and contractions stopped so I actually delivered her laying on my side to help start contractions back up. But it only took about ten actual pushes. For me at least, even with the difficulty, it was not at all as bad as I had imagined in my head.

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