I have finally made up my mind

[HBGirl]

Well, booked and paid the deposit fcor the hypnobirthing course. Seeing as most of it is psychological I will be ignoring all further negativity around my plan and keep positive.

 

[bamm]

I said through my pregnancy with DD that I would go pain free, but that was when I thought i'd go into labour, I was induced after a bleed at 40+6 and laboured on my back for 29 hours - and after all my talk had an epi at TWO cm! haha. But I pushed her out with no pain relief as the epi had stopped working at all about 3 hours before having her, so could walk straight after etc.

I think you shouldn't listen to those that scoff - but make sure you yourself are ok, if you get to a point and you decide to medicate - don't beat yourself up if it's not what you expect, I put unnecessary guilt onto myself for weeks for being 'weak'. But if you go in with your hypnobirthing techniques and remain calm, I'm sure you'll nail it!

with this one - if I go into labour and its progressing well, not posterior bub etc I will 100% try for drug free It's nice to know the epi isn't as scary as I thought though, I was TERRIFIED of it all through pregnancy #1!

 

[brownlieB]

My plan is to go as long as I can, I had gas and air last time, and this was while being induced, which apparently is more intense.

My labour failed to progress, but I have read sometimes this happens, and it does start up again, so next time I am going to try a tens machine, if I have a slow labour as long as baby is happy I'm going to wait as long as I can before I take the section option again xx

 

[HBGirl]

My pain free plan is simply my best case senario plan. If shit hits the fan it hits the fan. I am sensible enough to know that sometimes things don't go to plan and that is not my fault.