Looking for a buddy, due in late December 2013 or early Jan

[RUBY2122]

Ha ha, serene I may sound but I'm really not! Well, I suppose I am about the prep stuff.. I know what I have and what I need, when it was the first time I was panicking about not having things ready too.

So, I looked into hypnobirthing. I watched a video online and read up on the local therapist that my midwife suggested. The local woman does classes for £285 for five sessions but I think I am a bit late in pregnancy to sign up for that, she does do one to ones for £385. It is a lot of money but if I thought it would help I would have considered paying it. Honestly though? I don't think it is for me. Even the midwife said she had heard really positive things but you have to 'believe'. Hmmm... that is my issue.. I don't. It is not that I don't believe in hypnotherapy or the power of the mind over the body - I just don't believe I have the strength to be able to achieve it. I cant really get on board with all the affirmations and stuff, I know what I am like, I will just get terrified and abandon it!

So. Plan B. I have decided to go back to the birth unit and not immediately opt for epidural. I WANT to do this... I want to be calm and not scared and birth without feeling like I am dying but I want to do it myself if I can. So I am going to try. Midwife helped me write a clear plan in my notes specifying that if at any time I do ask for pain relief that I must have my wishes respected - even if the duty midwife thinks I am able to deliver without. Not sure this will have any effect on my birth care but I feel better knowing there is a PLAN.

I will have gas and air and hope to use the pool again. Just need to record a new playlist now and hopefully all is ready!

I'm scared but excited... I hope baby comes soon!

How are the rest of you?

 

[loveforlife]

Hi girls!!

How are you doing?? D day is just around the corner these days! or have you had your babies already??

How have you been feeling?, Hope you´re doing well!!

XOXO!!

 

[BeachgalNY]

Hey, LFL! Thanks for checking in! I'm still gestating here, you too? Yeah, D-day is around the corner. I haven't had any obvious signs that anything is happening yet (which I like, since I'm pulling for our baby to show up in January and get a little distance from Christmas for their birthday . . . ). What about you?

I was at the chiropractor's the other day and when she was working on my round ligaments she said, "Oh, you're having a Braxton Hicks!" I literally couldn't feel it even after she said that and I concentrated on trying to notice. So maybe they're going on beneath my radar, but other than feeling the baby do some serious somersaults (not sure the baby has room to do those), I don't think I've had any practice labor yet.

I'm actually feeling nostalgic about the pregnancy and a little sad to think of no longer feeling the baby move inside me, not to mention the fear of having to keep them safe out in the big, scary world. So I'm not in that "get it over with" position at all.

What about you all? Hope everyone is feeling good, whether they're ready to be done or still glad to be pregnant.

 

[RUBY2122]

I'm glad to be done!!!! Baby arrived on Monday. ..for all that worrying the birth was soooo much better, have posted full birth story in announcements.

Pregnancy and childbirth are tough and I had a very straight forward experience! Hope you girls are enjoying the end of your pregnancy and get the births you are hoping for. X

 

[loveforlife]

Yipee!! Ruby, congratulations!!! or should I say FELICIDADES!! (it feels even more exciting if I say it in Spanish haha) How are you feeling? How´s your baby??? Tells us about it!!

I am exactly on the same page as you Beachgal!! I love my belly soooo much and I love being this close to my little girl.... I know I´m gonna miss my belly and being pregnant... at the same time I´m thrilled just by the thought that I will get to know her pretty soon....

Funny you mention about being kind of afraid of taking care of baby once they´re born... I´ve been feeling just the same way. I was talking to my midwife earlier today and she told me that it is true that once baby is born you get your natural motherly instincts and just "know" what you have to do to take care of baby. I hope I do!!

I have to run!!! Will finish posting soon!! Hugs!

 

[BeachgalNY]

It *does* sound so much more exciting in Spanish, LFL!

Congratulations, Ruby! That's wonderful news, and I'm so glad the birth went so well. I'll go looking for your birth story now.

LFL, glad to hear I'm not the only one really cherishing this time when they're safe inside us. But I bet your midwife is right and those motherly instincts will help a lot once they're in our arms.