When I was pregnant and after I had my little man, I was asked quite a bit about birthing plans, if I wanted to do a birthing plan/if I did a birthing plan. And even about the different classes they advice/recommend you to do.I thought about doing the plans while I was pregnant but then didn’t really see the point in doing one as you have a 50/50 chance of it actually happening and going ahead. I had it all in my head what I wanted the birthing pool,all the meds everything. As long as he comes out healthy I don’t care, But never thought it was worth writing it out and giving to the midwife to put in my book. And lucky I didn’t as nothing went to plan, with your pregnant there are so many groups you can go to and do didn’t do any of them as no point, didn’t even do the hypno birth as found it pointless. It was I spoke to a few people who went to the classes and it didn’t actually work or make an effect on them at any point.
Birth can always be a scary thing to any women of any age, and every pregnancy is different it’s never the same, people always give you tips and advice and how bad there’s went. Never listen to them though cause like I said every pregnancy is different, no one really gets you prepared for it so if it’s the first one it can be scary and quite a shock as what is happening and it happens so fast. Nine months go by so quickly so make sure you do enjoy every moment of it. Enjoy all the weird cravings and the little kicks the whole lot.
if you don’t want to read this next part then you don’t have to…I’m going to talk about my labour experience and how I felt.
I was a day over my due date and I hadn’t felt him move as much as he used to,they slowed down so much and I was scared as this was my first time and being pregnant and having a baby. I took myself in that night and was being monitored and hooked on to machines, that night they gave me some options and starting inducing me to bring on labour. There is 3 different inductions, there is a 24 hour one and 2 six hour ones. I ended up doing all 3 of them. 3 days after taking myself in hospital still nothing, no baby,not dilated anything. At this point I was just tired and exhausted, that afternoon they gave me same options and I chose to go for a c section. Even though I didn’t do the whole labour thing Andy I beat myself up about it for a while it was still magical and amazing, in the recovery room they said that he had the cord wrapped around him so I would of had to end up haveing a c section in the end anyway.
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