Well I'm 39 weeks pregnant now and am due this Friday. I've been pretty calm in the last few weeks and whilst Ive been on maternity leave and have been listening to my natal hypnotherapy CD pretty much everyday which has really helped. However, my Mum is freaking me out! She has become completely neurotic since I've got pregnant and so incredibly negative about the whole birth process in particular. I think she has actually convinced herself that either myself or the baby are going to die during childbirth! She rang me yesterday morning to check I was ok and then proceeded to talk about stillborn babies! She doesn't mean anything bad by it - I think she's trying to protect me in advance in case anything bad happens so she wants me to know all the facts but I'm not stupid - I know what can go wrong but I really don't need it drummed into my head every day!
Problem is I'm one of those people that hates hurting peoples' feelings and so I just let her ramble on! Most of the time I just let it go over my head but in the last 24 hours it's obviously got to me because this morning I'm all tearful and started freaking out when I didn't feel baby move for a couple of hours (thankfully I got him moving again when I had a cold glass of water!). Now I'm just desperate for him to come out so that I know he's ok!
Oh yes, and early in the pregnancy my OH and I agreed that my Mum could be there during the labour and now I think it's the biggest mistake I could have made as I think she's going to make me so nervous! Only saving grace is that she lives about 2 hours away so she might just miss it if I have a quick and easy birth although I feel really bad saying that!
Sorry for the rant but had to get it out!
Problem is I'm one of those people that hates hurting peoples' feelings and so I just let her ramble on! Most of the time I just let it go over my head but in the last 24 hours it's obviously got to me because this morning I'm all tearful and started freaking out when I didn't feel baby move for a couple of hours (thankfully I got him moving again when I had a cold glass of water!). Now I'm just desperate for him to come out so that I know he's ok!
Oh yes, and early in the pregnancy my OH and I agreed that my Mum could be there during the labour and now I think it's the biggest mistake I could have made as I think she's going to make me so nervous! Only saving grace is that she lives about 2 hours away so she might just miss it if I have a quick and easy birth although I feel really bad saying that!
Sorry for the rant but had to get it out!