I cannot even imagine going into labour.....

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It's weird but I've just realised that with just over 4 weeks left to go I still cannot imagine myself going into labour....it still feels like something like is so wayyyyyy off and only happens to other people!!

It's hard to explain and I know I sound weird but I'm happily bobbing along being heavily pregnant but I just can't envisage this baby ever being ready to come out! When do you get to the point when every pain and twinge and leak you get you wonder 'is this the start of things???'. I feel so far off that!! I get pains and twinges and leaks now but never do I consider it's anything other than a pain a twinge or a leak, lol. Labour??? Nooooooooooo!!!

I think when I actually go into labour it will be such a surreal experience for me because I'll still be thinking 'it's not time yet...' LOL. Even as I'm pushing baby out I'll probably be saying to myself...'it's just a twinge, what's all the fuss about?' LOL.

This is where denial gets you....yes, yes I know I'm a loon!! xx
 
Hey on the plus side you'll get most of the labour out the way at home while it's sinking in! Seriously though once it really does kick in you'll probably surprise yourself in knowing what to do and that it's time :hugs:
 
I was actually thinking of the pushing stage when I was giving birth to Reshaun and it really is the most surreal experience I've ever been through. It didn't feel like me! The whole time I was thinking "I'm doing it, I'm actually having a baby!!!!" Your body just knows what to do as well.

The first sign for me at 37+5 was when (tmi coming up....!) I woke up at about 4 am for a poo!!! That's never happened in my life. Went to the loo at 6 again and had a little show!!! After that I was too excited to do anything!!!!!
 
I totally know what you mean Amanda. Im deffo in denial about the fact that i will actually have to deal with the whole birth experience - i can laugh and joke about it with friends and stuff but when i actually sit down on my own and think about it it scares the hell out of me!!

I just hope i can deal with it all ok :-s
 
I'm a bit behind u in weeks to go but I know the exact way u feel. I can't actually imagine what I will be like, I just can't seem to picture anything. I just put it all to the back of my mind and go with the flow.

Same as u too cherelle, I laugh an joke with friends about it but it's quite scary to have to think seriously about it. I'm just going to try to keep an open mind an let my body take over! Xxx
 
I think I'm the other way around, if i get an unusual pain I think oh does this mean something! I think I've been like that since 28 weeks haha. I have a feeling when early labour does start I'll get far too excited call the hospital and obviously be told its not time yet......then I bet that'll go on for days!!!! :p

I can't really imagine what labour will be like maybe because I've never been through it? I have thought lots of different scenarios in my head and thought about when I was a birthing partner but I know it turn out anything like I imagine. I'm not overly scared yet, I'm a bit anxious but not scared. I do however think what if something goes wrong? I've had a relatively easy pregnancy so when will things go t**s up? But thats more to do with my Outlook than any real evidence that something will go wrong.

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I was actually thinking of the pushing stage when I was giving birth to Reshaun and it really is the most surreal experience I've ever been through. It didn't feel like me! The whole time I was thinking "I'm doing it, I'm actually having a baby!!!!" Your body just knows what to do as well.

That's what I reckon I'll be like Lex.....I guess after all this time to actually then have your baby (especially your first) will just be like a surreal haze! Especially with all those drugs I'll have taken, ha ha!!!

I think maybe when I get to 37 weeks (not long then!) maybe I'll try to start paying more attention to signs and symptoms....I think for now I really haven't had any, my bump is still so high! I do wonder if because he is so big, does that mean he'll get fed up of being squeezed in so tight and decide to come out a bit early? I feel sorry for him being wedged in now, he used to enjoy having a swim around!

Cherelle/Heidi - yeah I have always put off thinking about the birth cause it scares me...so have always said 'I'll think about it nearer the time'. Last week I did watch my first one born every minute which I was very proud of!! And I also did a little research online about pain relief options in labour which has helped...that's about all I'm doing to prepare myself though! xxx
 
Maybe because you're not being highly alert about symptoms he'll come quicker ;) and because I am and will be even worse when I get to 37 weeks she'll stay in their for days after due date!!!!! Lol

 
Maybe because you're not being highly alert about symptoms he'll come quicker ;) and because I am and will be even worse when I get to 37 weeks she'll stay in their for days after due date!!!!! Lol

Yeah I reckon whenever he decides to come it'll take me completely by suprise and I won't feel ready - even if it's 42 weeks, lol xx
 
Aww Amanda - I love they way you look at things. "happily bobbing along being heavily pregnant" I don't think I have EVER heard anyone say anything like that - most people are fed up and wanting baby out :hugs: xx
 
Aww Amanda - I love they way you look at things. "happily bobbing along being heavily pregnant" I don't think I have EVER heard anyone say anything like that - most people are fed up and wanting baby out :hugs: xx

Me for one!!! Private message me some of that optimism Amanda hun!!!
 
Aww Amanda - I love they way you look at things. "happily bobbing along being heavily pregnant" I don't think I have EVER heard anyone say anything like that - most people are fed up and wanting baby out :hugs: xx

Me for one!!! Private message me some of that optimism Amanda hun!!!

Lol, well it's more like waddling along actually because of the pain of SPD, plus not being able to sleep for more than an hour at a time because I am so uncomfortable.....but I still love being pregnant!! xxx
 
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aw, it was funny with my first, i was just bobbing along to preg was easy first time,

lil man come 2 days earlier wich was great but i didnt really av any signs or pain, no BH no feeling baby ad dropped- all i had about 4/5 days b4 was a tiny bit of string plug coming away but didnt even no what that was at time

then one night (3 days b4 i was due) i was joking with my mum sayin im going to ring u to come bk in early hours coz ill go in labor tonight, she was like u better not lady, all that walking we have done i need a good night sleep, anyway 3am that morning i woke up with pains every 6/7 mins haahah MUMMMMMMMMM COME T AKE MI HOZZY haha day later he was here x
 
Awwww, Amanda, I wish I was like you. At the moment, I am like a cat on hot bricks. I don't want to go out of the house on my own in case my waters break or I go into labour in the middle of the supermarket or something. I have not had any signs or symptoms, but am still so worried about going into labour on my own. It's weird because I am not actually anxious about being in labour or giving birth, just being on my own when my labour starts or not being able to identify it properly. Arrrggghhhhhhhh!
 
I think I am in denial too I still think i have ages to go and dont even think about the labour at the moment thinking its ages away and i know full welll i could be being induced in just 13 days but keep thinking its ok my body wont be ready i will go 2 weeks over and i still got to 1st may even though i have never even got to my due date before lol.
 
Awwww, Amanda, I wish I was like you. At the moment, I am like a cat on hot bricks. I don't want to go out of the house on my own in case my waters break or I go into labour in the middle of the supermarket or something. I have not had any signs or symptoms, but am still so worried about going into labour on my own. It's weird because I am not actually anxious about being in labour or giving birth, just being on my own when my labour starts or not being able to identify it properly. Arrrggghhhhhhhh!

Im like this this about waters breaking in public! I wouldn't say I'm scared of being alone when labour starts, but more and more now every place I go I think 'oh god imagine if it started here' . I was plodding around Tesco yesterday and thinking 'would it splash all over the floor if my waters broke now?!' and I was debating whether I would be embarrased or shocked or scared or clueless!!

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Lol I am excited even had a dream I had had him lol.
I panic about waters too lol. X x

 
I have never panicked about my waters breaking anywhere i always wanted them to break somewhere like B+Q where they give you vouchers to spend if it happens there lol. with my 3rd my waters broke in church at my husbands best friends daughters christening, and its the same friends 30th birthday tomorrow so i just hoping they dont go tomorrow night i dont want to steal the thunder again but as I not 37 weeks till day after i think i will be fine.
 
If your waters break at Asda you get free shopping for a year!!!
 
I really want my waters to break somewhere like asda haha! Maybe in a few weeks I'll hover round asda, there's also a B and Q across the road! :lol:

I live on my own so I may well go into labour when I'm on my own. My mum has said I could go and stay there a few days near my due date but I haven't decided what to do yet

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