thinking too much is not good for the brain

[inky]

I've decided - thinking too much is definitely bad for the old brain - I've spent the whole 9 months all floaty-like thinking about what a nice birth it will be and how I'll cope with the pain, and how pain is part of the process and what makes it so all the more rewarding and so on, but over the last few weeks, my bump has got massive, and last night I spent a good 10 minutes looking at it in the mirror, and came to the conclusion that I've got absolutely NO IDEA how it's going to fit through such a relatively small hole.

Cue major freak-out!!! I think I've been blissfully ignorant for the so long that I'd kind of brushed it to one side, but how the hell is it going to fit down there?!!!

It didn't help that the receptionist at the doctors yesterday said 'Ooh I was massive too' (roundabout way of telling me I look like a whale, thanks!) and then went on to say '10lb 9 he was!' Aaaaghhh!!!

 

[Tasha89]

I wouldn't worry too much - I panicked earlier on in my pregnancy wondering how the hell a baby was gonna 'fit'! You've just gotta remember that our bodies are designed to do this - your body wouldn't produce a baby you couldn't birth - and you'll have plenty of health professionals on hand to assist you should you need it.

Just think of the end result - that's what's keeping me calm x

 

[titch]

youre going to be fine, he will fit, our bodies are amazing and totally designed to do this. Just remember that a lot of your bump will be fluid and that will just pour out when youre waters break. The lining of your womb is really thick and the placenta too, its not all baby!!

 

[Rosie's Mummy]

Grape and nostril springs to mind but then again a grape isnt designed to come out of your nostril..

Everything helps when you give birth, your pelvis will open up more and that good old hormone relaxin with sort out everything else xx

 

[inky]

I hope so, I hadn't really thought about the mechanics of it until now, and I keep on hearing my grade 7 teacher telling us it's like trying to spit out a melon!

 

[isobel84]

or shit out a sofa.
Yeah its prob not the easiest thing in the world, but babies does come out in the end. one way or another. Thats what im thinking when ppl ask if im nervous. I know it will hurt like i cant imagine, but so what, im gonna do something so amazing and the fact that my body can do this, makes me think im SUPERWOMAN. and so are you

 

[Annie050408]

The only part I still don't understand is how bubs fits out of the very last part - I get the cervix and birth canal but the entrance to the vagina is only about the size of a 5p coin - how the heck can the head fit through that without tearing wildly!?!?

 

[ria__x]

i, to this day still don't understand how baby is evben in there!! even after having Riley. but it's just one of life's miracles! we were born to procreate, so just think of it that way and like tiny says, our body can do amazing things! don't worry. you will be fine! but i know what you mean. you don't think about it until you are actually near or on the day when like me, my waters broke and i said 'i don't want to have a baby now !!' lol xxx