i think around this time every pregnant woman becomes consumed with thoughts of the birth. Its almost as if thats all you think about and can often keep you awake at night and preoccupy thoughts in the day.
Its normal and anyone who says they aren't a little scared of the birth is lying.
Even though i have had 4 i did lay awake at night with all of them worrying about the birth and right at the end i became scared of the pain i was waiting for.
There is no reassurance i can offer anyone because there just isn't anything i could say to stop anyone worrying. But i can say that its not nearly as bad as you imagine.
When i had my first baby 9 years ago - i held her in my arms and i remember thinking ''is that it then?' I was so revved up for a dramatic birth i was surprised at how much less painful and traumatic it actually was.
The mistake i made was to watch all those horrid birth programmes on TV. But what you have to remember is that they only show the worse ones coz a ''normal ' straight forward birth is not good wahtching
What i always tell first time mums who tell me they are stressed about the birth is 'how many women do you see minutes after birth NOT smiling''
Ask anyone to show you a picture of them just after birth holding their bubba. They will surely have a grin on their faces. The pain all forgotten and their bundle of joy in their arms.
I just thought id write this. I hope its helped some of you. I can't get onthe forum much now as i have Baby Rachael to look after but anyone is welcome to pm me anytime about ANYTHING! Im not saying om an expert or anything coz i don't think anyone is a baby expert but i do have some experience and id love to be able to help anyone who i can.
Budge
Its normal and anyone who says they aren't a little scared of the birth is lying.
Even though i have had 4 i did lay awake at night with all of them worrying about the birth and right at the end i became scared of the pain i was waiting for.
There is no reassurance i can offer anyone because there just isn't anything i could say to stop anyone worrying. But i can say that its not nearly as bad as you imagine.
When i had my first baby 9 years ago - i held her in my arms and i remember thinking ''is that it then?' I was so revved up for a dramatic birth i was surprised at how much less painful and traumatic it actually was.
The mistake i made was to watch all those horrid birth programmes on TV. But what you have to remember is that they only show the worse ones coz a ''normal ' straight forward birth is not good wahtching
What i always tell first time mums who tell me they are stressed about the birth is 'how many women do you see minutes after birth NOT smiling''
Ask anyone to show you a picture of them just after birth holding their bubba. They will surely have a grin on their faces. The pain all forgotten and their bundle of joy in their arms.
I just thought id write this. I hope its helped some of you. I can't get onthe forum much now as i have Baby Rachael to look after but anyone is welcome to pm me anytime about ANYTHING! Im not saying om an expert or anything coz i don't think anyone is a baby expert but i do have some experience and id love to be able to help anyone who i can.
Budge
Mainly because the labour will, as you say, end in something so wonderful, and a poo, well it's not the same is it.... I should get me coat I can tell, but thanks a lot, and when I am in the home run I will re-read your post and feel happier as a result! 
