Labour and delivery: the real worries

I had HELLP with my first and ended up having to deliver @27 weeks although i wouldnt say he was ripped from my body i am and forever will be thankful to my doctor and the neonatologist for all their help and caring. That said i remember being scared of the pain of childbirth and everything prior to having him unfortunatly i had a crappy doctor who missed every warning sign that something was wrong till it was very close to being too late for the both of us. In the end i had to be transfered to another hospital. With my second i was only worried that the same would happen and he would be early, i only wanted a healthy baby, which i had thank god! It seems silly now looking back at my first for all my fears were in misplaced, nothing and i mean nothing can compare to seeing your tiny baby hooked up to all those tubes and machines, suddenly the fear of pain seemed meaningless. My oldest is four now and doing great above average hi pediatrican has said. Off topic a little i know but i will say that you really should be very careful with your doctor and if you feel uncomfortable SWITCH! my first doctor missed very important things because he was too busy being concerned with other things like the fact that i gained 20 lbs in a month (all water weight by the way)! For the record it was a huge warning sign of HELLP but all he said to me was stopping eating soo much fast food when i tried to explain that i couldn't eat anything because i couldnt keep it down due to what i thought to be heart burn he called me a liar and said and I qoute "you gained 20lbs in a month i'd say your eating an awful lot of something!" looking back i knew something was very wrong and i ignored my feeling and listned to the doctor cause after all he's the doctor. At that point i should have gotten up walked out and found another doctor. Bottom line find someone you can trust and like and you can ahve a very nice experience.

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I Was Also Scared Of Pooping On The Table, I Didnt I Actually Ended Up Peeing And Didnt Even Notice Til My Midwife Said Oops Looks Like We Forgot To Empty Your Bladder.
Since My First Baby Was Induced Due To Preeclampsia Im Petrified That With This One I Will Be Bedridden For Another 42 Hour Labor, Be On Another 4 Day Bedridden High Due To Magnesium Sulfate (sp.??),Or Not Kno When I Go Into Labor Because Last Time I Knew When It Was Coming How Will I Tell The Difference This Time? But The Worst Of All Episiotiomy Or Tearing This Scares The Hell Out Of Me Just The Thought Of That Happening To Such a Sensitive Part ooo Just Makes Me Wanna Tie My Legs Closed And Keep Him In Forever Especially Now That I Saw His Daddys Ginormous Sized Head On The Sonogram, And Knowing I Almost Tore From My Tiny 5ib 5oz Daughter.
Another Fear Of Mine Is C- Section Especially After You Hear The Horror Stories Of Wearing Off Pain Medicine And Just Seeing How A Friend Of Mine Got Around After.

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