24 Weeks
I can proudly say that I am not afraid of the labour section
of pregnancy.
In my head from the moment I fell pregnant I have had the
same thought about giving birth and that is ‘you
can’t stop the labour from happening so why be scared of it’. I can imagine
a lot of women have wished, begged and tried to stop the labour from happening
but as much as everyone tries it is going nowhere. We do not suffer with weak
bladder, sickness and indigestion for 9 months to not get the reward at the
end.
For the past 5 years I have suffered with IBS (irritable
bowel syndrome) and in that time I have easily suffered with the worst pain I
have yet to go through. The pain is all in my lower abdominal which I can
imagine is a very similar place to child birth.
Going through the pain of IBS I now know and so does Baby
Daddy how I deal with (in my opinion) extreme pain and hopefully this will help
for child birth. Firstly the pain comes in waves much like contractions, the
tight, stomach punching pain can last between 30 seconds and 2 minutes and will
then ease for a couple of minutes and it can go on like that for hours
sometimes.
Going through these waves of pain I get extremely hot and
need a wet cold flannel on the back of my neck to keep me cool, I will also strip
of all clothes as they make me feel even hotter and very claustrophobic. I find
the part of my body that gets the hottest is my feet and they swell (which is
always lovely). This is one point I will definitely mention to the midwife’s as
I will over heat and probably strip down.
The second thing I will mention to the midwife’s is that I
deal with the pain quite internally and like to breathe through it and once the
wave of pain has gone or subsided that is when I normally will talk to Baby
Daddy and ask him for a new cold flannel or some water. I personally don’t
think I am going to be a screamer as I do like to breathe through it and count
in my head.
The worst thing I feel about my IBS pain is that I am not
too sure on what my body is about to do and this is what mentally scares me
especially when I am on my own. Sometimes I don’t know if I am going to be
sick, pass out or poo myself! (All 3 of these things have happened, thankfully
not at the same time). The one thing about giving birth is I know what my body
is trying to do so hopefully fingers crossed this keeps my head in a good place
and I won’t be too scared and plus I have Baby Daddy and a trained team on hand
to help me with anything I need.
Baby Mumma xx
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