Third trimester

Lots of oprayer, good music and affirmations. Pray over your hospital staff , make a Playlist affirm over your hospital staff

ngl i just kept reminding myself that some women have like 5 kids so it can’t be that bad or everyone would be an only child really chilled me out tbh. don’t listen to anyone’s negative birth stories go on tiktok and just search positive birth stories it helps seeing so many people be ok and have good stories cos everyone only shares the bad stuff

I think in the end, the only thing that helped me was thinking that I had no choice but to go through it, so in the end I just came to terms with everything😆 it’s normal to be nervous though!! It is bloody hard, but you get there, and in the end you have the most precious little soul in your arms🥰

im 34 weeks today and this is my second baby but i was induced last time. im nervous about natural labor and that i might not know what it feels like even though i've done it before. ive decided that i cant think of only worst case scenarios tho, its not good for me

I joked around and told people its too late to change my mind now lol I make bad jokes when im nervous.

I was in labour for 2.5 days and had an emergency C-section and was ill for 2 months pp and I am still up for doing it all over again so I don’t know what to tell you 🤷‍♀️😂

The only time I actually thought ‘yeah I can do this’ was after my epidural after about 9 hours of contractions. A few hours later I had to have the csec.

For me thinking about labour was much scarier than the parts of labour I experienced, I had great midwives who made me feel safe and confident and took great care of me. Somehow you just know what to do and are so busy doing it you are not scared.

I did a free course on hypnobirthing, and it explained each step and how to adjust your breathing for each stage. I think for me, knowing more about what was actually going on made it easier to stay calm.