Anxious ahead of labour

Yup as much as I want her out I'm a bit worried about the pain I've been told not to go to the hospital till my contractions are at least 2-3 mins apart and have been constant for an hour

Hey! Labour is really different from person to person but learning about what my body is actually doing at each stage really helped me understand the process and the feelings of the contractions I was having. They can be very intense but the plus side is they only last a minute or so with a peak of around 20 seconds so if you focus on one contraction at a time, you won’t feel so overwhelmed in the moment.

This is totally normal, I was the same with my first and looking forward to it now with my third. Although the not knowing when is a huge pain with childcare, especially it’s my sons birthday the day before my due date 😩
I found a lot of the pain was worse from anxiety and stress and the more relaxed I was the less pain there was so try and just keep as calm as you can, you’ll be amazed by what your body can do and you’ll feel an intense euphoria between each contraction that helps a lot too.
I had a water birth with dimmed lights for my second and it was so peaceful and helped so much with pain.
Good luck, you’ve got this!