Popdiva72
I guess Delivery and having my blood taken - also getting shots !
eek Those were my 2 hugest fears, and on top of that, i had a very difficult pregnancy.
When you get your first set of blood work done, don't eat or drink anything that day until after the blood is taken.
Ultrasound is nothing. Well, they get a little more uncomfortable when you get further along.
That's the end of needles till your 28 weeks. Then your tested for Gestational Diabetes, which just includes some kind of strange chalky drink, and they take your blood before and after that.
if you're at risk for going into preterm labour, they'll also give you steroid shots - 1 one day, in one hip and 1 the next day in the other hip. Those are nothing. I was soo scared when I was told I needed those shots, but I didn't even feel them.
Next big thing: If you're baby is breach, like mine was, your doc's might suggest something called an ECV (external cephalic version) where they try to move your baby into the head down position by pressing on your stomach. That hurts a lot, but some hospitals will allow you to have an epidural so you don't feel it. I personally didn't have this procedure because of insufficient amniotic fluid, and with it comes a high risk of labour.
If you have the same problems I did, you're SOL and your scheduled to deliver by c-section. I went into labour 4 hours before the surgery, which sucked.
So now you're in labour. YAY finally, days of swollen feet and having to pee every 10 minutes are over! Uh....NO! LOL...it's not that bad, but it feels it when you're hitting 38 weeks.
Contractions are a b***h. There really is no way to explain labour. Saying "it hurts alot" doesn't explain it at all. You can opt for an epidural, which is a long needle that is inserted into your spinal fluid. It numbs your body from the shoulders to the knees. I personally had a bad experience with the epidural. More about that later.
I didn't get past 3cm dilated, so I don't know what everything else feels like.
So about that epidural...ya, I signed off and let a student assist during the surgery. The student gave me the epidural, and missed the fluid sac about 6 times, and kept scraping my spine. Add that pain on top of labour. Finally, after my bf got mad, they got a pro in there and done it was. It takes about 10 seconds for the drugs to kick in, and it leaves to remnants of any feeling for about 24 hours.
I had myself all worked up about having the csection, and it was nothing at all. I didn't see anything, my boyfriend was holding my hand and talking to me the whole way through. Before I knew it, my daughter was born.
They don't stitch a csection anymore, they use staples. I thought those would hurt, but I didn't feel those at all. Even coming out, I only felt a small pinch here and there.
Pretty easy, I'd do it all over again the same way. Except for the epidural part.
Honestly, any hard time you have will be forgotten when you hold your baby for the first time. When he or she looks up at you, and you see true unconditional love...WOW. It's the most amazing feeling in the world, and it totally makes it worth any pain and suffering we endured throughout labour and pregnancy.
Enjoy your pregnancy, it's a time when a woman is at her most beautiful.
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