I
just wrapped up my thirty third week and I can’t believe how fast time is flying
by. I only have another six weeks left according to my due date and I’m starting
to get very nervous and scared about the whole birth process. I’m still not sure
if I’m physically and mentally ready for labour and birth.
I
went for my routine checkup and my OB said everything looks great and the baby
is growing well. I gained about 25 lbs. in total and I don’t know how much more
I’m going to gain in the next couple of weeks.
On
Wednesday I went to the third prenatal class with hubby and went over some
information regarding birth, contractions and things we can do to minimize the
contraction pain. Following that we watched a labour and birth video which
really freaked me out. The video was very explicit and showed things that I
really did not want to see. It started with the mother to be in pain at home and
finally getting to the hospital. The mother to be was trying out different
positions, taking hot showers, relaxing on the exercise ball etc. It looked like
she was in tremendous amounts of pain and even kept giving up at times. Finally
when it came to the time to push, things got really scary and the video
literally zoomed in to all the little details. I was really freaked out by the
end of the video and hubby felt the same. The entire class looked like they were
in shock and the nurse reassured that giving birth is a normal process that has
been happening since the beginning of human lives and that we will all be ok.
Hubby is very nervous and has already said that he will step out of the labour
room if he feels too nervous. So I’m just prepping my mom to stand by me for
support. The best part about last week’s class was that the last hour was
dedicated to massages and other things that we can try out to ease the labour
pain. We tried hand massages, exercise ball, hot/cold packs, pulling you tummy a
bit using a scarf and slowly swinging and even slow dancing. The last hour was
very relaxing I enjoyed the exercise ball while getting a nice massage from
hubby.
