https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 09:12:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-94353 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:25:35 +0000 tequiero21 94353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: i think you didn't get one since you were early. they started checking me earlier because i'm carrying twins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-94347 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:23:56 +0000 His Barista 94347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt the same way! I promise you it will be fine. I ended up getting an epidural and sleeping through a lot if my labor. Before I got it I didn't know what to do and I wanted to take it back! But now I know it was worth it. You will do great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-94300 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:13:02 +0000 SAHM0811 94300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a cervical check usually means checking for dilation and effacement </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-94272 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:00:17 +0000 heffalump 94272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your very worried about it, just remember you always have the option of an epidural! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-94263 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:48:26 +0000 banana 94263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same question. What's a cervical check? I don't remember getting one. Maybe it's cause my LO came out a month early (water broke in the middle of the night)? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-94262 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:47:00 +0000 tequiero21 94262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i remember my first cervical check a few weeks back. o.m.g. was so painful. i need encouragement too haha. subsequent ones weren't as bad as that first one. definitely felt as painful as an hsg.</p> <p>now, i use that as a gauge to let me know if i'm close to labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-94249 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:36:20 +0000 keiki_mama 94249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What are cervical checks? Are they different from checks the doctor preforms towards the end of the pregnancy to see if you are dialated/effaced? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-30203 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:29:50 +0000 katdevargas 30203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ok, so question. I can understand why cervical checks would be necessary if you have some sort of background issue going on like pre-e, but for someone who has had no complications in their pregnancy, why would a cervical check be medically necessary? I'm going to ask my dr about this as well, when the time comes, but maybe someone on here will know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-30131 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:11:30 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 30131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree Cervical checks hurt. Not the kind of hurt your body is prepared for. Labor is a different kind of pain, one that is really worth it. Trust me, you'll do fine! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29758 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:11:21 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 29758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Really, you will be fine. Your body and mind prepare themselves for those moments of delivery... I went unmedicated until the end and then got an epidural and had the most beautiful birth experience. It wasn't bad at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29756 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:09:01 +0000 Lozza 29756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Labor was uncomfortable and all, but you totally forget it. I told my husband the other day that I'd rather go through childbirth again than have to go to the dentist. He told me I'm remembering labor and delivery incorrectly. Whatever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29733 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:53:48 +0000 mrs. wagon 29733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: thanks!! :) I have a friend who delivered at Mt Auburn and she loved it! I delivered at the Brigham and it was great too. Can't wait to hear your birth story :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29729 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:51:51 +0000 rachiecakes 29729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tina: Mt.Auburn :)<br /> also - just checked your bio &amp; saw your blog, your son is adorable!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29711 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:33:25 +0000 tequiero21 29711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>can't really offer encouragement because i'm in the same boat - or similar. i'm only 22 weeks and i'm getting awfully NERVOUS! but hang in there! in just a short while, you'll have your precious baby and this feeling will be a distant memory! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29578 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:17:46 +0000 autumnlove 29578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a cervical check today at my 38 week appt..and dr told me my face was beet red and I was way too tense! Lol!</p> <p>Good luck with everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29566 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:03:26 +0000 Rosie Girl 29566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The thought is scarier then the doing! And when you are in the middle of it, and everything is going on, you just do it! You will get through, and if its real bad, there are lots of different meds! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29543 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:28:28 +0000 heffalump 29543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What always helped me was thinking so many other women do it and still choose to have more kids. Plus, there are always meds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29538 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:09:54 +0000 rachiecakes 29538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sbjmorgan: yes! that's why they're going to induce me.. </p> <p>@Green Thumb: hahaha this is how I've described it to friends! not cool haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29534 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:00:49 +0000 Green Thumb 29534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: Yeah, labor is gradual stretching. Fisting you is not, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29529 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:56:38 +0000 sbjmorgan 29529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You will definitely be ok, I went through TWO DAYS of labor thanks to induction b/c of pre-e and that was still nothing (thanks to epidural and nubain) compared to the intense pain of cervical checks!</p> <p>You do get used to them though, sort of... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29517 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:43:09 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 29517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You'll be OK ... the internals may have been the most uncomfortable thing, for me. I did have an epidural, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29515 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:41:45 +0000 mrs. wagon 29515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just noticed, you're from Boston?? so am I!!! Where are you delivering?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29514 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:41:11 +0000 mrs. wagon 29514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You will be fine! The adrenaline that will rush through your body when you know you're in labor and baby is coming REALLY helps. I had so much adrenaline when it was finally time to start pushing that even though it had been almost 24 hours of labor with a lot of drama and physically tiring stuff, I pushed for almost 3 hours and I literally thought it was 20 minutes! </p> <p>And I agree, the vaginal exams suck.... they will suck all the way through. But again, when your adrenaline is pumping, it doesn't seem like such a big deal when you are in the hospital. Plus, you're always anxious to hear how far along you are!</p> <p>Don't worry! I always tell people... if I can survive it, ANYONE can!!!! I am the biggest wimp EVER! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29513 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:39:09 +0000 polkadots 29513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't like the cervical checks either! I went into the hospital to get induced with absolutely no progress so I started from zero. To find my cervix they had to tilt the table. </p> <p>I was scared too.. but just keep telling yourself.. "lots and lots of women do this everyday, I can too.." or what else helped me is... there are 14 year old girls out there who have had babies, if they can, I can too! Goodluck! and don't worry too much.. soon you will have a beautiful baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29509 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:34:57 +0000 rachiecakes 29509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyneswith: haha, nope! that's what I call him, too ;) and every day I ask him to come out or at least get things moving down there so the induction goes smoothly, ya know? hehe</p> <p>@Green Thumb: no! really?!?! 'cause I backed up on that table like I was gonna launch through the ceiling.. thank you for saying this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29503 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:20:50 +0000 cyneswith 29503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Come on, Baby Cakes, don't make your mommy get induced! It's more fun if you come out on your own. (Er, you don't mind Baby Cakes, do you? 'Cause your mommy is RachieCakes, and it made sense... OK, I'll go be socially awkward elsewhere.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29496 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:12:42 +0000 Green Thumb 29496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought the same thing! Cervical checks when you're tense vs relaxed make a huge difference, though. From a non-medicated birth experience though, the checks are much more unpleasant than labor :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29495 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:11:41 +0000 rachiecakes 29495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thank you!<br /> I hope the contractions are gradual! If I don't go in on my own by Tuesday, I'm getting induced. At least I'll have pain management options if I need them, right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29493 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:10:41 +0000 Rubies 29493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cervical checks suck. Birthing a baby is different. Your body will know what to do. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-scared-please-tell-me-ill-be-okay#post-29490 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:07:21 +0000 Red 29490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just remember that your body has prepared for and more importantly, is built for delivering a baby. And although the pain is intense, it gradually increases from the first contraction so is much more bearable than say a sudden broken bone. You're stronger than you think ;) </p>