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Biggest fear about childbirth?

  1. jaguar

    pomegranate / 3764 posts

    After seeing an episode of the UK One Born Every Minute, I'm scared of baby stalling & shoulder distocia.

  2. HLK208

    pineapple / 12234 posts

    Health issues with the baby. I can take a lot of physical pain more than emotional pain of losing my LO.

  3. mrs. wagon

    blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts

    @autumnlove: ya, they sucked. But honestly looking back they didn't affect me in any way long term and I'm just happy both babies were born perfectly healthy.

  4. Lindsay05

    pomegranate / 3759 posts

    I was always afraid that my baby would come out looking like an alien or distorted. It was weird! But I also had recurrent dreams that I gave birth to a kitten so that may explain the weirdness.

  5. Bookish

    GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts

    I'm terrified that the baby will be in distress, or that I will need an emergency C-section, something like that. Before I got pregnant, I was worried about how I could avoid pooping, but now that I am, I'm really more worried about something going really wrong

  6. Mrs. Lovejoy

    clementine / 972 posts

    Currently, I have a lot of fears about it - episiotomy, tearing in general, ring of fire, epidural, placenta birth, c-section, puking, pooping, etc.. But I have 26 weeks to get over it and relax about it so I'm hoping that happens!

  7. Mrsbells

    squash / 13199 posts

    My biggest fear was still birth.

    Followed by
    c-section
    induction

  8. prettylizy

    GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts

    I was terrified of tearing-- after having given a med free birth, it seems like such a silly thing now. In the moment, it doesn't matter.

  9. ladyfingers

    pomelo / 5331 posts

    Aside from the obvious baby-related fears (baby won't be OK, something will happen to him), my biggest fears are:

    Induction
    C-section

    like many others!

  10. Alivoo01

    wonderful olive / 19353 posts

    Tearing!!!! I cringe and can empathy feel the pain when I read/hear about it even though I have never given birth...

  11. yoursilverlining

    eggplant / 11824 posts

    Besides serious health issues with the bebe, I was most scared about laboring for hours upon hours and not being able to deliver and then needing a c-section after my body was so exhausted and worn down. So, I just scheduled a c-section. Honestly, the mechanics of a c-section seemed a lot less scary to me than the mechanics of giving birth. Yikes!

    I was also terrified of hemorrhaging since my mom hemorrhaged after me and could have died.

  12. sorrycharlie

    hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts

    if it reassures anyone, I had a horrible, horrible tear (she literally FLEW out..no cone head, and her head is gigantic!!) and though it took a few weeks to feel normal, motrin helped! after the first couple days it wasn't unbearable. it's not as scary as you'd think..i took a look and things look normal

  13. Mrs. High Heels

    blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts

    Tearing! And pooping while delivering!

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