I've had some scary and traumatic moments during my pregnancy and as I approach the last few weeks I've noticed I've become much more tense at times thinking about everything. My midwife and doula have both told me it's normal as I'm still processing feelings.

The day I entered the 3rd trimester we were in a car wreck that totaled our car, with me in the passenger seat. After a night in the hospital we learned all was well, but still, we had some scary moments.

But, the hardest thing occurred less than a week later when I received a hysterical call from my mom telling me that my brother and his wife had lost their baby girl on her due date. They thought they were in labor and went into the hospital only to be told there was no movement and there was no heartbeat. We still don't know what happened. Being my brother's only sister, my husband and I took it upon ourselves to plan my beautiful niece's funeral and I'll never forget the horrible feeling of picking out a little casket while feeling my baby girl kicking me. It was terrible.

Most days I feel ok now. I've relied pretty heavily on my faith, husband and my wonderful birth team. I have my days when I don't feel so ok about everything and I feel terrified. I'm afraid of those feelings coming up once labor gets going and it stalling things.

If you had some tough moments during pregnancy, how did you do during your labor? Did any feelings from your experiences come up?