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I do find that I am a bit more concerned about how it's all going to go down this time. I was blissfully unaware for my first. Especially since my water broke and the whole process just felt like an outer-body thing. But having that experience in my head is making me a little more nervous as the due date approaches. My epidural wore off too and that back labor part was INTENSE!

I'm more nervous about the recovery. I had a lot of pain for weeks afterwards and could t sit down without a special pillow for far too long (tmi but I had "rug burns" from his hair), and I reaaaaally hope that recovery is easier this time.

I was nervous because I know there are no guarantees. You can plan but things can go sideways. I got more nervous once I closed in on 40 weeks because I started to feel like I'd end up with another induction. Which happened, because my blood pressure went up. I just don't like surprises and labor is basically one big surprise

I had a RCS, and I wasn't nervous at all. I thought I would be meaning it was surgery, but I wasn't just excited!

I'm definitely more worried this time--I actually had a pretttty good experience last time, all things considered. Mainly, the pushing part was pretty ideal for a FTM with an epidural. I could feel enough to push effectively and only pushed for about 20 minutes---BUT I didn't feel the "ring of fire" or anything. The part before the epidural was worse than I was anticipating, but after Epi was fine.

This time---now that I *know* what the pre-epi pain is like and have heard more stories, I have so many more worries. Like, what if the epi isn't as good this time and the pain never gets better? What if I feel everything when pushing? What if baby gets stuck and pushing takes hours? What if I have a tear that's much worse?

It's like I know too much now.

A little? I had some complications last time that hae the potential to repeat, but we're aware of them and what can happen this time, and my doctors know to monitor it and plan to handle it aggressively if needed.

As far as labor itself, not really. I think enough time has gone by that my recollection of it is hazy...I remember that I was in a lot of pain, and that my epidural kept failing, but I was also zenned out calm most of the time (like not a sound). So I know I can handle it again. And if something else goes wrong, I'm just going to be willing to trust that my doctors will be on the ball (like they were last time).

I'm actually more nervous about the after...recovery, breasfeeding (it was SO easy with E, and I'm nervous it won't be with this one), how E will react, lack of sleep, etc.

Not nervous both times. Labor the second time around was faster and easier to recover from than with E. I feel great at 2.5 weeks postpartum. Adjusting to two kids has been harder than the newborn stuff I've already experienced and know what to expect.

I wasn't with my second, because she was a VBAC. I had no idea what to expect. I still had some illusions that having a "natural" birth would make things go more smoothly, and that I had a high pain tolerance, lol. After a terrible vaginal delivery and an as yet incomplete recovery, I am officially scared of all future deliveries, regardless of method.

My scheduled C-section has got to be easier than the induction and emergency C-section I ended up with last time.

I wasn't as nervous as I was with my first pregnancy! Every story I heard made childbirth sound horrible. There's pain but adrenaline - and the pain is all for a reason, to meet baby! So I was kind of excited the second time. I had an induction and pitocin sucked so I was worried with my third pregnancy that I would be induced again. My third was the easiest though.

i'm more scared! my water broke first thing in the morning with DD1, i started having timeable contractions within 2 hours and then she was born within 2 hours of getting to the hospital. everything went really well and i knew i was in labor! i'm scared of two scenarios: labor starting and stopping over the course of a few days and me not knowing i'm really in labor OR it being even faster and DH not being able to get there and delivering a baby at my house alone with my toddler! Ha. now too much information may be the issue!