Adoption thread got me thinking- embarassed to post this but oh well...

Fear of most unknowns is common- not just birth but all unknows. I have never been afraid of the 'pain' of childbirth since I know it is over in a few hours and typically doesn't start out at 10- it progresses. My fear of birth is that I am a very controlling person and didn't want people screaming at me to Push or Do This etc..Also, I do not like being in vunerable positions at all.
But I will say Hypnobirthing has truly helped me A LOT with so much of this and I am also not afraid at all that I cannot handle any pain. I mean, after my birth story (hopefully coming sooner than later ) we will all know if the Hypnobirthing truly helped but as far as preparing goes I feel confident that I will be fine and my birth will not be some awful TLC type story.

yeah, im worried about the pain, and freaked out how is the baby going to come out of a small opening.... but i want the kids to have the gene's of me and my fh and i think i'll enjoy carrying itfor 9 months...

OK ladies, a mommy here and I had to respond.

nrvbrd.......you were me!!! I was laughing at your post about the tampon. I never used tampons for the same reason and I actually use to make myself physically ill before a gyno exam. I use to sit in the waiting room shaking and sweating.

Anyway, I got through my fear and got myself PG and it was really a wonderful expereince. The pain was NOT that bad at all! I was expecting much worse. For me my monthly cramps were worse that the labor pains I had before my wonderful 'epidural'. Once I had the epidural I slept through most of my contractions.

I've had kidney stones and my gall bladder removed and both were much worse than labor pains.

You will all do fine....

Chris