It is such an emotionally charged time. You know what, you can do anything you set your mind to. My MW told me at 35 weeks that my bub would be huge and I would have to have a c-sect. She upset me so much and really affected my confidence. I had a beautiful vaginal birth, no epi, no gas no tearing. So I showed her.
Your body is perfectly primed to birth this baby. You have nothing to be afraid of, try to welcome labour, it can be a wonderful empowering experience.
Hey and if it makes you feel any better my mum had me at 2 weeks overdue, I was 9lb3oz and she is only 4ft 11 for goodness sake. She did it without drugs.
The female body is a wonderous thing. From now on try to forget all the crap going on around you and get ready to meet your baby.
Dee, how exciting that your baby is on the verge of making its way into the world!
I just wanted to pop in and wish you a wonderful birth. You've had a crappy couple of days, and I can only suggest you go and take your frustrations out on a pillow - punch it till it hurts (hurts the pillow, I mean) . Once you've killed the pillow, you can refocus your energy on preparing your body and mind to have your bub.
And you can birth your baby the way you want. You can. You can. YOU CAN! Cos you are you - Dee. No one else, you. And when you baby decides it's ready to be born, you will be ready to give birth the way you want to .
So glad you're going to print out your thread - everyone in here supports you 110pc.
Just trust in yourself.
You can do it Dee just remember all the positivity you had before that stupid mw scared you. Don't let what your mum said get to you too much, as someone else said, it is your body and you baby and birth, not hers. Good luck hun can't wait to read your birth announcement.
You can totally do this!! I'm 5 ft 1 and had a 3.9kg baby, no drugs, NVD. Don't listen to your mum, surround yourself with supportive people and focus on you and your baby, your body is perfectly designed to birth your baby. Good news about the mucous plug, sounds like things are moving along!
Do I know anyone? Sure do! My sisters best friend is 5ft nothing. Her first baby was to my brothers best friend who was 6ft something. He used to have to duck in our living room to avoid the fan. When she was pregnant the poor honey looked like an olive on a toothpick.
But it turned out her DS was all arms and legs. He was a tall baby and she delivered him all natural. All 11 pounds.
Hopefully by now you have a wonderful little baby in your arms and all the negatives have been washed away. It is so much easier for them to get at you when you are pregnant, and I know from experience you resent them for taking advantage of that. Just keep doing your own thing and try not to think on it too much.
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