Positive about labour and birth

[little_O]

I am exited to birth my next baby.

Am I strange? People around me think I'm wierd.

I genuinely am looking forward to going through the process again. Maybe because dd was such a positive, good experience I don't look at it with fear at all. Sure the pain isn't the highlight, but the fact I was able to work through my pain and birth my baby is one of the best experiences I've had. I honestly feel empowered from it all.

I just don't know if I'm the odd one out there?

[Arcadia]

Nope! I am excited too. I have been meditating on the scary bits (for me just the last few minutes where you feel teally stretched) and I feel really pumped to try it all again with more knowledge and strength!

[Lily Dust]

With my first I was so incredibly excited and confident to be birthing a baby. Yep, I got those 'OMG are you crazy' statements and then the horror stories began.

I don't think that you're strange at all. A positive and confident attitude can only be a good thing imo

Sending you all the beautiful birthing vibes in the world

[PumpkinZulu]

Nope, I feel this way too

[Arimeh]

I was excited until I accidentally fell pregnant and then realised "ahh crap what have I done" LOL

[jellybean88]

I felt excited

[Heaven]

I'm excited too! It's an amazing feeling!

[Rowellen]

Not strange at all. I felt the same about birthing DD. I also had a positive experience with my first. I looked at my second as an opportunity to improve on my first birth. DD was determined to have her own way though (and still is!!) so it didn't turn out as I had planned. Still a positive outcome just not the way I initially expected. It took me a while to come to terms with it (she was a lot faster than DS) but I can look back now and laugh at myself and still feel great about how my body just knew what to do.

[TickToc]

I feel excited as I'm more confident & empowered than I was having DD. After spending 11 years thinking I would never have more children I cannot wait to bring this little one into the world & say hello

[Mum2twoBoys]

No not weird. I'm the same. Give me labour any day over pregnancy. I'm going through every day waiting for the pain to start and hence that labour is imminent. I want my home water birth.

[TeniBear]

Nope, you're not weird at all - I'm ecstatic thinking about giving birth again! I do realise I'm trying to "erase" my labour and birth with DD by having a good one this time, but I'm aware of that fact and it makes me even more determined to do it right. I want to feel that rush again and again!

I'm not looking forward to the placenta though, that bit grosses me out And I suppose I'm a little worried about this being my first truly natural birth... But I'm still excited

[Teeki]

Definitely not strange! I'm exactly the same - I was excited the first time around too, there's just so much emotion and it's a beautiful experience. I'm the same as WM, I'd rather skip the pregnancy and go straight to labour and birth, I even prefer the labour and birth to all the blood tests lol.

[JLeigh29]

No, I'm really excited too. I feel like I have a second chance with my VBAC to experience all the things I didn't get to the first time around....I've even wondered if I'll be more likely to tell people, 'I birthed a baby' than 'We have a baby!' It is a huge deal!

[Cassius2]

I totally love love love giving birth. i reckon it's my all time favourite activity pity that we dont usually get to do it many times hahahaha.

(i am weird, that is just really weird what i just wrote isnt it lol?!).

i love the birth process, i love the preparation and planning and anticipation. i love the act of beginning labour, of hopping into a nice warm birth pool, of feeling my body take over from 'me' and i love love love guiding that wee little new human being out and up through the water to meet me and her family. it is just bliss!

[Jellyfish]

I was especially excited about my second birth because it would be a day all about me. No cooking, no cleaning, free pass to complain and to ask for things I wanted, unlimited back rubs! It's like a day off you can have zero guilt over.

[luna moth]

I was so excited about my second birth that it turned out to be a bit of a letdown. I'd built it up in my head to be even more amazing than it actually was. So I don't think you're strange, but I do hope the experience lives up to your expectations.

[BlackRose]

Now that ive done it twice I am super excited about doing it again. I just want to be at that stage... pregnancy sucked towards the end of DS2 and I just want to be at the labour/birth stage. Good luck hun!!

[~Hestia~]

I felt much the same when I was pregnant with Buster