I feel ya!

I remember asking this a few years ago now - it's hard when things are so fast you don't always have time to regroup. Kelly mentioned getting on hands and knees and tipping forward to slow things down a bit, which is what I have always done instinctively.

Wether or not it did something I don't know, but it was good for the mind to feel like I had some sort of control.

Even with no3 fastbirth, and I knew what was coming I still found myself thinking "stop, slow down, I can't THINK", but I quickly changed it to "I CAN do this, I AM doing this", and it ended up working cos if I kept up with the other mantra I may have frozen up or tensed or just been frightened all the way through. You have to say it out loud BTW, because trust me, you will feel the words to be truth iykwim?

My biggest thing has always been to have someone tell me clearly when I am transitioning, it's in BOLD in the birth plan. Just because after the speed and relentlessness of it all, the mental feelings of transition make me feel like my brain might snap...unless I know it's transition and I feel a sense of elation and energy cos I know it won't be long till I have a squirming bubba in my arms