Are you more or less nervous the 2nd + time around?

[*Sparklez*]

i guess with all of mine it was more nerve racking the more times i had to labor lol.
i think its the fact of knowing whats to come is what sets your heart into over drive..
the only labour i was happy with and never anxious was my 3rd pregnancy, no idea why but was over the moon about it... and probably the less painfull out of all...

[beansbeans!]

the second time round I felt stronger, more confident within myself and my abilities. I had the nerves of knowing what was going to happen, but the 2nd time round I decided to use those nerves to empower myself when it came to labour.
The 1st time I never felt like I was in control, I never felt like I was treated or respected properly. The second time round I made sure that I was assertive about everything. I even prepped DH on what my wishes were in the event of certains things happening (like emergency c-section, etc).
Second time round I really discovered exactly how strong and capable I am in my world.

DD2's birth was absolutely fantastic, I prepped myself for the whole pregnancy. Apoligies if I sound too estatic about her birth but I couldnt have asked for anything more.

Might just add, that the way I felt about the second time round was mainly due to BB.. Reading copious amounts of threads and researching made all the difference!

[~clover~]

2nd time around I was way more scared than the first time, coz I knew just how hard it was going to be! But I used what I knew & handled it way better. It was definetely my best of all 4 labours in the way I dealt with it.
#3 & #4 didn't worry me at all. Hardly thought about it.