From my perspective, i just wish we were better informed through our education about the risk of miscarriage - unitl i had one i had no idea how common they were. And i felt like i was so alone, the only person in the world who it had happened to.

Then i found bellybelly - and realised just how prevalent it is.


I do think it boils down to our education regarding miscarriage though - i mean, did you know how often it can happen before you found info on sites like belly belly??
On that note, as someone who falls pregnant literally at the drop of a hat, I had no idea how hard it really is to get pregnant either!!

Yes, I have had some bad pregnancy experiences, and some bad labour experiences, but when you have that little bub in your arms, or suckling at your breast (if you choose to breastfeed), and all you can do is look down at them in awe and wonder and amazement .... well, everything else just fades into the darkest recesses of memory ...

The main "horror story" I was told was that I'd never manage birth because I was so small, and I'd end up having a c-section. I hate needles, I hate blood and I hate pain and I was very adamant from the get go that under no circumstances was I having an epidural (so if I had to have a c-section, I told the dr's they'd have to knock me out to do it!) Anyway, I have had 3 vaginal deliveries, heading for my 4th.

I love my kids and I could not imagine my life without them.

I think the main thing is to take what you need from other people's stories, but don't take their whole negative experience on board!