sweety, its ok, its all going to be OK and you are going to enjoy every minute of the ride.......
the day I had little laaa i had an osteo session and it made me feel so gaga, calm, and relaxed - the world was so beautiful when I walked out from that massage - might be something you want to look into, I highly recommend it!!
My mantra when i started to feel a bit like you (I was also at least a week overdue with my first 2 pregnancies) was "I will get to the otherside with my baby in my arms". No matter how scared i got I kept visualising already being on the 'other side' of the birth... tucked up in bed with my baby. During my third labour I found it incredibly helpful to stare at photos of my first 2 children when they were newborns.... I did this when I was in labour too... whenever I felt demoralised (my labours were slow). I know this is your first time but maybe gather up some beautiful photos of babies and look at them alot.... this might help to stimulate your natural oxytocin and help you manage things better both physically and psychologically.
SJ, you can do it! It is normal to get some anxieties over it all and being your first there is the whole unknown aspect to it. But you'll do great just tell yourself you can do it and overcome any obstacles that may arise.
I still have days where I find myself panicking about things, talk your anxieites over, like you are in here and to your partner and it should help to get everything out.
The acupuncture sounds like just what you need, babe A chance to lie down and have someone look after you.
Like Amy and Bath said, think about holding your baby. Don't think too much about being in labour - you WILL cope spectacularly with being in labour, so just don't think about it now. Think about how every day you are one day closer to meeting your precious baby
Can you have a massage as well? (Might blow out the budget a bit, I realise, but even if your DH can give you a lovely back rub in the bath tonight or something else relaxing that may help!)
Chin up, mate. You are going to be amazing, stunning, a birthing goddess. Enjoy these last moments of pregnancy as much as you can *mwa*
Some people believe that being overdue can sometimes be attributed to unresolved feelings of fear or repressed anxiety over the birth.
What it sounds like to me is that you are letting these emotions out and are working on them and getting yourself to a good psychological and physical place to birth, and that things will happen for you soon. Treat your emotion like a catharsis, an emotional enema if you like, pouring out that negative stuff into your tissues and your pillow so that you'll be cleansed and energised for what's to come. Let it all out, and happy birthing!!
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A chance to lie down and have someone look after you.
that may help!)
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