Explaining birth to children
Hi, just thought I'd ask for others experiences on explaining birth to children.
I'm currently 22 wks pg with my second bub and my DD (4) as well as my nephew (5) and niece (6) have become curious as to how the baby will 'come out of my belly'.
My niece and nephew were both caesarean births and have had a little brother born in July who was also born via caesarean. My nephew asked yesterday 'are u going to have an operation and is the doctor gonna cut your belly to help you have the baby?' it kind of caught me off guard and I'm not sure the way to go about answering the questions of these curious little ones!!
Any shared opinions/experiences would be great :)
Explaining birth to children
My DS1 bought a kids anatomy book from Kmart and it has a small section on pregnancy in it, with a side on picture of how baby delivered. So when I was pregnant with DS3 we looked it up in the book together.
From gestation size (I would get asked every couple of days how big baby was)
To how does baby come out. I found it easier having a kids book to show and refer to.