I am too scared about giving birth

i have had 2 children one with an epidural (by the way i cant stand needles either lol) and one without. trust me having an epidural helps alot. even tho they dont give you much it still better then feeling the full pain. during labor what helped me was thinking the whole time how it was going to be worth it after the baby was born. having your husband there will help a whole lot too. just stay strong your a woman and we are tough im sure you will get threw it and it'll be just fine. take care and best of luck.

For a start, I felt the same way too when I was pregnant with my first baby, but then someone prayed over me before I gave birth and on the time of giving birth I did feel the pain but when I saw my daughter came out and crying, the pain went away. It was a miracle and a gift having kids because it is a reward from the Lord. I have five kids by the way, and all of them are normal deliveries. So, my advice would be for you to have faith in GOD, pray, be strong and everything will be all right!!

having a baby is not as scary as some people say it is. yes it is very painful but thats what epidurals are for. i didnt have one with my daughter and i was in labor with her for 21 hours. with my son i decided to have one. it did help ease the pain. dont worry, even if you dont have a high threshold for pain, after you hold that little baby in your arms for the 1st time it will be all worth it.

Then in this case you can adapt a child. If you are so much scared of this then it's likely that your baby would face some or the other problem while in womb itself. So better go for adapting one.

I had mine naturally..It was an incredibly intense experience. Yes, there were painful moments, but it wasn't unbearable. The important thing it to go into to with an open mind. Embrace every moment and let your body take over. If you are hesitant or resistant it will make it more difficult. I recommend reading Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin. Surround yourself with positive birth experiences..You can do it!

I am 30 and I just gave birth last year - November 20, 2006. I was supposed to have lamaze but unfortunately, my cervix stopped dilating at 8 cm so i had c-section. I still feel bad about it. You see if you fear something you have to face your fear to conquer it. I feared giving birth too but you have to condition your mind that it will be alright.

Mother nature makes us strong enough to do it.. then after swear we never will again.. the very next week we forget about the pain..(mother natures way of letting us reproduce).. till we find out again we are pregnant and all it comes rushing back :P haha its actually true.. dont worry hun u will do fine...(hug)

I can understand your feeling especially if this will be your first time to deliver a baby. My wife was scared too befoire but she was able to deliver a healthy baby boy normally at that. Well I guess there no other way you canhave your baby delivered unless you will opt for a c-section which you won't feel the pain at all but still you will be injected so there is the needle thing which you are afraid. The only side effects would be the helaing process since you will be operated and cut the wounds would then be very painful afterwards and would wait to heal before you can truly say there's no pain. Another one is that everytime climate changes your sutures would feel a little tingling in it. Normal deliver on the other hand would really feel the pain during the birth and right after delivery. This pain would last for about a week or so but the healing process is much faster provided that you did not develop any complications right after birth. There will be needle involve too to ease the pain you will experience but they would not give you full dose since you have to feel the pain to be able to deliver you child normally. I think the pain is what guides you to further push the baby out and also to make you conscious all the time. It would be very painful but once you see your child all those hardship will be gone and would be all worth it. Just think of that and trust your doctor that he/she will take care of the rest. Maybe you could also request for your hubby to be besides you when the time comes provided that your hubby is comfortable with it. Be strong for your baby and everything will be alright.

Im scared of giving birth too but then I think....Everyone goes through it and everyone survives it. SO it must not be as bad as I think! Also, they used to survive it for millions of years without an epi. So what makes you think with half an epi you will feel bad! Just one final note....many women go on to have a 2 or 3rd baby!