tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414151.post333733128723317802..comments2023-10-14T06:00:49.353-05:00Comments on Tales and Adventures of Suvvy Land: SuvvyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11544878224070193819noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414151.post-36622913542270318162007-05-13T22:10:00.000-05:002007-05-13T22:10:00.000-05:00Way too many people will try and freak you out way...Way too many people will try and freak you out way too much. Our prenatal class teacher handed around an epidural needle so we could all see it and feel it and realise exactly how big it is. I decided then and there I wasnt gunna have that poked in me. Of course I DID, AND it was during some major contractions where being told to hold "extremely still" was an idiotic request. The best advice I ever got? There wasnt much, but here you go:<BR/><BR/>1. No matter what you try and do to make it better/plan for it/prepare/whatever, your labour will happen however it happens, and theres really nothing you or anyone else can do to change it. That includes taking aromatherapy oil/comfy pillows etc with you, as well as horro stories other women feel the need to share with you a week before your due.<BR/>2. The only exception to this is pelvic floor excersises and massaging the perennium(sic), although if you end up with a ceaserian their kinda pointless LOL<BR/>3. There will come a point in your labour where, as my mother said "you could be naked with your legs spread on prime time TV and you wouldnt care".<BR/>4. When its over its over. It takes how long it takes and then its done. You do forget how bad it is fairly quickly. Thats what makes mothers have a second one - they forgot how bad it was. Plus you get a prize at the end.<BR/><BR/>I wont lie to you - its not fun. Its scary, mostly coz you dont know what to expect, and have no control over it at all. The only thing you can do is accept that you cant control it/change it, and ride it out. Dont let people freak you. Just be as healthy and well rested as possible (ha ha ha) and we'll see you on the other side.<BR/><BR/>And seeing as Ive been so nice, I should probably balance it out with the fact that really, the labour is only a couple of days of hell at most, youve got 18 odd years of hell after that!huniiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283500267438773342noreply@blogger.com