Hi Liz,

Your feelings are extremely justified and definately worth posting,
otherwise what would be the purpose of this group. I just wanted to
say that my good friend was too scared to go through natural labour
(she is due early December) so she insisted to her doctors that she
wanted a caesarian and they said 'fine', so that is what she is
having. She had an emergency caesar with her last baby and I think
she was too scared to go through the pain of labour this time
around. So I say, do what you want to do. If you want a caesar
then that is what the hospital has to do. I can understand how
nervous you must be feeling and also with Angela's anniversary
coming (Isabell's is 6th dec) but I really hope you work through
your anxieties so that you can start to relax before you baby is due.

Take care of yourself
Jenny


--- In as_ap@..., "Elizabeth" <epsmith@...> wrote:
>
> Hey every one,
> How are you all? Sorry for my absence lately. With every thing
that
> has happened over
> the past few weeks i haven't wanted to post any thing in here as
what
> i'm going through at the moment seems like nothing compared to
what
> poor Chris and Vanessa have been through over the past weeks.
>
> I done a post in huggies (not realising that Pettina was part of
the
> group)and she responded to my post which i must add has been a
great
> help, especially knowing that she is going through a similar thing
at
> the moment as well. Any way, this is what i wrote in
> huggies............
>
> I am currently 26wks pregnant with bub number 3 and this is going
to
> sound so stupid but i am absolutly petrified about giving birth.
Even
> though i have done it twice before with no worries and reasonably
> quick
> births (the 1st was 5hrs and the 2nd was 4hrs). Over the past
> 11months
> i have suffered alot of heart break. In novemeber last year i had
a
> medical termination at 14wks due to my little girl having a
terminal
> condition called anencephaly and then in March this year i had a
> miscarriage at 12wks, i then fell pregga's again straight away
with
> this bubba. I don't know what it is but just the thought of giving
> birth again is enough to scare me s***tless. I really want to have
a
> c-
> section this time but DH is totally against it. I guess i just
don't
> want any thing to go wrong. I just want my baby out and in my arms
> and
> to know that he is safe. I doubt that the hospital would give me a
> ceaser any way, especially when there is no medical reason why i
> should
> have one. I am torn between the 2 though. I think to myself about
the
> 6wks after the ceaser and not being able to do any thing compared
to
> being able to do every thing straight after the birth. AGRRRRRR,
what
> to do?????????????
>
> Basically, i am just scared that some thing else is going to go
wrong
> and I want to do every thing i possibly can to avoid that from
> happening and if that means having a ceaser then thats what i'll
do.
> I
> also think that since Angela's anniversary is coming up (10th of
> November) this might be playing a part in my anxiety. I just feel
so
> confused and emotional.
>
> As i said, my little dialemma is nothing compared to every thing
else
> that has happened in our group but i would still appreciate a
> responce
> if any one else has been in the same situation. Thanks heaps every
> one.
>
> Liz xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
>
> P.S. Lea, did you get my e-mail i sent you a few weeks ago with
all
> of
> my details in it????????
>