really starting to FREAK OUT:(

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really starting to FREAK OUT:(
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Sat, 12-16-2006 - 5:47pm

as most of you know i'm sceduled for an induction on monday....


and i'm starting to freak out:(...i'm soooooo scared of labor....i wish i could just make this all go away...i wanted this baby so much before my anxiety came out like this...but now...i am sooo afraid of the labor and the work of having a new born...i wish i wasn't pregnant....


i've been trying really hard to keep "it" together...


i'm just not doing a very good job of this...


i'm sooooooooooo very scared:(

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Sat, 12-16-2006 - 6:18pm

(((Heather)))

I can tell from how you've hung in there this pregnancy...Heather you are much stronger than you feel. Try to think how soon it will over with and your hormones will calm done.

DD is our only and I felt totally unprepared to give birth or take care of her, but once it all started, everything went fine.

I was also induced, but after 24 hrs then chose to have a C-section. None of the experience was really terrible or unbearable. I didn't have much time to think or worry, I was just doing.

Hugs,
Dee

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Registered: 03-22-2003
Sat, 12-16-2006 - 7:56pm

Heather, just focus on how much you wanted another baby.

Sheri Ann

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Sat, 12-16-2006 - 9:33pm

Heather,

i wish i could climb thru this computer and save you!!

you better take your xanex with you!! i am an insulin dep
diabetic using an insulin pump and after i delivered i was
instructed to take shots again....i refused....i know more
about my maintenance meds than labor and delivery, just tell
them what you take/took.

imo, your brain needs a break from all the anxiety you've been
having, remember, all these feelings ARE the anxiety speaking,
it IS NOT YOU, it is NOT how you really feel and it is not
what is going to really happen, i know you know this but sometimes
it sounds good to hear it from others.

are you sleeping?? if not, is it possible to sleep for like
24hrs. after delivery? seriously?

waiting for that post that you're feeling better,
kris

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Sat, 12-16-2006 - 9:34pm

e-mail me at shawnstalter@comcast.net
want to share something with you.

kris

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Sun, 12-17-2006 - 3:08pm
I am so sorry you are feeling this way. I know how awful it is to be so scared and anxious. What my dh always tells me is "nothing lasts forever." I know it's hard to think of it right now but you will feel better one day. Take care. I'll be praying for a safe and speedy delivery.
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Sun, 12-17-2006 - 6:21pm

thank you all for your support and kind words....


as i'm sure you can all imagine...my anxiety seems to be getting higher and higher and higher as tomorrow seems to be approaching...


i keep trying to tell myslef...i can do this, i am a strong person, i will be in the care of good docs...


i just hope this sinks in quickly...


i am going to be taking my labtop to the hosptial w/me...and will update/post when i can...i'd imagine i'll do so some time tomorrow...


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Sun, 12-17-2006 - 6:37pm

Heather i'm so excited for you. It's almost over gf and then you'll be wondering what all the anxiety beforehand was all about. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers for tomorrow.

Keitha

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Registered: 11-25-2005
Sun, 12-17-2006 - 7:03pm
Heather I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!! I KNOW you will feel
so much better when this little munchkin is born!!
GOD BLESS and stay in the now------- Momday is time enough for worry!
I KNOW YOU WILL BE A GREAT MOM!! Judy
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Sun, 12-17-2006 - 8:29pm

Heather. Hey, how are you doing? I'm so sorry that you feel this way, but look at the bright side. You already have experience taking care of another baby, and that's more than some other people like myself who's never taken care of one. Something like this should be a piece of cake. Don't worry, before you know it, it'll be all over, and all of your fears will prove to be irrational.

((((Hugs))))
Yaddiya

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Registered: 03-22-2003
Sun, 12-17-2006 - 8:57pm

Heather, you are doing better than you realize!

Sheri Ann

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