THE ONE THING I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE PAIN OF CHILDBIRTH

You have no real idea what to expect, but you’ve heard about 462 birth stories that all have one general theme – PAIN. Even your friends that had an epidural – their stories are still about pain.

They say “the pain was so bad I couldn’t handle it, you NEED to plan for an epidural, it’s the best thing you’ll ever do!” Right?! You’ve totally heard them say that!

am very high anxiety, and I’ve developed some seriously concrete coping mechanisms for dealing with my anxiety over the years…  but I still really struggled with severe anxiety surrounding the pain of childbirth and not knowing what to expect from labor.

The reason everyone talks about the pain is because it’s painful. There’s no way around that. (It’s also messy, emotional, and life changing. And it’s amazing. Just as much so as it’s painful – I don’t know why our stories don’t focus on those aspects as strongly.)

IT’S TRUE THAT HAVING A BABY HURTS.

As long as everything remains uncomplicated, what you ACTUALLY go through might not be as bad as you THINK it will be. I think this might be because it – the pain – has a purpose, and you know it. It’s not comparable to pain where the cause it unknown, or pain where your suffering seems so totally pointless.

IT’S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE AS BAD AS YOU THINK IT WILL BE.

I know every labor is completely different, but I’m confident that this time I’ll be able to relax more during labor; to focus on getting through the contractions one at a time – rather than the letting anxiety build with each one.

HOW KNOWING THIS WILL CHANGE MY NEXT LABOR

SWIPE UP FOR MORE INFO!

FOR MORE MOMMY ON PURPOSE CONTENT JUST CLICK THE LOGO BELOW.

Arrow