I posted something similar in the Homebirth section but wanted to echo it here since it encompasses all of my new friends and support here at MDC.
Thank goodness for this forum and all of you mamas are here! It keeps me sane.
All of these symptoms I thought were just me are shared by a huge portion of those here. I'm not crazy after all
All of these worries and fears about a healthy pregnancy or a miscarriage. All of the ideas about morning sickness. Everything!
I have told barely anyone about the HB and won't tell too many people in our families about it.
My mother, a nurse, is visiting for nearly three weeks from another state and is so totally against it and harping on me.
She is absolutely sure that I will have Toxemia or GD and that I will probably end up birthing a dead or severely injured baby by choosing HB.
It doesn't help that I was nearly 12 pounds and got stuck (shoulder dystocia) when I was born. She doesn't take into account the doctor's negligence because I was clearly overweight, mom had GD and I was a month overdue (he was sued by another family months later) and the fact that she had an epidural so that makes pushing hard. She's glad she didn't have to feel me being born. Ugh...
She's trying to be supportive but keeps repeating herself, "I just see bad things all the time." "It just can end so badly." "How will you get to the hospital?"
Well of course she sees bad things! She worked in the Operating Room! She doesn't see the other side, ever. And she doesn't try either.
Blahhh... we haven't even told hubby's family I am pregnant and most likely will NOT tell them it's a homebirth until after the fact. It's hard enough keeping my cool with my mother. If I have to hear MIL and her sisters going on and on about the birth like they do my vegetarian cooking (like it's toxic sludge) I might just lose it and cause a major rift. I don't eat crow for very many people but with a mother and MIL, it's more sensitive.
Anyway, just had to send kudos to everyone. Besides my beloved hubby, you are my glue, my support, my sanity. I'm adoring you from afar
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Thank goodness for this forum and all of you mamas are here! It keeps me sane.
All of these symptoms I thought were just me are shared by a huge portion of those here. I'm not crazy after all
All of these worries and fears about a healthy pregnancy or a miscarriage. All of the ideas about morning sickness. Everything!
I have told barely anyone about the HB and won't tell too many people in our families about it.
My mother, a nurse, is visiting for nearly three weeks from another state and is so totally against it and harping on me.
She is absolutely sure that I will have Toxemia or GD and that I will probably end up birthing a dead or severely injured baby by choosing HB.
It doesn't help that I was nearly 12 pounds and got stuck (shoulder dystocia) when I was born. She doesn't take into account the doctor's negligence because I was clearly overweight, mom had GD and I was a month overdue (he was sued by another family months later) and the fact that she had an epidural so that makes pushing hard. She's glad she didn't have to feel me being born. Ugh...
She's trying to be supportive but keeps repeating herself, "I just see bad things all the time." "It just can end so badly." "How will you get to the hospital?"
Well of course she sees bad things! She worked in the Operating Room! She doesn't see the other side, ever. And she doesn't try either.
Blahhh... we haven't even told hubby's family I am pregnant and most likely will NOT tell them it's a homebirth until after the fact. It's hard enough keeping my cool with my mother. If I have to hear MIL and her sisters going on and on about the birth like they do my vegetarian cooking (like it's toxic sludge) I might just lose it and cause a major rift. I don't eat crow for very many people but with a mother and MIL, it's more sensitive.
Anyway, just had to send kudos to everyone. Besides my beloved hubby, you are my glue, my support, my sanity. I'm adoring you from afar
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DDC's are a beautiful thing!!
