Maybe we should start a thread about this so that it will make it easier to locate and access the information when the need arises! Since this is my first pregnancy and I'm planning a natural home birth--I'm starting to get nervous because I have no idea what I'm in for, or what anything feels like, or what to do, or how to prepare, etc!
It's been on my mind because my best friend just had her first last week in the hospital--vaginally but with an epidural. And she continues to say how she "doesnt know how I'm going to do it because it hurt SO MUCH with the epidural". Not what I need or want to hear right now, but I know she means well....She just wants be to "be prepared".
Anywho, I started reading the hypnobirthing book. But I don't have any CD's or anything and I don't know if we'll be able to afford a class. What advice do second+ time mamas have? What worked for you the first time around? I only really know about hypnobirthing and the bradley method. Not sure what to try or if there's anything else out there. I feel like I have a high threshold for pain but I have absolutely no idea what to expect.
It's been on my mind because my best friend just had her first last week in the hospital--vaginally but with an epidural. And she continues to say how she "doesnt know how I'm going to do it because it hurt SO MUCH with the epidural". Not what I need or want to hear right now, but I know she means well....She just wants be to "be prepared".
Anywho, I started reading the hypnobirthing book. But I don't have any CD's or anything and I don't know if we'll be able to afford a class. What advice do second+ time mamas have? What worked for you the first time around? I only really know about hypnobirthing and the bradley method. Not sure what to try or if there's anything else out there. I feel like I have a high threshold for pain but I have absolutely no idea what to expect.