OMG! OMG! OMG!

[Tiggie]

Congrats Sis... I pray that you carry full term and healthy and  feel for  whomever is there for the cravings at midnight... like arby's or potatoe salad.... and has painful as natural birth is... pray for it compared to C-Section.... believe me... I few hours of pain is better then a few weeks of not even being able to sit up right without it feeling like someone is trying to rip you open from the inside... *nods* lots

[ice{LM/TD}]

Adding to what Mistress Sati said...

I didn't watch any of mine being born (though with my first the midwife did offer me a mirror, and had me reach down to feel her head as she was crowning... it was such a positive energy thing I had my parents and my sisters and her partner in the room...) but do NOT let anyone try to BS you into thinking if you get an epidural you're doing something bad.  Its a proven safety record and you can put your energy into the birth. With that same birth they let the epidural wear off during the actual birthing stage, there are just so many options.

Personally, I think they should offer the epi around the beginning of the third trimester. 

[Kitya]

*laffs* oh no fear there... I was already planning on getting the epidural no matter what!!! I have seen the rooms at the hospital here and they are gorgeous!! It's one of those hospitals where the pre, birth, and post is all done in the same room and the room is like a suite.. very nice! I'll get a better idea of how it all works when I go for my birthing classes in July.

My feeling is, I could handle the pain of a tattoo without any outside help, but squeezing a watermelon out thru something the size of a grapefruit is just a lil different! *lol* HUbby is expecting me to ask for drugs. *chuckles* I'm hoping that just the epi will be enough. Only way I'm getting a C section is if, like my brother, junior is a breach.

And please don't tell me that the third trimester is that bad!!! *chuckles* I'm already having enough problems with having to get up to use the washroom 3 times a night! *lol*

Kitya

[ice{LM/TD}]

~ ponders some evil third trimester stories~

No, really. i loved being pregnant, even with number three when i was sick forever and he decided to carry so low that i waddled like an overweight duck (note: two girls, then the boy was the pain. Should be a hint!  ) First trimester... tired and potty every five minutes, in the second body is adjusting and feel absolutely fantastic and you start feeling that flutter, third by the end you really are getting impatient (ie GET OUT RENT IS OVERDUE!) but its just amazing. Am so happy to hear of things going so well so far.   

[Tiggie]

See Ice I was oppisite... boy first, He was a breeze... it was the girls that gave me the issues.... especially the last one... Kit believe no matter what you go through, its worth it.... atleast for the first 6 months.... after they start walking... remember Duct Tape is YOUR FRIEND!