Some women are terrified of giving birth. This fear stops some girls on the way to happy motherhood, while for other women, the fear of childbirth poisons all the joy of pregnancy and overshadows the anticipation of a long-awaited event.
Support Group
Fear of childbirth can ease when you have family and friends around you to support you. To a large extent, what mood the expectant mother will have depends on her spouse. It also has the function of comforting the wife.
Talking to your mom or a friend who has already experienced the joy of motherhood can help deal with your fear of childbirth. You can also seek advice from a professional psychologist. In the antenatal clinic, there is usually an office of such a specialist, whose main purpose is to work with pregnant women and their fears.
Maximum information
Perhaps you are afraid to give birth because you have seen enough films where women in labor bled and screamed at the whole house, and even heard plenty of stories about difficult childbirth. If you are already interested in the process of childbirth, study it thoroughly.
Find specialized literature and read what exactly happens to a woman in labor. How natural this process is, and how the female body is adapted for the miracle of birth, how the body adapts to the child, should calm you down.
Focus on the positive
Try not to think more about the upcoming birth, but about the happiness that begins after it. Instead of indulging in your phobia, start preparing a dowry for your child, think about how you will deal with his health and development.
Find beautiful clothes, a crib, a stroller, a playpen for your future baby. Prepare a nursery or part of your bedroom for him. Such pleasant chores should set you up in a positive mood.
In addition, by the end of pregnancy, it may be difficult for a woman to walk with a large belly and experience the discomfort typical of the third trimester. Think of childbirth as an escape from your suffering and the beginning of a new period in your life.
Trust doctors
Do not forget that medicine is constantly evolving. Those women who gave birth five to ten years ago did not have the opportunity to take advantage of the latest developments in the field of obstetrics, which are now. New equipment, other drugs, advanced training of gynecologists - all this will be in your favor.
Obey your doctor and attend prenatal classes. On them you will learn how to breathe correctly during childbirth and find out what exactly depends only on the mother. Once you have a certain degree of responsibility, you simply have no right to fear.
