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[MarMar]

Didn't know... Good reaso to use both.

We have not really talked about the possibility of getting pregnant, as we use both, but I have made myself clear, and he says it's up to me, when it comes down to it.

ok girls, how many of you are frightened of child birth, be honest.

And what scares you the most????????????????????????

I am, a bit.

The whole baby's-head-out-of-such-a-small-place-part.

What are you waiting for, i now what you are waiting for, for you to come to terms that you want to be a mum. As he has put the ball in your court.

I do not want to be a mom.

[Emma_B]

I definitely want children, but childbirth is a very scary thought. The very idea of a baby fitting through a space that can hold a tampon is not pleasant. But I would never ever have an epidural - I do not like people fiddling around with my back. I was relly ill once and the Doctor wanted to do a lumbar puncture (to see if it was meningitis, I think). In the end they didn't have to, luckily, as I expect you guys probably heard my reaction to the very thought of it in Australia.

ETA: And I use both. I agree with Mar about the......

[Mez83]

Fair enough too, Mar. It's definately not for everyone!

[katya]

what does ETA mean? This has bugged me for a while. I bet it's something really obvious too

[Mez83]

I don't know what I'll have for pain relief to be honest. I always thought I'd have an epidural but now I'm not so sure. The only thing that freaks me out is an episiotomy..however it's spelt. My friends a midwife, and I think that's why I'm so relaxed about the whole childbirth experience.

ETA = Edit to add.

[katya]

Ah, that wasn't so obvious. Thanks.

I'm having everything available to me when I have a baby. EVERYTHING.

[Emma_B]

I don't mean to scare anyone, but I will...

My Mum is a nurse and she used to work in a Hospice. She once nursed a woman who had been left paralysed, somehow affecting her from the neck down and she had problems with her jaw too, by a botched epidural. Her baby son was brain damaged too, from the birth (I'm guessing cerebal palsy).

I know the risk is tiny, and that isn't even my main reason for not wanting one (its a general neck/back freakiness thing) but I'm going to give it a miss!

[Mez83]

I've heard horror stories too Emma. I don't even know why I'm having second thoughts about an epidural! I'm usually such a wimp when it comes to pain.

[Emma_B]

I am more of a wimp when it comes to my back, and especially my neck. I don't really like having my neck touched, especially by hands, and definitely not without warning. Just yesterday Kieran gave me a little kiss on my neck, he was behind me and I didn't know he was going to do it. I lept up, screamed, and very nearly punched him. I think maybe I was strangled in a former life.

[Mez83]

That's just like my friend. She gaver her boyfriend a black eye because he did something very similar to that. I laughed. I'm so insensative. I just really dislike him and it was funny!