🚨 Advance warning 🚨 This forum will be closing on 1st May – please see our pinned thread for more information.
Options
When do you decide your ready?
Ive been with my partner 10 years now we both have jobs, a house together and decided we would like kids before im 30 (im 27 now) I would love a baby but im absolutely petrified of birth, injections etc has anyone else been so petrified, but still wanted them at the same time?
0
Replies
If you both feel in your hearts you want to be a parent then i say go for it and let the rest come
k XX
[Modified by: K-lou on June 16, 2008 03:34 PM]
in pregnancy you dont HAVE to have any injections if you dont want them but they are done so quickly and they are for yours and your babys safety. the only things you have injections for is blood tests (and you wont need many unless you develope gestational diabetes) if you have a negitive blood group you will need a jab or 2 and other than that its only the labour its self that you may feel you want some pain reliefe in the form of injection. i had pethadine with my daughter and didnt even notice the jab but once it took effect i calmed down and even slept through some contractions. dont let labour put you off having a child as its true that as soon as you hold your baby you forget about what your body has just done and you will feel amazing! i think of it this way,it cant be that bad if people want to do it again! (me included) hope you join us when you are ready x
sarah
xx
I don't think there is ever a 100% right time, and you may never feel totally ready as it's such a big thing but once you make the decision you will probably find that, like us lot on this forum, it becomes all you can think about.
My sis tried for 8 months and had all sorts of tests etc, and she still said that when she got her bfp part of her was terrified. I think that's natural. Best to not think about the birth etc. Once you are pg you have no choice but to do it anyway. So many people do it and they are ok. Also, it's one day of hell, for a lifetime of being a mummy. I think it's worth it.