Ladies in their second pregnancy worrying about birth second time around
I recently asked my midwife to get my birth notes from my first birth and put aside a double appointment for us to go through them. I didn't have to pay for the notes because I wasn't getting a copy of them, so it was free. And it helped so very much to spend an hour going them and asking millions of questions. I feel loads calmer about birth second time around now (currently 31 weeks with my second) and I feel I understand a lot more about what happened last time. My first birth story wasn't dreadful, but I did feel quite traumatised for a while afterwards, blamed myself for a lot of what in my mind "went wrong" and also felt a lot of anger. But I feel very differently now so thought I would mention this. It's worth asking, and for me it really made a difference.
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Glad it has helped you and good luck x
Thing is the maternity unit I gave birth in last time is now closed. . . presumably they would still have my notes though?
How long was it since your preious birth?
Hi,
How did you get on?
I am looking into hypnobirthing for second time around. Would be interested to hear if its worked for you?
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