[MissV]

Is it just me (I dont have any kids or isn't currently pregnant....) But I'm kinda sweating bullets here....

I pondered in here cause I was just curious and wanted to read the autism thread...but then I decided to click on the "what books and doctors dont tell you about pregnanay....."

I thought the Hermes forum makes me sweat....GEEZ...

I get sweaty and nervous even when I speak to patients who are pregnant....I get all antsy and sweaty......now this forum...This is real eye opener...


Dont get me wrong all of your children are beautiful, but pity a girl who for some reason gets anxiety thinking about being pregnant...I just have to say...I give you mommas allllllllllll the credit in the worlld to do what you do and can still laugh about it........!! cause just for me to think about "being" pregnant...I get all high pitch and sweaty..

[Swanky Mama Of Three]

the unknown can be scary! But it's not all that bad otherwise most of us wouldn't sign up to do it more than once! LOL!

[MissV]

^ Geez I give you guys all the credits and applause in the world to sign up the 2nd or 3rd or 4th time........


its hard enough for me to even THINK about HAVING 1...........

[kittenslingerie]

I still get nervous and I'm already pregnant with my first and probably only child. I think pregnancy is similar to any major decision in your life. The unknown and stories of others makes it a very scary but still exciting experience. Just remember every person is different. There are women that say labor and/or pregnancy was relatively easy for them. My cousin for one, had a fairly perfect pregnancy, only 6 hours of labor at 38 weeks that she has said were relatively painless due to her epideral, and then a 5.5 lb healthy baby. Now her baby is 6 months and so far so good, and she didn't breast feed either with no or little colic.
Another way of looking at it is pain tolerance. We all find different things painful at different levels, so you just never know how you will individually do with all these things. I have had surgery and jumped out of bed the same day after hearing that the surgery would be sooo painful, yet I felt nothing. Yet if I get sick to my stomach, its the end of the world for me. KWIM.

[rainrowan]

I am the parent of a child with autism. There's no guarantee whether or not a child will be autistic or have a developmental disability. I'm sure the concerns are great for prospective parents out there now. There is no detection treatment of any kind at the moment to let prospective parents know they may have a baby on the autism spectrum.

The best thing to do is arm yourself with knowledge of all the vaccines and treatments. If your infant for any reason is ill, sick or feverish, ask the pediatrician to give the shots at a later date. Space out your baby's vaccines instead of giving several at a time. Do not allow the pediatrician to put fear into you if you wish to space the shots apart. In our case, I felt it was a series of very unfortunate vaccinations, treatments for infections etc given to my child too close together that just flooded his immature system too soon.

Suffice to say, know your rights and your right to know what is going on when your baby is handed over for vaccines, antibiotics, treatment, etc. I wish I did... again, no guarantee because if it's not vaccine related, it could be environmental or genetic.

[emmalawyer]

I fully understand the anxiety... but your body WILL surprise you --if you do decide to get pregnant.

I was terrified I'd never have healthy babies, that they'd be very premature, that they'd be in NICU forever and a day, that I'd never lose the pregnancy weight, that I'd be semi-incontinent for the rest of my life following a twin birth and so on and so forth...

The babies were fine, term, healthy (so far they haven't been sick once --knock on wood),never spent a day in NICU, I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight (a fact that still astonishes me every day, to be honest) and I don't pee when I laugh or sneeze or at any time really except in the usual context!

The thing about pregnancy and reproduction in general is that nature wants it to work, you know? And, when it's all said and done, nature's a pretty powerful ally to have on your side when you set out to make a whole new human being from scratch to perfect in 40 weeks!

Hopefully when (not if, but when) I'm pregnant again I'll remember my own advice and actually enjoy the process as much as I now know I'll enjoy the result!