Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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I am 39 weeks pregnant with my second child who I will have by c-section on 12/13. I am excited to have the baby but am having very bad anxiety about going to the hospital to have the c-section. I fear that i may not live through the c-section to see my 4 year old again. I am afraid of the pain. Can any one help me out with some pointers if you have been here before. Every day feels a little darker as I move closer to the 13th. My first c-section was an emergency and I freaked out even then. I can't seem to calm down and crying and prayers don't help. please help me out someone.
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Hello Neon....I had a c-section too with my son...who is now 22...also an emergency. It happened so fast I don't think I had time to freak out...but I wasn't suffering with PA's and anxiety like I do now. Instead of being awake for it you can ask them to put you out....but that may freak you out even more.
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please mention to your dr how you are feelingI HAD an emergency c section with my second son and I was scared also but what I mainly focused on was my child to be the dr can either have you put out or you can be awake but have something to focus on or if you have music you listen to have that with you.
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please mention to your dr how you are feelingI HAD an emergency c section with my second son and I was scared also but what I mainly focused on was my child to be the dr can either have you put out or you can be awake but have something to focus on or if you have music you listen to have that with you.
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Hello my darling, i dont have children. But surely it should make you feel more at ease having a c-section where the docs can do everything for you, without you or the baby's heart rate being at risk as much? Also just think - the doctors are so expierenced in what they do - trust them. if you cant trust a team of expert doctors who can you trust?
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I have two grown kids and I will say, that c-section or regular birth don't matter............. just going thru it scares you half to death. I think what you are feeling is completely normal. You're scared! If you don't normally suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, this is a normal fear that you are feeling.

I can remember when I got pregnant, I was scared to death of needles and blood work was always being done and I HATED it, but for the babies sakes, I had to. I can remember many times during both pregnancies being so scared, but I would say to myself, "Well too late now..... it's in there now and it's gotta come out one way or another!"

All will be fine. My mother had me emergency c-section almost 50 years ago. And I came out BEAUTIFUL :) C-section babies are the most beautiful as they don't have the trauma of vaginal birth. You will feel no pain as it is planned and not an emergency. They will numb you from the waist down and it's over so fast.......... unlike the looooooooooong drawn out labor and birth. All the stars are doing c-sections these days!! Seems to be a fad with the rich and famous!

Focus on meeting your baby for the first time and maybe that will help decrease your fear. The joy of seeing that little face for the very first time and touching and feeling him/her. And your 4 year old will be SQUEALING with delight!

Post pictures once he/she is here!!!
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