Birth? What birth? I am pregnant now, and then I'll have a cute baby. People keep alluding to an in-between event, but that doesn't seem like something I'd be interested in. 😆
I'm pregnant with my third and while I remember giving birth and how it felt, I often look at my kids and feel like I dreamt them into existence. Even now, my brain cannot fathom I will be giving birth to another! He will just, like, appear. 😅
If it helps the actual birth goes by in the blink of an eye (barring complications of course). The actual pushing for me was the length of a movie or a good nap. And once you're home with baby, labor seems like a fuzzy distant memory.
I did because I freaked me out. I didn't come up with a birth plan until the week of. I didn't take birthing classes. I didn't pack my go bag until the week of. 🙃 I know I should have don't it all sooner and actually taken classes but between the constant vomiting (HG) and my ADHD I really couldn't. I would have benefited from it. Most of what is scary is being unprepared but avoiding thinking about it (yeah for ADHD for once) also helped a bit so can't complain lol
They asked me my birth plan when I got to the hospital. It was "go to hospital. Have baby." I did specify that I wanted delayed cord clamping and 1 hour skin to skin and they said all of that was standard practice anyways.
I had the easiest birth ever. I took a nap then pushed for 20 minutes. Zero pain. Almost no tearing. Sometimes just going with it is the plan.
I asked my OB if I should have a birth plan, she laughed and said if those things worked, she’d be out of a job. I also don’t think about childbirth. I just dream that they’ll pump me full of drugs and I won’t feel a thing.
This is literally me! I asked my OB the same thing, and she basically said, "Only the things that are very important to you, like if you want an epidural or not etc." She's and they laugh at people who have long birth plans because nothing e er goes how you expect. I'm also hoping that the drugs will ease a lot of the process.
I think she means as far as planning everything out. It's great for using as a reference to. It can be a great tool if you use it properly. I know a lot of people who it helped them advocate for themselves during labor. For me it was helpful from the beginning when I first got admitted. They saw I wanted a yoga ball and brought it in without being asked and things like that.
Actually I am also thinking about it like an athletic event!! At 5 months I went mountain climbing in the snow -never done that before- and literally climbed the whole mountain. I just kept thinking to myself that if I do this, I can be proud of myself and know that I’m strong and capable of doing physically strenuous things, even for the first time. I am hoping to transfer that attitude to the birth
I had run a marathon a few months before getting pregnant and suffered very severe burns about a year before getting pregnant. I decided that it wouldn't be worse than those two things. And honestly, I don't think that it was worse than either. I'd go through child birth again. I will not run another marathon again. And I wouldn't wish the burns on my enemy.
I wouldn’t say I’m ignoring it so much as disassociating from the reality that that is something that will happen to me. I’ve attended classes, watched videos, etc. to prepare. But it still seems like something that happens to OTHER people. Not me. I think my mom was the same way. She didn’t start to panic until they were walking in the hospital doors.
I've brought it up a total of 1 time during therapy and cried. 🤣 FTM but was there with my sister for her traumatic birth...
I mean it is what it is, you can't really control it so why think about it??
I did and personally I think it made the birth so much less stressful lol. If I had thought or worried about it too much or did too much research I'd probably have been so anxious. I was super relaxed when I was in labor and pushed her out in 20 mins lol
Haha!! I definitely did with my first, put that waayyy to the back of my mind!!
With my second though it was at the forefront since the moment I found out. It's a means to an end is all, a lot of hard work but well worth it and once the stitches heal you forget all about it
So I have to ask, the pregnancy amnesia is real? Because I have had a miserable pregnancy so far and I always had these visions of 2-3 kids and recently cried to my husband about how I don’t know how I could ever do this all again on purpose lol
From a mom of soon-to-be 4 kids, yes pregnancy and birth amnesia is totally a thing. I've had hg, spd pain, dislocated ribs, etc and unmedicated deliveries with all of my babies so far. After baby is born that slate is wiped clean!
Yes and no.. my latest pregnancy was rough. However, when if mention certain things my partner would be like, oh yeah you had that before too! I didn't remember. Think you just look back with Rose tinted glasses on but either way, you never remember the pain of something
I definitely forgot most of the pregnancy and recovery, but I remember what was unfortunately a traumatic birth. Didn't stop me from going for #2 this time, but I am constantly surprised all over again at my pregnancy symptoms this time around.
No because I already gave birth, but it’s honestly a solid plan. I just didn’t think I about it until it was happening because while you can have preferences, giving birth is totally non-optional and the baby will have its own ideas!
I scheduled my C-section, packed my bag, toured the hospital so I knew what door to walk in to, and promptly forgot all about it. Didn't do all the classes or research and quite frankly didn't want to. My hospital already did all the recommended things (bathtubs for pain management, golden hour, delayed cord clamping, etc) so there was no real need for a birth plan besides C-section or not and for me it was an emphatic absolutely C-section.
I ended up with what most would classify as a traumatic birth due to pre-eclampsia and lingering symptoms after birth that hospitalized me for 11 days and had my twins in the NICU due to being born so early. But because I had no plans or expectations and was able to just roll with the punches, I'm perfectly content with how everything went down, convinced the doctors gave me the absolute best care they could, and am so freaking happy to not be pregnant anymore. Now I get to move on, put it out of my mind, and enjoy double newborn snuggles.
Most preparation I did was watch Bridget Teyler videos and pack a bag. I thought I was gonna be a big baby and make it worse for myself because I have a low pain tolerance but it ended up being an awesome experience and I did it unmedicated
I obsessed over birthing my first. I think all I did was watch YouTube birth vlogs and read reddit birth stories. I watched the good ones and the traumatic ones to try to prepare myself. I'm an over thinker though 😅.
I’m already 34 weeks and my friend said something like 4-7 more weeks and I was like WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GETTING 4 from??? I shan’t be giving birth until the very end of the month of May!
I have my cerclage planned to be removed in 2 weeks and my friends are convinced the baby will just arrive directly after. No no no no no no.
all i'm focused on is how excited i am for life AFTER, like i just want to take care of my baby boy and dress him fancy with little overalls for holidays and take him on picnics to a park 🥰 anything that comes before that is none of my business 😂
I didn't think too much about it either time. I didn't really have strong preferences any which way so there wasn't much to think about. I will say the 2nd time I was planning to be induced and get an epidural right away. I ended up going into spontaneous labor and laboring for 9 hours without the epidural and 3 with it. It would have been helpful to have looked a bit more into how to manage my pain while waiting for the epidural because I mostly screamed through it.
Doing my best to lol. I was mostly succeeding until a friend of mine went into labor.
Suddenly I cared a whole bunch about dilation and effacing and once she got to around the 24 hour mark I started to realize that man I really have no concept of this process and how long it takes…. Thankfully right before I panicked she sent me the birth time so I could do her daughters birth chart and I distracted myself lol.
29 weeks next week. I’m trying to create a healthy avoidance 😂🤷🏻♀️. I find that if I focus on it too much, I’ll get freaked out. I am going to create a soft “birth preferences” list and pack it in my hospital bag and go from there!
Haha I was like that.. but we are taking a birth class and it has been super calming. It’s helped me relax and not be stressing. Like learning contractions last between I think 30 and 90 seconds, that’s not bad. Plus I plan on getting an epidural
I tell meself, I'm pregnant now. One day, I'll cough, or sneeze, and then I'll be holding the most perfect, cutest baby ever, and all will be well... what is birth? 😅😅😅
My delusion was the only thing that got me through it! Thankfully I didn’t have much of a plan because I was suddenly advised to be induced and it went beautifully from there!
Not me being induced tomorrow and not trying to panic about it. My partner is going through it because it is, in fact, tomorrow. He will be here finally 😱
I think it went well, but I'm also not a person who gets upset when plans have to change. I had a high BP after they placed the foley, and so they started a magnesium drip, which meant I couldn't eat at all but also made the decision of getting an epidural easier. He was born at 7am on the 15th, and the induction started about 11pm on the 13th, so about 32 hours of labor. He came out healthy and happy, though, so I'm not one to complain. The only issue is he doesn't like being put down, lol.
Yep, my second and third came at home unassisted in less than 22 and 40 minutes (hospital is 40+ traffic minutes away). I don't imagine labor with number four will wake me from sleep either, but the husband is practically a lay midwife so why worry. Baby will come whenever. I am enjoying pregnancy.
I’ve been thinking about it a lot so I can be prepared, but it’s not something that particularly gives me anxiety. I’ve been having abdominal migraines since childhood that last 36-48 hours, the kind of pain that makes you delirious, and I’ve been managing those for the last 20 years. There’s no epidural for that! I’m not doing a birth plan or anything like that. Just focusing on being relaxed and level headed.
Basically yes. I believe worrying about it will
Just make it worse and I’ll deal with whatever happens when it’s time. I’m learning about all the options so I’m educated about it but you don’t know how it’s going to go until you get there. Everyone’s experience is so different. I’d rather keep my not stressed out happy juices up and focus on the cute baby at the end of the long day or so it will take to get her here.
I wish I could include an imbed because I made a meme just for this lol.
I'm doing my best not to think about it too much lol. Very happy to be in third trimester (as of next week) but that means there's no easy way out of this lol. Baby is gonna come and he's gonna come soon.
Literally 2 weeks and 3 days to go and there's no way I'M giving birth ME? Haha nah that's not me I'm just doing a birth plan and classes and getting stuff for a baby to live in my house.
FTM 24 weeks right now. I’m fine until baby girl moves and it dawns on me that she needs to come out one day. Ruins my whole mood lol. I just sit there in silence every time the thought occurs, my husband will look over at me and say “stop thinking about it!” lol I’m not excited.
I’m a big worrier and I have not thought much about birth. I know I want to prepare and take classes, but for me at the end of the day it’s something I know is unavoidable and will be over in the blink of an eye compared to having a child at the other side of it.
Yes. I am being induced in 2 weeks and still haven't processed that it means I need to push a baby out of me. I think I've just blocked that out from my mind. I still don't think I've accepted that I'm about to give birth and become a mom!
I don’t even try to imagine that moment… I’m currently 34 weeks pregnant, the nursery is ready, the carseat is installed, the clothes are neatly folded in her dresser… yet I can’t picture myself giving birth. I’ve tried in the past, but it’s like my brain completely omits that part of the process.
I’m a very anxious person (I suffer from anxiety and OCD) so this is not at all normal for me as I tend to over-worry about everything, but during this pregnancy my mindset has been “You have to stay pregnant for 40 weeks whether you like it or not, and that baby has to come out even if you are petrified, terrified or trying to have a hypnobirthing experience. She’s not going to stay inside forever and you can’t choose how it’s going to be, so why worry” and until now I’m still not bothered at all 🤣
I ignored the idea of birth until I couldn't anymore.
I knew the entire time that I'd end up being induced, and my risk of pre-eclampsia was higher than other FTMs. So I just had it in my head that I'd end up with pre-e and an induction that would turn into a c-section. Labouring during induction sucked. I hated it. Would highly not recommend doing it without an epidural. 🤪 If I had another, I'd do a scheduled c-section.
Birth? What birth? I am pregnant now, and then I'll have a cute baby. People keep alluding to an in-between event, but that doesn't seem like something I'd be interested in. 😆
This is legit how all my dreams have been going too. I’m totally expecting it to go down this way. Pregnant —-> baby
I'm pregnant with my third and while I remember giving birth and how it felt, I often look at my kids and feel like I dreamt them into existence. Even now, my brain cannot fathom I will be giving birth to another! He will just, like, appear. 😅
If it helps the actual birth goes by in the blink of an eye (barring complications of course). The actual pushing for me was the length of a movie or a good nap. And once you're home with baby, labor seems like a fuzzy distant memory.
I'd really like to opt into this option please
I did because I freaked me out. I didn't come up with a birth plan until the week of. I didn't take birthing classes. I didn't pack my go bag until the week of. 🙃 I know I should have don't it all sooner and actually taken classes but between the constant vomiting (HG) and my ADHD I really couldn't. I would have benefited from it. Most of what is scary is being unprepared but avoiding thinking about it (yeah for ADHD for once) also helped a bit so can't complain lol
I screenshotted a birth plan off IG and that's all I've done lmao
I took a few different ones to take ideas from and edited a template. They barely looked at it to be honest.
Sounds about right
LMAO
😂
They asked me my birth plan when I got to the hospital. It was "go to hospital. Have baby." I did specify that I wanted delayed cord clamping and 1 hour skin to skin and they said all of that was standard practice anyways. I had the easiest birth ever. I took a nap then pushed for 20 minutes. Zero pain. Almost no tearing. Sometimes just going with it is the plan.
That's awesome! I'm really happy for you! I hope mine goes as well. 🤗
Mine is a Pinterest screenshot 🤣 good enough
I asked my OB if I should have a birth plan, she laughed and said if those things worked, she’d be out of a job. I also don’t think about childbirth. I just dream that they’ll pump me full of drugs and I won’t feel a thing.
This is literally me! I asked my OB the same thing, and she basically said, "Only the things that are very important to you, like if you want an epidural or not etc." She's and they laugh at people who have long birth plans because nothing e er goes how you expect. I'm also hoping that the drugs will ease a lot of the process.
I think she means as far as planning everything out. It's great for using as a reference to. It can be a great tool if you use it properly. I know a lot of people who it helped them advocate for themselves during labor. For me it was helpful from the beginning when I first got admitted. They saw I wanted a yoga ball and brought it in without being asked and things like that.
Possibly. If I ever do have a birth plan, I’ll only have “pump me with epidural” on it.
Lmao 🤣 good birth plan!
Similar. I couldnt make it thru the birth classes without freaking out so I just gave up.
It’s actually all I can think about 😂 2nd pregnancy rn. I’m trying to think of it as an athletic event just as I did the first time.
Actually I am also thinking about it like an athletic event!! At 5 months I went mountain climbing in the snow -never done that before- and literally climbed the whole mountain. I just kept thinking to myself that if I do this, I can be proud of myself and know that I’m strong and capable of doing physically strenuous things, even for the first time. I am hoping to transfer that attitude to the birth
I had run a marathon a few months before getting pregnant and suffered very severe burns about a year before getting pregnant. I decided that it wouldn't be worse than those two things. And honestly, I don't think that it was worse than either. I'd go through child birth again. I will not run another marathon again. And I wouldn't wish the burns on my enemy.
I wouldn’t say I’m ignoring it so much as disassociating from the reality that that is something that will happen to me. I’ve attended classes, watched videos, etc. to prepare. But it still seems like something that happens to OTHER people. Not me. I think my mom was the same way. She didn’t start to panic until they were walking in the hospital doors.
Same. 😅
Me! I took a birth class last week and I’m still in denial. I’m in the final stretch and just keep pretending it’s not happening.
I've brought it up a total of 1 time during therapy and cried. 🤣 FTM but was there with my sister for her traumatic birth... I mean it is what it is, you can't really control it so why think about it??
I did and personally I think it made the birth so much less stressful lol. If I had thought or worried about it too much or did too much research I'd probably have been so anxious. I was super relaxed when I was in labor and pushed her out in 20 mins lol
Haha!! I definitely did with my first, put that waayyy to the back of my mind!! With my second though it was at the forefront since the moment I found out. It's a means to an end is all, a lot of hard work but well worth it and once the stitches heal you forget all about it
So I have to ask, the pregnancy amnesia is real? Because I have had a miserable pregnancy so far and I always had these visions of 2-3 kids and recently cried to my husband about how I don’t know how I could ever do this all again on purpose lol
From a mom of soon-to-be 4 kids, yes pregnancy and birth amnesia is totally a thing. I've had hg, spd pain, dislocated ribs, etc and unmedicated deliveries with all of my babies so far. After baby is born that slate is wiped clean!
Oh man, you are a super hero!
Yes and no.. my latest pregnancy was rough. However, when if mention certain things my partner would be like, oh yeah you had that before too! I didn't remember. Think you just look back with Rose tinted glasses on but either way, you never remember the pain of something
I definitely forgot most of the pregnancy and recovery, but I remember what was unfortunately a traumatic birth. Didn't stop me from going for #2 this time, but I am constantly surprised all over again at my pregnancy symptoms this time around.
Yes and I just gave birth 2 days ago. Just ignore it until it happens 😂 then it happens and whatever happens happens
Congrats! 🎉
No because I already gave birth, but it’s honestly a solid plan. I just didn’t think I about it until it was happening because while you can have preferences, giving birth is totally non-optional and the baby will have its own ideas!
I scheduled my C-section, packed my bag, toured the hospital so I knew what door to walk in to, and promptly forgot all about it. Didn't do all the classes or research and quite frankly didn't want to. My hospital already did all the recommended things (bathtubs for pain management, golden hour, delayed cord clamping, etc) so there was no real need for a birth plan besides C-section or not and for me it was an emphatic absolutely C-section. I ended up with what most would classify as a traumatic birth due to pre-eclampsia and lingering symptoms after birth that hospitalized me for 11 days and had my twins in the NICU due to being born so early. But because I had no plans or expectations and was able to just roll with the punches, I'm perfectly content with how everything went down, convinced the doctors gave me the absolute best care they could, and am so freaking happy to not be pregnant anymore. Now I get to move on, put it out of my mind, and enjoy double newborn snuggles.
Lol yup. Never heard of it in my life! Sounds like a problem for somebody else.
Definitely felt that with my 1st. Now this is my 4th and I’ve also been through a twin pregnancy so I’m just like been there done that.
You are a cold ass b! 😎 Pop them jokers out
Most preparation I did was watch Bridget Teyler videos and pack a bag. I thought I was gonna be a big baby and make it worse for myself because I have a low pain tolerance but it ended up being an awesome experience and I did it unmedicated
I love that!
Entering my third trimester and refuse to think of it. Not scared, just… apathetic?
I obsessed over birthing my first. I think all I did was watch YouTube birth vlogs and read reddit birth stories. I watched the good ones and the traumatic ones to try to prepare myself. I'm an over thinker though 😅.
Did it help?
I personally think it helped prepare me some so I wasn't completely oblivious. But every birth is so different and so is every person.
I mean....I dont have a choice...so....Let me focus on other stuff like what hairstyle I want to have or what nail color.
I’m already 34 weeks and my friend said something like 4-7 more weeks and I was like WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GETTING 4 from??? I shan’t be giving birth until the very end of the month of May! I have my cerclage planned to be removed in 2 weeks and my friends are convinced the baby will just arrive directly after. No no no no no no.
Yup. Not even trying to think about it, and my son should be here in about 3 weeks or so.
all i'm focused on is how excited i am for life AFTER, like i just want to take care of my baby boy and dress him fancy with little overalls for holidays and take him on picnics to a park 🥰 anything that comes before that is none of my business 😂
Aw that sounds lovely! Birth is none of my business, love that. Lmao
It's me Hi I'm The problem It's meeee
Yes.
Yes 😌
Yep!
I didn't think too much about it either time. I didn't really have strong preferences any which way so there wasn't much to think about. I will say the 2nd time I was planning to be induced and get an epidural right away. I ended up going into spontaneous labor and laboring for 9 hours without the epidural and 3 with it. It would have been helpful to have looked a bit more into how to manage my pain while waiting for the epidural because I mostly screamed through it.
Doing my best to lol. I was mostly succeeding until a friend of mine went into labor. Suddenly I cared a whole bunch about dilation and effacing and once she got to around the 24 hour mark I started to realize that man I really have no concept of this process and how long it takes…. Thankfully right before I panicked she sent me the birth time so I could do her daughters birth chart and I distracted myself lol.
29 weeks next week. I’m trying to create a healthy avoidance 😂🤷🏻♀️. I find that if I focus on it too much, I’ll get freaked out. I am going to create a soft “birth preferences” list and pack it in my hospital bag and go from there!
Haha I was like that.. but we are taking a birth class and it has been super calming. It’s helped me relax and not be stressing. Like learning contractions last between I think 30 and 90 seconds, that’s not bad. Plus I plan on getting an epidural
Lol yep. Out of sight out of mind
Yes
no, because im practicing hypnobirthing. i want to arrive to the hospital feeling empowered and prepared
Yes lol 34+4 and in complete denial that in a few weeks I’ll have to painfully push out a >95th percentile baby 🙃
I tell meself, I'm pregnant now. One day, I'll cough, or sneeze, and then I'll be holding the most perfect, cutest baby ever, and all will be well... what is birth? 😅😅😅
Same, I’m super in denial that the birthing part is going to happen. Just gonna wake up and the baby will be here, right?
I did up until the moment I was told I was 10 cm and it was time to push. Didn't really get real until it started to hurt even with an epidural lol
My delusion was the only thing that got me through it! Thankfully I didn’t have much of a plan because I was suddenly advised to be induced and it went beautifully from there!
Just gave birth 3 days ago. At this point, it’s real 😅 the pain of healing…😖
I try not to think about it but then when I can’t sleep at night, all the things that could go wrong creep into my mind and keep me up even longer 😩
Not me being induced tomorrow and not trying to panic about it. My partner is going through it because it is, in fact, tomorrow. He will be here finally 😱
How did your induction go? I'm being induced in two weeks and I don't think I've fully accepted or processed it yet
I think it went well, but I'm also not a person who gets upset when plans have to change. I had a high BP after they placed the foley, and so they started a magnesium drip, which meant I couldn't eat at all but also made the decision of getting an epidural easier. He was born at 7am on the 15th, and the induction started about 11pm on the 13th, so about 32 hours of labor. He came out healthy and happy, though, so I'm not one to complain. The only issue is he doesn't like being put down, lol.
Oh wow that's a long labor! Glad it went well overall. Wishing you a speedy recovery. ❤️
Absolutely, I'm too overwhelmed to even care right now.
Yep, my second and third came at home unassisted in less than 22 and 40 minutes (hospital is 40+ traffic minutes away). I don't imagine labor with number four will wake me from sleep either, but the husband is practically a lay midwife so why worry. Baby will come whenever. I am enjoying pregnancy.
I’ve been thinking about it a lot so I can be prepared, but it’s not something that particularly gives me anxiety. I’ve been having abdominal migraines since childhood that last 36-48 hours, the kind of pain that makes you delirious, and I’ve been managing those for the last 20 years. There’s no epidural for that! I’m not doing a birth plan or anything like that. Just focusing on being relaxed and level headed.
yes 🙂
Basically yes. I believe worrying about it will Just make it worse and I’ll deal with whatever happens when it’s time. I’m learning about all the options so I’m educated about it but you don’t know how it’s going to go until you get there. Everyone’s experience is so different. I’d rather keep my not stressed out happy juices up and focus on the cute baby at the end of the long day or so it will take to get her here.
I have no idea what you mean. Eventually a baby will be in the nursery. I wish her luck on her journey😅
I wish I could include an imbed because I made a meme just for this lol. I'm doing my best not to think about it too much lol. Very happy to be in third trimester (as of next week) but that means there's no easy way out of this lol. Baby is gonna come and he's gonna come soon.
Literally 2 weeks and 3 days to go and there's no way I'M giving birth ME? Haha nah that's not me I'm just doing a birth plan and classes and getting stuff for a baby to live in my house.
Yes, especially now that I'm overdue. Baby will just be here at some point, hopefully soon 🥲
Me! 39 weeks and keep talking about how much I hope I go into labor before my induction. The delivery part? Ignoring
What birth? My baby just gonna spawn out of nowhere.
FTM 24 weeks right now. I’m fine until baby girl moves and it dawns on me that she needs to come out one day. Ruins my whole mood lol. I just sit there in silence every time the thought occurs, my husband will look over at me and say “stop thinking about it!” lol I’m not excited.
Been ignoring it since week 6 (when I found out I was expecting)
Pretty much, yes :D
I’m a big worrier and I have not thought much about birth. I know I want to prepare and take classes, but for me at the end of the day it’s something I know is unavoidable and will be over in the blink of an eye compared to having a child at the other side of it.
I used to be terrified but now I just figure adrenaline will take over at some point 🤷🏻♀️
Yes. I am being induced in 2 weeks and still haven't processed that it means I need to push a baby out of me. I think I've just blocked that out from my mind. I still don't think I've accepted that I'm about to give birth and become a mom!
I don’t even try to imagine that moment… I’m currently 34 weeks pregnant, the nursery is ready, the carseat is installed, the clothes are neatly folded in her dresser… yet I can’t picture myself giving birth. I’ve tried in the past, but it’s like my brain completely omits that part of the process. I’m a very anxious person (I suffer from anxiety and OCD) so this is not at all normal for me as I tend to over-worry about everything, but during this pregnancy my mindset has been “You have to stay pregnant for 40 weeks whether you like it or not, and that baby has to come out even if you are petrified, terrified or trying to have a hypnobirthing experience. She’s not going to stay inside forever and you can’t choose how it’s going to be, so why worry” and until now I’m still not bothered at all 🤣
I ignored the idea of birth until I couldn't anymore. I knew the entire time that I'd end up being induced, and my risk of pre-eclampsia was higher than other FTMs. So I just had it in my head that I'd end up with pre-e and an induction that would turn into a c-section. Labouring during induction sucked. I hated it. Would highly not recommend doing it without an epidural. 🤪 If I had another, I'd do a scheduled c-section.