I'm about 34 weeks this week, so only about a month (maybe a bit more) left to go before princess Allison makes her debut. I'm attempting to do a VBAC after having two prior cesarean sections. I've never given birth vaginally before, but I feel like I've read every book that was ever written on what to expect. I did go through early and a bit of active labor with my youngest, in an attempted VBAC. I know what those later contractions feel like, though not the ones close to transition. I'm not nervous about the pain at all. I've watched and read every birth story I could get my hands on. I feel like I've researched and prepared how to sky-dive, and watched endless skydiving videos, but once you're up there in the plane about to jump, you can't help but feel nervous, anxious, and afraid. I'm not actually afraid of the pain. I've experienced pain outside of childbirth, on many occasions, and I'm fine with it. I'm not afraid o...
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