(ENG/JPN) I will have a baby next Mon! / 月曜日に出産します！

月曜日に２人目を出産することになりました！

無痛分娩を選んだので計画分娩です。
１回出産を経験していますが「怖い！」っていうのが正直なところです。

I will have a second baby next Monday!

I opted for epidural birth so I'm having a scheduled delivery.
(In Japan, if we choose epidural birth, usually the doctor decides the delivery date.)
I already have a experienced giving birth but I'm honestly scared to do it again.

無痛分娩には賛否両論ありますが、
私は虫歯の治療ですら麻酔を使うのに、医療は進歩しているのになぜ出産時に麻酔を使わない？！痛さが軽減されるに越したことはない！という考えなので長女の時も今回も無痛分娩です。

There are many negative opinions about epidural birth in Japan.
(Some people think giving birth without anesthesia is regarded as a virtue and if mothers don't bear the pain of labor and delivery, they can't love their kids in Japan.)
But in my opinion, we use anesthesia even for cavity treatment and medical care has progressed. Why don't we use it for giving birth?! It's better to feel less pain! So I chose epidural birth before too.

ですが分かってもらいたいのは無痛分娩とは名前ばかりで、「もう二度と出産なんかしない！」と思うくらい痛かったです、、、注射嫌いの私からしたらまず麻酔のチューブを通すのに脊髄に注射されるのがもう恐怖&痛かったです(;_;)

I want people to know giving birth is painful even when we use painkiller . I thought "I will never have a baby anymore!" last time. I do hate to get injections, so at first I was afraid of getting shots into the spinal chord and it was painful...

長女の時も計画分娩の予定でしたが陣痛が先にきてしまいました(^^;)しかも「陣痛はもっと痛いはず！」と思いそれが陣痛だと気づかず、、、さすがに２、３分間隔になり「おかしいな」と思い、そこから普通にシャワーを浴びてから病院へ行ったら入院出産となりました。痛みに強いのか弱いのか、、、助産師さんには「次はもっと早く来て！産まれちゃうから」と言われてしまいました。

Last time I was supposed to have a scheduled delivery but labor paints started before. I thought "It's more painful." , so I didn't notice what it was... When I had contractions about 2,3 minutes apart, I thought something is wrong, so I took a shower and went to the hospital. The midwife told me "come earlier next time. If not you will not make it in time."

今回は病院へ行ってから薬で陣痛を起こして産むので、前回と違う流れでドキドキです。
陣痛がきて産むのがいいのか、産む日が決まっている方がいいのか、、、

I'm wondering which is better labor paints start and delivering or deciding the delivery date.
Anyway, I'm nervous about it.

週末は産前前の大掃除をします。
そして月曜日は頑張ってきます！

I will do big cleaning this weekend before having a baby.
And I will do my best on Monday!





Thank you for reading.

~Pitti