What Scared You The Most?

Pitgull, I am currently going on 8 months pregnant and trust me, I had the same fear as you! Needles have always driven me absolutely bonkers. Even just getting a simple vaccination, before I got pregnant they had to use a butterfly needle and I couldn't look while they did it. Honestly? I think you kind of just get used to it while being pregnant. I have had my blood drawn so many times that not only am I OK with the idea of needles and having blood drawn, but I can even watch them draw my blood and carry on relaxed conversations and it doesn't fluster me at all like it used to. I think it's just something that you get used to when you realize that, really, it doesn't hurt at all. As for the amniocentesis, I wouldn't worry too much about that. It's something that scares me, too, but it's also something that's not really necessary in most pregnancies and you can opt out of it. A lot of the things they test for with an amniocentesis can actually be determined from the ultrasound, such as factors that suggest down syndrome, etc. Plus, you need to consider whether you really want the prenatal tests. We opted out of all prenatal testing because to us it didn't matter what disorder the baby turned up having, we were not going to abort the pregnancy nor was it ever a consideration. Plus, we're not a high-risk pregnancy and everything has come back normal so far, so we haven't really had reason to worry yet. In the end, I think if you're worried about those things, you should be more worried about labor and whether you're going all natural or getting an epidural. That's one needle that even I don't think I'm willing to tackle just yet. :)