How involved does your daughter want you to be when she is giving birth? In the hospital or it the delivery room?  Does she have a husband who will be in there with her? If so, I would think that she would be fine with you in a waiting room, and you would be better without the stress of worrying about getting ill. Of course, I guess I am coming at this from a mom of twins who had a C-section. Even better, I feel NO contractions ever, so I had no pain at all while waiting all day after my water broke and they could schedule the C-section. LOL If only all deliveries were like that, eh?

If you mean that in the event that her labor takes a while, only you will know how stressed (and thus how sick) you tend to get. Taking an extra antihistamine should help calm down mast cells.  

Hi Hope,

I always take extra meds when I know I am going into a stressful situation.  For myself, I now know that if I don't, I will end up taking 3 times more later on!

Do you use any benzodiazapens (sp?)??  Like Ativan or Xanax??  They are also benzo "blockers" and tend to be very helpful as they block just one more area of receptors.  (I can get by with flying by using them).  As you well know, even "positive" stress can trigger our symptoms.  I now take a small amount of Xanax even before a doc appt.  

I am not sure if you find this to be true, but if I don't keep things calm, once I start reacting, I tend to escalate really fast! In my opinion, prevention is the best medicine.

 You don't want to be in the ER when baby arrives in the nursery!     Congrats to you!   I hope and pray all (three) of you do well!

 Hugs, Lynda