"I feel that I wasn’t in the pool long before transition began to transpire. The frantic panicky feeling of wanting to flee, the over powering thoughts of "I can't do this!" and  "I give up" reared their ugly heads. I wanted to tap out, and I've been here before. I know from personal experience and professional practice that typically transition means that this beautiful baby is SO close. The process is still intense though, you don't want to endure, but the only way out is through and my loving midwives reminded me of all these very hard, but true and encouraging facts-- I was so close to meeting our highly anticipated and very loved rainbow babe."