https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 07:46:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-829934 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:30:52 +0000 Alivoo01 829934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm deathly afraid of L&amp;D (mainly tearing and pp care/pain), but I am looking forward to see what features DS got from me and what he got from his dad. I'm also curious to see how much hair he comes out with since hubby and I rocked a full head of hair at birth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-829767 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:57:52 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 829767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that not being excited is totally normal! And your edit explains a lot - it can be really scary getting to the end. It's all unknown!</p> <p>I was completely obsessed with whether he would have hair or not. I remember telling my midwife during labor that and she smiled and said "Oh! Then I won't spoil it." It gave me a second wind, like "You could see his head/hair?! Let's get him out!"</p> <p>After he was born I was so mesmerized by his face - I could never have imagined it, but at the same time it was *exactly* what I thought it would be. And his mannerisms; the way he sucked his lower lip or the funny yawning faces he'd make. Aww, I miss that sweet newborn stage :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-829729 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:51:05 +0000 Espion 829729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Yup, I hear you. We're waiting for the call to come into the hospital TODAY for an induction and I'm curiously not jumping up and down. (It doesn't help that I got a big fat rejection letter today for something I had been working on for the past 4 months.) So much went into leading up to this point and, while I'm excited to finally meet our little guy, I had a minor level freak out about labor yesterday. I worry about what may happen to him, what may happen to me, all of the unknowns. The only way reading birth stories helps (in my mind) is to help me understand that *anything* can happen. </p> <p>I think I'm most excited about being on the other side. Thinking about being home with this little guy puts me over the moon. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-829718 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:48:42 +0000 sarac 829718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt the exact same way - I just could not believe that I was really, seriously going to have a baby. Turns out I was, and now she's the coolest toddler ever. So, you'll get over it! Your baby will soon be very real, very loud, and very awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-829200 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:00:50 +0000 ladyfingers 829200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally relate, I was a nervous wreck the last couple of weeks for the same reason. </p> <p>But I was so excited to see what he looked like, if he had hair, how big he would be, and strangely, how long I'd be in labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-829172 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:55:15 +0000 swurlygurl 829172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was looking forward to my maternity leave! 7 weeks of not having to deal with people at work... blissful :)</p> <p>I also reallllyyyy wanted to know if she had hair, since DH and I both have a ton of hair (she didn't... I was so surprised)</p> <p>I was really excited for newborn cuddles too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-829099 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:37:05 +0000 mrs. wagon 829099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: awwww (reading your edit). I totally understand why you're being cautious and not getting your hopes up. I think that's a good thing too, because then at least if something does go wrong (or your birthing experience does not go smoothly or perfectly) you can only go up from there..!! I wouldn't be too concerned about not being excited! You have plenty of time to be excited when you go into labor!! It is incredible what human endorphins and adrenaline can do...!!!</p> <p>For me, I was more anxious than excited. I was RIDICULOUSLY anxious to see what the baby looked like!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-829055 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:25:43 +0000 skibobrown 829055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely had a hard time connecting with the fact that DD was going to be a real live person until she was born. That being said, I was nervous, and I guess excited too to see her. I never had any dreams about her or pictures in my head of what she would look like. I just wanted to see a healthy person come out of me. I think deep down inside I was still scared that something would be wrong with her when she was born. It was really amazing to see her beautiful face when she was born. I didn't feel exactly like I knew her right away, but I remember looking at her and thinking "ok, you can be my daughter" :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828992 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:06:50 +0000 rachiecakes 828992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was so excited! I couldn't wait to see who he looked like. If he was fair like me or tan like DH. If he had hair, red like mine or dark like everyone else in our family. Did he have my cowlicks? How big was he going to be? Would he be an alert or sleeping newborn? How was breastfeeding gonna work? All his little outfits, putting him in the stroller and his crib. Figuring out the swaddle and sling carrier.<br /> I was sooo excited. It was all I could think about in the last few weeks. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828986 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:03:51 +0000 avivoca 828986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so excited to meet this little girl who is currently kicking my bladder. I'm excited to go through this rite-of-passage and emerge on the other side as a mother.</p> <p>I am not thinking about labor right now. My brain just says, "NOT TODAY," and I think about other things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828868 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:33:59 +0000 photojane 828868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's totally normal for your feelings/emotions to change in the weeks leading up to your little one's arrival! I went from excited, to nervous, to scared, to grateful, to sentimental, back to excited ALL THE TIME there at the end. </p> <p>Honestly, L+D wasn't as bad as I worked it up to be in my head. At the most yours would only last a day or two, and the pain is so short-lived, but the joy you get from holding a child that YOU made is astounding! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828815 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:16:37 +0000 googly-eyes 828815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was like @artbee and so focused on the physical aspects of labor, delivery, pp that I wasn't that focused on much else. I was so nervous... A person coming out of me was hard to wrap my mind around! But if I had to say one thing I was excited for it would be finally seeing the little person who had been kicking me like crazy for months, and seeing if the 3d u/s looked anything like her (sort of) and who she looked like (DH.) I was also interested in how big she was but of course that made me a little nervous for the delivery, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828731 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:54:23 +0000 tlcbaby 828731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Yeah, I hate to say it, but I do think sometimes about how horrible it would be to have something happen and have this nursery all set up with baby stuff. But in any situation in life, I just don't think you can live in fear of stuff. Easier said than done for some (like our husbands, apparently). :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828729 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:54:11 +0000 Grace 828729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, excited isn't the right word. I'm excited to go on vacation. I'm looking forward to meeting Baby and seeing if it's a boy/girl and what he/she looks like. I'm NOT looking forward to labour/delivery/postpartum business/no sleep. Maybe if that hurdle wasn't there, I could say I was vacation-excited. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828726 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:51:25 +0000 Anagram 828726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tlcbaby: My husband is that way too (worse than me!). He's not jewish, but he would LOVE the traditional jewish tradition of not having any baby stuff in the house until LO is here and healthy.</p> <p>He's had two cousins have stillborns so he's just very hesitant about buying all this stuff and setting it all up. But we don't have a lot of family that could step in and do all that for us while we're at the hospital, so I've finally convinced him we need to get ready and go ahead and buy everything.</p> <p>But if it were up to him, we wouldn't. I do think it's totally rooted in fear. Awww. I will be excited to know that LO is here and healthy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828724 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:51:13 +0000 LazyLightning 828724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was very excited. I wanted to see her fingers and toes and if she had hair! I also wanted to see who she looked like (she looks a lot like my husband more than me, IMO). When the time came I unfortunately had some L&amp;D complications that rendered me basically useless. But I finally got to meet her under better circumstances the next day!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828718 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:49:11 +0000 MamaMoose 828718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Along the lines of how you are feeling I was just so excited to have her safely out in the world where I could easily see her/check on her whenever I wanted!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828700 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:43:37 +0000 tlcbaby 828700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: My husband feels the same way you do. I try to ask what he is excited about, but I don't think he will be able to feel excitement until he sees a happy, healthy baby and his fears subside. He thinks more about the things that could be wrong, but he is like that in other parts of life, so it is understandable.</p> <p>* I * on the other hand am excited to find out if it is a boy or a girl, to see what it looks like and to give it a name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828682 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:39:17 +0000 Pepper 828682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: I always cry whenever I see a baby being born! It makes me so excited to meet our son :) </p> <p>I can't wait to see who he looks like and just hold him and get to know his little personality! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828672 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:35:40 +0000 Anagram 828672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: I'm right there with you! My EDD is in 6 weeks, 2 days and people keep asking if I'm excited, if I'm scared, or if I'm over being pregnant....</p> <p>And none of the above applies just yet! Other people have been talking about being scared, and I never even think about the labor part (I probably will in the last two weeks or so). I'm not excited yet, or even over being pregnant. Honestly, my first trimester was SO BAD with morning sickness, the rest of the pregnancy has been a cake walk, so I could continue this for months and months on end. lol.</p> <p>Generally speaking, I just don't feel "ready", as in...ready with stuff. We still have to move, pack and unpack, purchase a lot more baby stuff. Maybe when I get all of that done, I'll start feeling excited.</p> <p>I'm sure as we get closer, it'll change!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828651 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:26:55 +0000 Ra 828651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been watching a lot of episodes of "A Baby Story" lately and I cry whenever the baby cries for the first time. It has made me so excited to hear our baby cry for the first time. I'm excited to see what he looks like (I'm convinced he will be a little mini DH). I am also super excited to see DH's reaction when he is born. </p> <p>I should also note that I'm terrified, anxious, and worried. So many emotions at once! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828583 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:50:54 +0000 heffalump 828583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was too hard for me to be super excited because I was so focused on labor and delivery and that terrified me. Obviously you get that before meeting the baby. And I could only think of one thing at a time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828546 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:31:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 828546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't know the sex so I am really excited to find that out. But mostly so I'm so excited to hold him or her and just snuggle. I know what you mean- we have so much left to do bf we are ready, and its like the whole pregnancy thing IS the big event, but then I realize this is like, barely even a warm up for the whole life this kid has ahead of it. </p> <p>Also I am so curious to see who he or she looks like. I'm picturing a super blond practically bald baby like Dh was. I looked at some u/s pics yesterday and it has my feet though! (Linger second toe than big toe) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828515 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:24:25 +0000 aprk 828515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally understand your feeling. I got so nervous at the end bc I just wanted to make sure everything was ok. But pretty soon you'll be holding your sweet baby and her little hand will be curled around your finger. That's pretty exciting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828512 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:16:45 +0000 Smurfette 828512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldn't wait to see what she looked like and if she had hair! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wereare-you-excited-about-meeting-your-baby-tell-me-why-get-me-excited#post-828492 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:52:34 +0000 Cherrybee 828492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will be full term in 5 weeks!! Our due date is in 8 weeks but we will probably be induced between 38 and 39 because I have GD. It's getting pretty close, right?! </p> <p>People keep asking me and DH if we are excited. I always say yes but, really, deep down, I'm not. I'm not excited?? Agh! I'm happy - don't get me wrong - I really want to be a mummy, I just feel kinda numb..... it still doesn't feel quite real. As I type this, my baby girl is kicking up a storm and I can't seem to make the connection that there is a person in there, my daughter, who is coming to meet us very soon....!</p> <p>I'm confused - because I was super excited a few weeks ago!!! It was all I could think about a few weeks ago!!!!! I wonder if part of it is that I've been so busy - tying up loose ends at home and work, finishing my two part time university courses, preparing for BIL's 4-day wedding - that now I'm on the home stretch (everything is done apart from work - I go on leave 28th June) I feel kinda frazzled? </p> <p>Anyway - I need to get excited again!! So tell me - were you/ are you excited to meet your little one? What were/are you looking forward to the most? What was wonderful about having your baby? What have I got to look forward to? </p> <p>I'll start the list off: </p> <p>- I'm looking forward to seeing what hair colour she has.<br /> - I'm looking forward to seeing DH hold her for the first time.</p> <p>** Edit - 1 hr later - It has just hit me! I know why I'm not excited. I am just so aware of everything that can go wrong, I don't think I will be able to really believe it until she is in my arms. Now that's a revelation. ** </p>