Hellobee Boards

I couldn't wait to see what she looked like and if she had hair!

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.

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)

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.

I should also note that I'm terrified, anxious, and worried. So many emotions at once!

@rahlyrah: I always cry whenever I see a baby being born! It makes me so excited to meet our son

I can't wait to see who he looks like and just hold him and get to know his little personality!

@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!!

@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.

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.

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.

@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).

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.

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!

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.
I was sooo excited. It was all I could think about in the last few weeks.

@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...!!!

For me, I was more anxious than excited. I was RIDICULOUSLY anxious to see what the baby looked like!!!

I totally relate, I was a nervous wreck the last couple of weeks for the same reason.

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.

@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.

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.

I'm deathly afraid of L&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!