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What if I simply cant?
37.3 Weeks pregnant and I am JUST NOW freaking out? C'mon hormones=( I want to be done being pregnant so badly, I am so ready to meet my son, but I am terrified of the unknown. There are a million concerns "What if I don't know when its time like everyone says I will? What if I cant deliver vaginally (I'm horrified of the possibility of a csection)? What if the epi doesn't work?" and the list goes on and on. Then there is a whole other list of things I might do to cause me to fail as a mom. Like failing to juggle school and parenting properly. So freaking scared here and I would love to know that I am not the only one. 
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Re: What if I simply cant?
I still wonder what the heck I'm doing sometimes
You are totally normal and you'll do FINE.
I'm not as far along, but I imagine I'll feel these same types of emotions closer to my due date.
My general theory is to not worry about things that you can't control or do anything about. If there's something that's worrying you and there really is something you could do to prepare or educate yourself beforehand... do it! If not, try not to stress out (easier said than done) as it doesn't help anything.
Good luck :-)
BFP #2 ~ 4/22/2010 ~ EDD 12/29/2010 ~ Born 12/19/2010 ~ My Rainbow Baby
BFP #3 ~ 6/10/2012 ~ EDD 2/20/2013 ~ HB 100bpm @ 9w3d ~ M/C 7/11/2012
BFP #4 ~ 3/16/2013 ~ EDD 11/20/2013 ~ Born 11/17/2013 ~ Rainbow Baby #2
Soo not the only one. I think I am less excited as DH because I am so nervous about watching a newborn, not sleeping, BFing and all the changes it brings.... and still feels so surreal to me.
So i go back and forth to hoping LO gets here soon, and wanting him to stay in longer.
Plus I am a little bummed that the holidays and all that fun will pass in a sleep deprived stupor. But oh well.
You are NOT the only one!!! I'm with you, but mine is in regards to work as opposed to school. And how are we going to figure out childcare. And do I REALLY have to go back to work? (The answer is yes, but I'm hoping we'll have a Christmas miracle happen and I won't have to after all...) And how are we going to get DH into law school. And how are we going to move to said law school. And how are we going to do all of that with one child who lives with us (my stepson), my stepdaughter (who lives with her mom), a newborn, two dogs, and a cat? With two vehicles that are only remotely limping along and for which we don't have the money to repair? And even if I figure out all of the above, how the heck am I going to actually be a MOM and a decent one at that, since I already feel like a complete failure?
So after I freak out and ball my eyes out and drink a few glasses of water to replace what just flew out of my tear ducts, I stop and try to remember that we only have to take things one day at a time. Do what you can to make tomorrow a little easier, but the only requirement for me right now is to breathe, and to just deal with right now. Tomorrow has worries of its own, and to think about them already is to rob today of its lesson. Doesn't always completely work, but a hug from hubby or stepson (or stepdaughter when she's with us) always does!