What Was Your "It Just Got Real" Moment

RedBird11

 Hospital tour this past weekend.

Israfel

Bought pudding cups this weekend... The expiration date, totally by coincidence, is exactly my due date--4/16! I was like... Whoa!

JessieAlbin

Having "shit just got real" moments left and right and the shit gets more and more real. Super fucking serious real at our hospital tour tonight watching a brand new baby have its first bath in the nursery and another being just stared at by an in-love new dad. How was I the only pregnant lady in this tour about to lose her shit and ugly girl cry???

molony/venus

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beautifulstr13

When I realized my shower is only 2 weeks away.

ATrivisonno

When my bi-weekly appointments started this week! Eek

JessieAlbin

mborn24 said:

In order of shit getting real, realer, and just plain crazy:


-Putting together crib.
-Folding baby clothes
-seeing my friends 4D ultrasound and knowing I am ahead of her!!

-Taking a newborn diaper out of the sample pack and staring at it. Even DH got a little watery-eyed on that one.

I still am in disbelief we will be "mom and dad". I will be feeling like I am walking out of the hospital with a stolen baby when they tell me to go home!!

They went into super serious detail at our hospital tour tonight about all the security measures that prevent anyone from stealing your baby. Comforting, but sobering at the same time! The baby gets a little button on his ankle bracelet that auto locks all the doors on the L&D floors and sets off an alarm if he comes close to any door sensors. They aren't playing!

irisheyez7

We have been looking at houses and I had a sudden moment of awareness of my pregnant self. I had a mini freak out that (hopefully) shortly we will be in our own home with a BABY.

Elf2718

First one was when he moved and shifted my entire belly!
Second one was realizing that I will be 30 wks TOMORROW!
It still feels surreal at times....

abbeylanecb

When I got a positive test! This is my third baby so I know how much life will change! I've had a long time to really freak out.

katieharpiceland

I am so much of an in the moment person that I'm sure it will be at L&D. I get excited about getting things for baby and am enjoying it, I just can't say I've had a "wow, I'm going to be a mom" moment yet. 

christinanoelle

Serenla said:

When I clipped the tags from any baby clothing and washed them this weekend, I was folding baby clothing...it was bizarre.

I did a load of baby laundry this weekend too.. This may be a dumb question but do the tags have to be cut off??

Lol the paper tags.

LOL wow - that definitely makes sense! 

eireyes

I've had little moments along the way: getting furniture in the nursery, having a stroller in a box in our office, but I haven't had a major moment yet. I think that'll probably happen when I leave the hospital and have a small human to take with me - oh crap does that scare me!

Maybe baby showers will give me the major wake up call? Those don't happen until the first two weekends in March, but I really think I'm just good at denial!