I am having a pregnancy panic moment.

preppynewlywed

Talk me down, ladies.

About 15 minutes ago I realized I have no idea how to care for a newborn, and then I cried because I can't imagine not spending all of my time with Baby Prepster.

This is NOT like me.  I want to work.  I want to get out of the house.  I enjoy babies.

 

robinsokj

I have one of those almost every day. 

staycee

breathe.

you'll do fine.

Hang in there.

sandy02

Believe it or not, babies are easy!  Change, feed, love, repeat.    You'll do great.

aerotigergirl

I'm sorry for the panic! We don't have any kids yet, so I can't speak from experience, but my best friend did call me several times near the end of her pregnancy with this same panic. I can tell you that as soon as her daughter arrived, she instantly became a spectacular mom. Seriously, she went from "I don't think I can do this" to "Would you please just get out of my way and let me do it myself thankyouverymuch" in about 0.002 seconds.

Hang in there!

dmogmo

Breathe. I'm 10 mos in and I still have those moments. You will do fine and figure out how to balance it in time

caffinated_tulip

Hey Preppy, you're going to be an Ah-May-Zing mom. Baby prepster is going to be so loved and doted on (and stylish). Don't sweat it, you're going to rock!

preppynewlywed

Thanks, ladies.

I was watching Reba, and the daughter is pregnant with her second.

For some reason this caused me to panic.

Ah...hormones.

Addykins

Oh yeah. Just don't think about the fact in a few weeks you will be in your THIRD TRI and before you know it, labor. Then you will bring the baby home.

Then what? 

No one talks about what comes after that. They just say things like, "You'll know," or "You'll be so tired you won't notice."

preppynewlywed

Addykins:

Oh yeah. Just don't think about the fact in a few weeks you will be in your THIRD TRI and before you know it, labor. Then you will bring the baby home.

Then what? 

No one talks about what comes after that. They just say things like, "You'll know," or "You'll be so tired you won't notice."

I was gchatting earlier with a friend who has a 3 week old.

I told her I was worried about having a newborn.

Her response: "Don't worry.  They don't know if you fvck up and put the diaper on backwards."

Addykins

preppynewlywed:

Addykins:

Oh yeah. Just don't think about the fact in a few weeks you will be in your THIRD TRI and before you know it, labor. Then you will bring the baby home.

Then what? 

No one talks about what comes after that. They just say things like, "You'll know," or "You'll be so tired you won't notice."

I was gchatting earlier with a friend who has a 3 week old.

I told her I was worried about having a newborn.

Her response: "Don't worry.  They don't know if you fvck up and put the diaper on backwards."

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. 

I feel like time is moving so slow but also so fast. 

preppynewlywed

Addykins:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. 

I feel like time is moving so slow but also so fast. 

Same here.

It is a very weird feeling.

armandos_girl

sandy02:

Believe it or not, babies are easy!  Change, feed, love, repeat.    You'll do great.

This.  And you'll continue to have "OMG, WTF am I doing?" moments up to and after you bring Baby Preppy home.  But an instinct kicks in and you figure it all out.  I was terrified at the idea of giving Gabe a bath, afraid he would slip and I would drop him.  When the time came, I just did it and didn't even think twice about it.

Becky19

One thing that has helped me is taking classes--childbirth classes, infant care classes, breastfeeding classes, etc. And reading books about parenting, sleep, etc. All of that has helped ease my worries a lot.