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someone please explain to me....

eileenm21eileenm21 member
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why I am so nervous to wash this stuff?  I mean seriously I can not figure out my hormonally charged brain - every time I pick it up I fear I am jinxing things.  my mother keeps reminding me this is just the begining of a lifetime of worry about my kids, but still.  anyone else have fear issues later in pregnancy?  I really thought they would lessen after first tri. 
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  • kimarino13kimarino13 member

    I am right there with you.  I was hoping to start wasing stuff today, but a part of me just feels so conflicted about it.

    But really, we are up to our ears in baby gear.  It has taken over 3 rooms of the house (I really need to get organized).  If something happened, God forbid, we'd have much bigger issues to deal with than the clothes and sheets that got washed.  =/

    And what helps me now is knowing that we are 30 weeks along, and if the babies came now, they would most likely end up just fine!


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  • Nikki1007Nikki1007
    I completely understand. I am too scared to let H put the furniture together. Its been in boxes in the nursery for over a month. I too thought the worry would end after the first tri, but nope, just new worries.
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  • lnlelnle
    We have 6 boxes of baby clothes donated by friends in our attic. I'm dying to go through them but at the same time afraid to really wash/organize them. My parents are buying us our cribs and I won't let them pick them up from IKEA till I make it past 24 weeks. I am right there with you!
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  • CrazeyJaneyRCrazeyJaneyR member

    I think it's a self protecting method. I do it too. I think that's why nothing is ready. My husband can barely even talk about this pregnancy, he's worse than I am. He won't talk baby names, hasn't prepared the room, nothing is put together. We both say "can you believe there's 2 of them?" and that's about all we say. We're in for a rude awakening, lol.

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    I very seriously take the phrase "Don't count your chickens until they hatch" to heart.?

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  • sunnybrook.sunnybrook. member
    I'm right there with you. I just washed the clothes yesterday and that's only b/c there's protein in my urine and I'm afraid of being in the hospital this week. I bought the babies outer winter wear and that's all I've been able to bring myself to buy.
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  • nygrl79nygrl79
    I totally understand, I'm the same way.  I actually don't plan to wash anything until about 35 weeks because if they are born before that, they won't be coming home right away anyway and I'll be able to wash things between the NICU trips and being home. 
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  • lajolla09.30.06lajolla09.30.06
    I didn't do ANYTHING before my kids were born... they didn't have a nursery (my mom was staying with us in our guest room which would later be a nursery but still...) I hadn't washed anything, hadn't bought anything... the only things we had were things that were gifts.  I wouldn't open any gifts or boxes or do really anything... I was terrified.  I think it's fairly normal.  My kids ended up in the NICU for 2 weeks and we did a lot of the setup and washing etc. while they were there.  I was actually glad to have something to do to keep me occupied while they were in the hospital
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