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3rd Trimester
moments when it hits you...a non-clicky poll from a lurker!
Intellectually, I know perfectly well that I'm going to have a baby soon, but sometimes something happens where it just hits me like a ton of bricks and kind of freaks me out. I had 2 of these moments yesterday.
One when my doctor asked me if my hospital bag was packed yet (and when I said no he told me I should probably get on that!) and Two was at my childbirth class when the instructor explained my hospital's policy that all babies "room-in" and quote "you are responsible for all the care right from the start". EEP!!
So I'm curious...tell me about your moments when the fact that you will soon have a baby seems much more real than usual.
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Re: moments when it hits you...a non-clicky poll from a lurker!
I was driving to my baby shower last weekend and looked down and thought that my gut was sticking out over my seat belt, umm no I'm pregnant. Very pregnant!
SO had a fun one at childbirth class last night. Apparently he didn't know that the umbilical cord falls off. He looked like he might throw up.
The biggest one I've had was on Sunday when we set up the PnP in our room. I started having a mild panic attack and couldn't breathe. It was a little scary.
I still don't think I've 100% grasped the concept that I could be a mom in a few weeks.
Unable to even.
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...I think I'm still in denial....ha (seriously), I know he's coming but...I guess I'm so busy with work and my 8 yr old. I purposely made our fall schedule busy so I wouldn't freak out (cub scouts, fall ball and CCE classes) but now I'm regretting it cause I'm so pooped.
We have the crib, stroller, car seat and some clothes but I still need the bedding and other necessaties (bottles!). I have NOT packed my bag and I had to go to L&D last Thurs (luckily cramping stopped) and was thinking OMG, if the baby came TODAY we are not fully ready!!
It's a GIRL!
This is exactly how I feel. Maybe when I start to lose the MP it will hit me.
I've had a few of those moments--
First time was when our crib was delivered. It hit me again big-time while watching Public Enemies w/DH a few weeks ago--weird timing, right? And, seeing those birthing videos in our childbirth class last weekend, I teared up every time the baby finally popped out--who would think something gray and slimy coming from another woman's vag would make me so emotional? But I was like, "that's gonna be ME!!!! OMG!"
I do expect to go through a NEW wave of reality checks when I actually go into labor myself, though. That's gonna be trippy.
He's growing up, but he'll always be my baby!
Nathan--11/4/10
...big brother to...???? Due March 2014!
Umm, I just had a moment.
It hits me in different ways all the time... today it hit me when I was sorting all the clothes my sister gave us, and I realized that our baby was going to be THAT small and we would be putting all these clothes on him in the not to distant future!
On another note, I'm surprised that your doctor already told you to pack your hospital bag! That would definitely freak me out!
Um, yeah....I'm still having reality checks about just BIRTHING the baby... the whole concept of the next whatever # of years (like, I have to actually raise him????????) is another dimension of reality entirely!
He's growing up, but he'll always be my baby!
Nathan--11/4/10
...big brother to...???? Due March 2014!
Childbirth class was a biggie for me.
But it still comes and goes... I have days that I am still in denial.