CPT: Biggest fear/concern about LO's arrival?

Cara1024 · December 2013

Assuming baby is healthy and we don't have to worry about that part at all, what is you biggest fear/concern/worry about baby's arrival?

cpm1223 · December 2013

SS here....all of the above are my biggest fears/concerns.

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sugarland726 · December 2013

The first three, but if I had to choose, then a c-section recovery. I'm scared out of my mind about the pain.

monkeybutt61612 · December 2013

All the things!! But every time I get a good night's sleep, I dread having to get up with a newborn.

FSUNole31 · December 2013

The emotional part of the recovery. I hated the way I felt the first two weeks or so after I had my son and I am praying it doesn't happen again this time around.

LuGal623 · December 2013

The first three things scare the crap out of me the most because they are all things that depend on MY body. Nobody can do those things for me like birth the baby, recover from delivery, and breastfeed the baby.

alinafed · December 2013

SS - aside from all of the above, adjusting to a whole new life and fearing getting the post baby blues as I try to figure out a whole new routine.

SunflowersBride · December 2013

All of the above!!!

mj0413 · December 2013

EVERYTHING. I picked SS because there's really no way I could pick just one...

mrsjenni · December 2013

I'm worried about taking care of 4 kids.

pennstated912 · December 2013

It's a dead even tie between post-birth recovery and family issues.

My ILs will attempt uninvited visits. Guaranteed. And I will want to stab them because they will consistently tell me I'm doing whatever wrong.

Also, the idea of trying to do anything post-birth is terrifying to me. I can't even comprehend trying to go to the bathroom with stitches. Just...no.

salsamommy · December 2013

Voted SS - I'm worried about my labour happening too quickly and not getting to the hospital in time or not getting enough antibiotics for GBS during labour!

ac1259 · December 2013

SS- Very nervous about the delivery this time ..it went so wonderfully last time I feel like there's nowhere to go but to hell..lol

Also nervous about balancing 2 kids..DD is very attached to me and is used to being the center of attention. I feel like I'm more worried about her than the new LO- newborns aren't bad (in my head)..it's the unknown of a toddler with a newborn that has me scared!

nicnique · December 2013

The first three!!

X_X

LimeDrops · December 2013

My biggest concern is the lack of sleep, not in itself, but the fact that I will still have to be functional enough to deal with older kids during the day regardless of how much of a walking zombie I am. Times like these I pray that my oldest suddenly and randomly starts napping daily, again.

Deblondie1 · December 2013

SS- My biggest fear is NICU time.

cnwilbur1030 · December 2013

SS- I'm nervous of DD's reaction to LO. She hates when another kid sits in my lap. She will literally push them out. I have no idea what she will do when baby boy is nursing!

goldenB · December 2013

I'm most nervous of delivering a baby that is in the 90th percentile.
And the possibility of a c-section.

But like @cpm1223, being a FTM everything worries me.

runnergrl6675 · December 2013

Sleepless nights. Delivery is over in hours. Sleepless nights last months!

cowscrub · December 2013

My kids have always been years apart in age. My first 2, 1 was in Kindergarten when the second came. This is the first time I will have a 2 yr old and a nb and I'm terrified of how I will manage them, much less my 3 other children.

BuckeyeANG · December 2013

Sleep deprivation, hands down.

PBP2002 · December 2013

Sleep deprivation for sure. Everything else is a shorter term problem (hopefully). The sleep deprivation lasted for over a year with DS1.

bensmommy518 · December 2013

SS - I am worried about how DS will adapt to having a new baby. He gets very jealous whenever I have another child in my arms, or even just the dog. He has been the only child for 2 years and the only (local) grandchild to both sets of grandparents who live less than 2 miles away so he is a little bit spoiled and used to being the center of attention.

jldubb0626 · December 2013

My inlaws are going to be here. Enough said.

SJSLA · December 2013

All of it! But the biggest one not mentioned is something being wrong with the baby, losing it/dying.

washyourhandsplease · December 2013

I have a fear of the epidural. I'm so afraid of the epidural, I'm seriously thinking about going natural. I rather deal with the pain than the thought of the epidural. Sad, I know.

ksonne · December 2013

Sleep deprivation, DS1 didn't STTN till he was over 1. Now he sleeps great, so why are we flucking things up again with a new baby?!

Shannahbee · December 2013

I have to push a watermelon out of my hoo-ha (or jackfruit according to the bump, but I don't even know what that is). There is no greater fear.

hurricanekb · December 2013

I fear the epidural and delivery itself. I also fear financially and living situations come next fall when our lease is up, but that's a whole other story.

berenely · December 2013

Yeah, I need an "all of the above" option.

OSUWifey09 · December 2013

Recovery was really hard for me after DS was born five years ago, and I'm afraid of how that will go this time. I don't count the recovery from my loss because the emotional turmoil from that definitely made that recovery so much different than normal.

Now that I'm more aware of how chaotic your body becomes after you have a baby [everything from baby blues to hemorrhoids], I will be more prepared for the aftermath. I'm still nervous about it, though, especially with an active 5-year-old.

sarahmarie2 · December 2013

My biggest fear is that something is going to go wrong during the delivery. I've been irrationally fearful throughout this pregnancy that I was going to lose this baby, and as I'm getting closer to delivering, it's getting worse.

But aside from that, I voted the birth scares me most. Not so much the pain, but that everything will go relatively smoothly, that I'll make it to the hospital in time, etc.

MiaMyPuggle · December 2013

I don't hate my in laws, but my house is always kept up and clean. You can eat off of my floors type clean and my MIL is sooooo messy. I literally obsessed over it at thanksgiving when the pink E. coli ridden juices from the raw turkey were splashing all over the floor when she was getting it stuffed and into the bag. Also, why can't she use spoon rests, not mix things, eat off of the spoon, and reuse it without washing it while knowing others will be eating it, when you're done with measuring cups and spoons, put them right into the sink and not on the counter so all of the crap still on them gets all over the Effing counter! I'm going to make all of the food they will eat before she gets here so she isn't cooking in my kitchen. She thinks she's making spaghetti sauce at my house again. Ha! No way.

megngregk · December 2013

Terrified of a really rough recovery and DH's entire leave being wasted with me not being able to do anything. This stresses me more than anything because it'll be 7.5 months before I will see him again.

kwinkle1980 · December 2013

SS: I am most worried about the logistics of childcare for my 2 year old and getting to the hospital.

MIT721 · December 2013

All. Of. It. Ok maybe not the c-section so much but going into labor early - before the scheduled date. All the other things? YES! Added to that will I be good at it? Will I be a good mom? What if we don't connect like we should?

Jmattis · December 2013

All of the above, but mostly the inlaws over stepping boundaries and not respecting the space we need. Also terrified of the recovery and never sleeping again

I love me so sleep.

Eta- oh yeah and a Catheter they share the s**t out of me

ach298 · December 2013

I voted breastfeeding, but honestly its a toss up between that and sleep deprivation. DH got up with me almost every time last time so I could pump while he fed DS, which worked pretty well, since he had a very short commute to work. Now he has a 1.5 hour commute each way, so he won't be able to get up with me at all, and sleeping when baby sleeps is going to be pretty difficult with a toddler around. I'm hoping and praying the BFing goes very differently with this one and that I don't end up EPing again, though if it comes down to EPing or formula, formula is probably going to be the way we go.