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1st time parent jitters....

Jelly Bean 001Jelly Bean 001 member
in June 2015 Moms
Just saw the dr today. LO has dropped lower, I am 75% effaced, but only just below 2cm dilated. Since I am 40+2, my dr had me set up an induction date for next Tuesday. Needless to say me and DH are growing more impatient to see our LO, but also more nervous. Dr says we probably won't make it to the induction date. This is our 1st LO and we want what's best for baby. But now we are starting to wonder what type of parents we are going to be like. We are wondering if these 1st time parent jitters disappear after we see LO........... :bz
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Re: 1st time parent jitters....

  • rosa2935rosa2935 member
    I know the feeling. From what all of my other first time mom friends have said, it literally just comes to you. The instinct takes over, the love, the care. You just do it, and you want to. Everything you do you do for baby and it's crazy but it's all you want to do. :) I'm a first time mom too. I'm more worried about my DH than myself. Haha. He is awkward around babies.
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  • kkdb14kkdb14 member
    The instinct is ridiculously strong. She came out and I knew exactly what to do. The nurses barely needed to help me do anything. It's incredible.
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  • btm013btm013 member
    The instinct is definitely there. My husband also seemed awkward around babies and now he is a natural. You will be as well!
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  • 47923ang47923ang member
    I was totally freaking out about parenting before delivery. DH had no experience with babies, and mine was limited to babysitting 15 years ago.

    Twins are 1 week old today, and we've been home 4 days. I can honestly say it just works. Somehow I just know what to do. Obviously I'm figuring it out as I go, but it's going great. DH is being awesome and figuring it out too. He's gets a little more nervous, like did he get the diaper on right, or did he get them in the car seat right. But he's doing so great and figuring it out.

    It's going so much better than I had expected.
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  • queequeg09256queequeg09256 member
    Breastfeeding is super hard for me but everything else is just like ok. It's a very strange feeling you just look at them and think ok do this and then bam totally works. Breastfeeding for me has been impossible and caused ne many many meltdowns.
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  • annatta79annatta79 member
    I think one of the great things about babies is that when they come out, all you really have to do is keep them alive. When DS got to 10 or 11 months old, I looked at my husband and said "Wow, we are going to actually have to start parenting him now, not just making sure he survives!" I am sort of looking forward to dealing with the limited needs of a newborn (hungry, wet, sleepy) versus trying to figure out what my toddler is asking for in his made-up language and how to deal with him pulling someone's hair at daycare.

    I don't know if the jitters "go away" entirely, I think there is always a part of you wondering if you are doing things right or if you could be doing better, but you will figure out what works for you and your baby.
      Blessed Mama to the sweetest boy in the world (11/9/13), one angel baby, and two fur babies: Mattie Dog and Stanley Cat.
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  • mjschenkmjschenk member
    edited June 2015
    I am also 40+2 and go to the doctor today.
    Edit cause it deleted 2/3 of my post.
    Hope it's good news and will also be scheduling an induction for next week if our LO doesn't grace us with his presence before then.
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