First time mom advice ?? Reality is hitting.

Question

My boyfriend and I have been dating for 4 years and we’ve been trying this past year to have a child but after months & months of negative tests & lost hope , we finally succeeded. My period was/is due on 10/17 . I counted myself out on 10/13 & ordered a big box of test strips to prepare for next month. Out of anxiousness , I decided to test with a digital on 10/14 & to my surprise it was positive! I was surprised and excited but the past 48 hours I’ve been freaking out about the future already. A bunch of “what if’s” . As new or even “professional” moms , does this feeling ever go away ? I’m nervous about so much & it’s like what do I even do next ☹️??? Scared to tell parents as we’re in our early / mid 20s but we live alone . Any advice or tips please ?

Answer

First congrats momma second take some time to let it sink in you don’t have to tell your parents yet you can even wait until after you see your dr to share your news. And last I’ll let you know when the nervous/ worry goes away my daughter is 1.5 and it still hasn’t lol welcome to being a mom!❤️

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My husband and I did fertility treatments to conceive our first, and of course we were excited when we finally got our positive, but we also had that “oh shit” moment. It was just a realization that nothing would ever be the same again, and it was scary. I believe it’s a totally normal reaction, like you’re excited for what’s to come but also kind of mourning your old life. 
Now that my daughter is a year old I couldn’t imagine not having her or caring for her daily. It’s also important to take some time for just you and your partner, get out and go to dinner, go for a walk, anything that makes you feel “normal” - especially in the early weeks of baby’s life!

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Me and my fiance had this too because we started trying but we both thought we had fertility issues so we thought it would take a little while to get pregnant like atleast a year and instead we were pregnant in under 6 months before we had even tried using opks, or the fertility vitamins we bought I was just tracking ovulation using the app so having it happen so soon it just hit us like shit we thought we had more time to get things situated. We were living with my mom when we found out. We had literally just found a place and made our first payment on it a day or two before I found out I was pregnant. Found out in February and then I lost my job soon after due to covid so it pushed back our move in date some more because I couldn't help pay for it anymore now it was all up to my fiance, we moved in June and he paid everything for the house and since we both had nothing but clothes to move with he had to buy all the furniture and all the house essentials he completely used up the entire 6k he had in his savings to get us moved out in our own place. I felt so bad I still do. My mom bought everything for the nursery which was a major help. But I think it's normal to have that oh shit moment it doesn't mean your not happy it's just that moment you get hit with everything you now have to get ready and have prepared before baby gets here and that can be overwhelming to think about.

First time mom advice ?? Reality is hitting.

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