Becoming Real and Imagining the Next Step

Katie

I'm 36 +1 FTM, I realize I still could have up to 6 weeks of pregnancy left but at my last appt baby measured 7 lbs and was so low they couldn't show me baby's face on the ultrasound. I have a gut feeling baby will be early by a week or two, even though I haven't felt any contractions or other signs of labor yet.

As I sit here drinking my RRLT, I try to really imagine what would happen if my water broke right here and now and I'm not quite as ready for labor as I thought! I just can't imagine 'go time': going to the hospital, waiting for hours in labor, holding LO for the first time, waking up at night to feed baby, watching them sleep, being with them for all 24 hours everyday... I'm ready to not be pregnant anymore but I'm not ready for what comes next. Any one else feeling this way? 😖

Of course I'm ready to meet Baby for the first time but it's a lot of change to wrap my head around...