Is it normal to be more excited about being pregnant than having the baby?

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Im pregnant and I love being pregnant. Im more scared about having the baby and having full responsibility for it. is this normal? will I get over this?

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago | pl

    I've had several pregnant women tell me that the best part of being pregnant is all the positive attention they get from other people.

    I don't know if it's normal though. Also, I don't know if this matters, but it might: Those same women are not well-liked by their in-laws and none of them have many friends. Not sure why there's a correlation, but it's there.

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  • fluffeh
    11 years ago | pl

    Its normal. Babies are the most annoying things on the planet and they change alot people negatively. I watched my best friend turn into a completely different person after her baby and is almost always seems miserable :(

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    • dwe
      11 years ago | pl

      Yeah, because the baby wakes you up every night so you can never get a decent night of sleep for the first 1 or 2 years. And your life is no longer your own - you have to think about the baby's needed first. The kid wants constant attention until they're teenagers when they want nothing to do with you after all that hard work. Plus passing a bowling ball out of your vagina isn't fun. The good news is, if you are really young (around 18-24) like a lot of people on this site are, that you will be done child rearing at a young age and then can live your own life again in the second half of your life. For the 40+ year olds having kids, your life as you know it is over for good. Well, maybe you'll have some "me" time in the nursing home.

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  • Katywompus
    11 years ago | pl

    I sort of get what you mean. But for me, I just got so big I couldn't wait to have the baby already! Its really not so bad. I wasn't for me, anyway. Sure the baby wakes up a lot and you won't get good sleep for a while, but its your baby. It needs you. And you never know, it may not take too long to get the baby on a descent sleep scheldule. I was thrilled at becoming a mother, partly because its what I needed at the time to turn my life around for the better, but also because I realised I was so good at it. Really good. My daughter is amazing and she always was. It takes work, but can be well worth it when your child (and you, for doing such a wonerful job) gets praised constantly for how polite, smart and well behaved she is (or he). I could go on all day about this, but I have to go to work :) good luck mama

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