We can't wait... Tell all the great things about being a mum!

[Pickles77]

What can't we wait for mumsnetters?
I can't wait for snuggly newborn smelling cuddles & seeing all my beautiful outfits on my beautiful baby!
Come on... I'm feeling positive and brave tonight!

Glad this thread made everyone smile.
I am just sorting out LOs things and gifts people have sent and bought. I'm speechless, small people need this much?

funny things: when I cuddle her and she pants like an overexcited dog then tries to latch onto my nose.
and stares straight into my eyes

amazing things: when she does something new, and I wonder at Biological science - "look, she just grabbed hold of that after looking at it - deliberately!"

when she lies on my trunk and we wonder how on earth she ever managed to fit inside my belly!

Such a lovely thread!! Thank you! Nearly 29 weeks and so many emotions, even worried about missing having a lovely bump to stroke and talk to!! This has made me cry and laugh and remember what I was looking forward to before I realised the difficulties of pregnancy!! Thank you and best wishes to all! Xx

I missed my bump huffle and even tearfully said to dp in bed one evening when ds was a few weeks old, I've not felt the baby move all day, I was bfing ds at the time

Please someone wise tell me do you feel less worn out and more ready to face the world when your baby arrives?
Obviously a few days to get up on your feet but with 9 weeks left I feel so uncomfortable and worn out.
Does this get worse when they arrive?

The first week or two were awful. I didn't know how anyone could go through it more than once. But then you're recovering from the birth and learning how life with a new person works. And they're working out what the world is.

I had a difficult labour though, and after 3-4 weeks felt much better than I had in pregnancy even with the sleep deprivation etc.

It is nice after they get here to be able to do certain things like get out of bed on the first attempt and put your socks on without nearly getting a hernia, but for the first fortnight I felt like I had been put through a mangle. Sorry .

It gets better though, and after 4-6 weeks I felt almost 100% physically 'normal' again. I have been looking back at photos of the first week of DDs life and I look ill. Yellowing skin, vague 'what the fook' look in my eyes and just like a bag of spanners generally. Totally and utterly worth it when you get that first proper smile.

hmmm, I wouldn't say it gets easier when the baby arrives but it does change and you get all these lovely things to go with it, unlike pregnancy which is mostly just crap. It's far more balanced!

And DS is in my good books today because at dinner her said to me "Mummy, you are the best chef in the world".

Well... I think the heat may just be getting to me today
Might have to think of a plan for the sleep deprecation- I am not good with that!

You may well be surprised. My DD took to swaddling like a duck to water and slept a LOT. I felt too wired by the birth to sleep when she did and spent weeks not wanting to sleep when she did incase she needed me.

I was a fool

This is a lovely thread wish I hadn't read it though, I have 15 weeks left till I have my first DC and I was soo impatient before and now even more

I can't wait for all the things above and just to hold my little girl and no that she's apart of me and DP and how much we love her already

I've got 9 weeks left and am very inpatient! This heat does nothing to help!

Pickles, I'm aa couple of weeks ahead of you and I'm so glad you have started this thread! The last few nights I've barely slept due to the heat and acid reflux/heartburn!

I can't wait for little one to be born now!! My DD is 8 and now she is so independant! My DD still has the ability now to make my heart melt for the millionth time! (Earlier on today, she came in from playing out to "just tell me she loves me!")

For me the best thing about being a mommy is simply spending time with them from the time they get up in the morning smiling and happy to the second they drop at night my two are fab.

I love my DD (3 months) gummy smile when I get her out of her crib and my DS (3 years) shouting 'morning is here mummy I am coming to get you!'.

There are hundreds of things they do everyday that make me laugh, smile and generally be happy. Even when they are trying my patience I try to think positively at what I would be doing without them and decide it is worth it!

And the complete faith in being kissed better.