36 weeks and reality setting in...

[JulieHanlon12]

So I'm 36 weeks today and am so very lucky to have had the easiest pregnancy. I have been so well, healthy and very little symptoms. My pregnancy was a big surprise for me and my partner, and it took us a long time to get our heads round it. We have been together nearly 5 years, very much in love but also very selfish! We love our holidays, our weekends, eating out, nights out etc. We both work full time, im also studying part time to become a teacher. Plan was to become a teacher, get married, have a baby. Anyway it obviously hasn't panned out like this!! We both knew we wanted a baby, just not right now hence why it's took us a while to get used to the idea. We have great support, our family and friends are so good to us and we've got everything we need. I'm so excited to meet this baby, I love children and my friends children and everyone keeps saying you were made to be a mum, you're better with my wee girl than I am, etc. I have no doubts about the practical elements of being a mum. I'm just terrified of all the things that we can no longer do or that we can do but with planning. I'm totally sure that our lives will be better with this wee baby but sometimes I'm terrified that I'll regret the things we didn't do. I suppose I'm just looking to see if these feelings are normal?! I was on holiday abroad from 6 months old and my mum assures me that the baby will just fit in with our lives, but that our lifestyle will obviously change. As the time creeps nearer I suppose I'm just worrying!! Sorry for the lengthy post!

your feelings are totally normal and i felt quite similar. I fell pregnant very quickly I was only with my now husband for 7 months and found out I was pregnant. As my pregnancy pregressed i did think a lot about the holidays we wouldnt get on, the date nights we'd miss and all the things a baby would stop us from doing. And it is true our son has stopped us doing stuff we would of wanted to do, we cant just get up and go when we want, date nights have to be pre pre planned and we defo would of went on far more holidays if it had of been just the 2 of us. But at the same time I wouldnt change it he's my blessing in this life and I wouldnt change a thing. If you have a good support system use it, do things as a family noe but also make time for you both as a couple. Where our life does revolve around our son a lot we do have seperate time away from that just to be us which is very important. Good luck you sound like you'll be a great mum!