Finally Excited! Sort of...

[Lizwah]

I've never been very maternal, but my husband really likes kids so when he asked me I said yes.

I'm 12 weeks pregnant today and have been feeling really rough until this point.

I bought some maternity wear online and it arrived today and when I tried it on for the first time in about 8 weeks I didn't feel hideous and miserable!

I actually think I might be excited!

Its my first baby and I'm really scared about everything thats ahead of me, is this normal?

Hurray! Congrats to you!!

Yes it's v.v. normal to be absolutely terrified, overwhelmed etc as well as excited. It's a big deal. And you have a million hormones racing around all over the place.

Good luck. Enjoy. xx

Hi Lizwah - How wonderful to hear you so excited. I'm currently 11 weeks and this will be my first baby too (I've had quite a bit of bad luck)! I'm also very excited and have yet to go maternity shopping but look forward to it!

And...OF COURSE it is normal to be scared of what's to come! I'm an elementary school teacher and even though I work with kids all day, I'm still totally scared about raising my own child...but more than that, I'm excited to enter this new phase!

Good luck to you Mommy!

Hi Lizwah,
I think I know what you are saying. I'm 33 and although I've always known I wanted to have children (or at least 1), I have never been very maternal, never felt the urge to cuddle other people's children and all.

I am now 29+3 with our first baby and to be honest I did not feel all that excited in the beginning, well, to start with sick was all I felt, when that ended I felt worried whether all the tests would be OK. Then I had to know pretty much all there is to know about labour and once I was comfortable that my body and the baby will do what they'll do when the time comes and I just have to have as much information as possible on complications so both DH and I can make the right decisions, I am at peace with myself and have started enjoying the process but it has taken until pretty much now for my practical me to give some way to a more excited me although I still treat each day as it comes and think that I'll only relax once the baby's been born and is safe.... I suppose the older you are the scarier it is....