FirstNoel's Journal: Let the games begin...

Ok, rarely if ever do you see me put something down in a journal. Well, I'm going to try something.

For the next 9 or so months, I'll try to describe our baby adventures. I'll try to do it on a regular basis, but who know what "regular basis" will mean.
Please excuse the spelling/grammar errors.

OK, here we start:

0 hour...

We were thinking something was up for the last week or so. My wife has been off all her meds for the last 2 months and it had been hell. Then all of a sudden, a good week. Mood happy, no issues, and this was suppose to be a PMS week. Odd. We at first thought, "Maybe your body is finally rid of the meds?". Then came, "I'm late", and finally last night, the little digital display said "Pregnant". My first instinct was "oh shit, now what", even though we have been planning this. When my Mom was pregnant for the first time, my Dad must have actually said that, he's still paying for it today, 40 years later. So I didn't say it.

But now while I'm happy, I'm also little scared. I do have baby type experience. When I was 11 my sister had her first kid. I was the primary babysitter. My niece and I are more like siblings, so we fought like siblings at times. My nephew came along when I was 19, so things were a little different with him. I was never positive about the kid thing, whether I wanted one or not. It wasn't until my wife and I declared, "No Kids!" that I realized we could be making the greatest mistake of our lives.

My wife and I do have strong relationship, been married nearly 5 years, no doubts, or trust issues. We're very lucky to have what we have, compared to how our friends marriages have gone. Even without children they had issues, and then the children, through no fault of their own, exacerbated those issues.

I'm hoping and working so we don't fall into that situation.

Well anyway, now what? I guess we call the doctor, get official confirmation. The nursery is already decorated, previous owners did that, "Classic Pooh". I just need to get all the crap out of it.

I get the feeling this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Sean D.

Yep.

[TechnoLust]

Talk to people you know who've recently been pregnant. New medical things come out all the time, so start learning about them now and talk about what you want to do. My best friend and his wife have a duaghter that's about to turn 1. I was there through the entire pregnancy, at the hospital when she was born, and have been around the first year. I feel like she's part mine. It's great most of the time, but MAN does it suck sometimes.

Re:Yep.

[FirstNoel]

What nice right now is the anticipation. I like making plans and getting ready. It will be work, but interesting work.

I'm trying keep in mind the 2am feedings and stinky stuff, people tend to gloss over that when they talk about babies.

Congratulations

[johndiii]

You at the start of a beautiful and unnerving road. :-) Sounds like you're mentally prepared, anyway. The stinky diapers and 2am feedings only last for a short time, relatively speaking. You forget about them fast. Otherwise, the birth rate would be a LOT lower. :-)