Baby tomorrow
Posted: 13 Jun 2023, 07:30
My wife's due date was Sunday the 11th. Today is Tuesday the 13th.
My wife was hoping the baby would be a little early but that wasn't in the cards. Honestly we've been "ready" for like 2 weeks now. We've been staying within 30 minutes of home/hospital in case it's all of a sudden "go time".
Because of all that readiness it's starting to get to her. Every day someone, either family or friends, says something like "when is that baby coming" or "you know, Monday would be really most convenient for me lol" (jokingly of course). But she feels like she's a disappointment. She knows she shouldn't feel like that but she's having a hard time with it.
She also has mixed feelings about getting induced. I think it makes her feel like a failure, like she couldn't do it naturally. But she is very ready to move on to the next step.
This isn't one of the things anyone mentioned about pregnancy. The baby might not come on time and everyone is going to pressure you even though there's almost nothing you can do about it.
Now that we're so close (she's getting induced Wednesday night) it's bit a huge problem anymore but the last two weeks (and last week especially) sucked. I just figure I'd mention it so other people can be aware this might happen.
My wife was hoping the baby would be a little early but that wasn't in the cards. Honestly we've been "ready" for like 2 weeks now. We've been staying within 30 minutes of home/hospital in case it's all of a sudden "go time".
Because of all that readiness it's starting to get to her. Every day someone, either family or friends, says something like "when is that baby coming" or "you know, Monday would be really most convenient for me lol" (jokingly of course). But she feels like she's a disappointment. She knows she shouldn't feel like that but she's having a hard time with it.
She also has mixed feelings about getting induced. I think it makes her feel like a failure, like she couldn't do it naturally. But she is very ready to move on to the next step.
This isn't one of the things anyone mentioned about pregnancy. The baby might not come on time and everyone is going to pressure you even though there's almost nothing you can do about it.
Now that we're so close (she's getting induced Wednesday night) it's bit a huge problem anymore but the last two weeks (and last week especially) sucked. I just figure I'd mention it so other people can be aware this might happen.