[Reading Saintee]

My mrs is 13 weeks pregnant, had the scan, all is well. but i am a nervous wreck!
i have been reading the books and magazines to try and prepare myself, got the family car now too.

is it normal to be nervous about everything?? does it ease?

good thing is, i'm drinking for 3 now!

[killiegirl08]

Reading Saintee, on Jan 26 2009, 22:24, said:

My mrs is 13 weeks pregnant, had the scan, all is well. but i am a nervous wreck!
i have been reading the books and magazines to try and prepare myself, got the family car now too.

is it normal to be nervous about everything?? does it ease?

good thing is, i'm drinking for 3 now!

Aaah, thats sweet that you are reading up on everything!

Congratulations

[Reading Saintee]

i wont let my mrs do a thing and its winding her right up! she has only been sick twice to be fair, but pancakes at 10 at night suits me fine!

[Reading Saintee]

she's at it already! its mint

[The Phoenix]

Reading Saintee, on Jan 26 2009, 22:35, said:

she's at it already! its mint

Interesting flavour but slightly more information than expected from an expectant father.

[Reading Saintee]

The Phoenix, on Jan 26 2009, 22:37, said:

Interesting flavour but slightly more information than expected from an expectant father.

[th1stleandr0se]

Reading Saintee, on Jan 26 2009, 22:24, said:

My mrs is 13 weeks pregnant, had the scan, all is well. but i am a nervous wreck!
i have been reading the books and magazines to try and prepare myself, got the family car now too.

is it normal to be nervous about everything?? does it ease?

good thing is, i'm drinking for 3 now!

Get in touch with The National Childbirth Trust http://www.nct.org.uk/home. They have parenthood classes. Yes, it's middle-class and twee but there is some good info to be gleaned from the courses and, better than that, you meet other folk in the same situation and you realise you're not alone. However, nothing will prepare you for the moment when you walk out of the hospital with your wee bundle and you realise that it's your responsibility.

It will change your life but, in my opinion, for the better.

[Reading Saintee]

th1stleandr0se, on Jan 26 2009, 22:39, said:

Get in touch with The National Childbirth Trust http://www.nct.org.uk/home. They have parenthood classes. Yes, it's middle-class and twee but there is some good info to be gleaned from the courses and, better than that, you meet other folk in the same situation and you realise you're not alone. However, nothing will prepare you for the moment when you walk out of the hospital with your wee bundle and you realise that it's your responsibility.

It will change your life but, in my opinion, for the better.

banging, cheers for that. my mrs has mentioned classes before and there on a tuesday night, thats football training night!!

[Reina]

She'll be due about the same time as me! I'm almost 14 weeks now. I bought my husband a book - The Blokes Guide to Pregnancy... I'd recommend it, it's quite funny, but also pretty informative. Just remember that however nervous and paranoid you're feeling, your mrs will be feeling it 10 times worse! Enjoy!

[shedboy82]

Reading Saintee, on Jan 26 2009, 22:24, said:

My mrs is 13 weeks pregnant, had the scan, all is well. but i am a nervous wreck!
i have been reading the books and magazines to try and prepare myself, got the family car now too.

is it normal to be nervous about everything?? does it ease?

good thing is, i'm drinking for 3 now!

My missus is 23 weeks and it's been something of a rollercoaster. She had chronic sickness at about week 10, vomiting violently a dozen or so times a day for two weeks, which was quite unsettling, and we had an early scare as well, which wasn't nice.

But things are lot easier just now and we're both fairly relaxed - the 20 week scan showed the baby was perfectly healthy, and we're now feeling her kick and move a lot.

So to answer your question, yeah, it definitely eases, although tensions will no doubt rise again as the big day looms.

Best of luck.

[Rowan]

oddjob, on Jan 26 2009, 22:34, said:

When it get's to 8 months and 28 days, she'll really want a shag. I kid you not.

I never got to that stage

It's a stressful time. I never went to any parenthood classes, I asked a midwife and she said if you knwo how to change a nappy and not to kick the baby across the room there isn't much point going.

And I have one piece of advice for expectant mums.



Take the epidural

[Reading Saintee]

Reina, on Jan 26 2009, 22:44, said:

She'll be due about the same time as me! I'm almost 14 weeks now. I bought my husband a book - The Blokes Guide to Pregnancy... I'd recommend it, it's quite funny, but also pretty informative. Just remember that however nervous and paranoid you're feeling, your mrs will be feeling it 10 times worse! Enjoy!

i got that one, it is very good! when you due? we're 11 august

[Reina]

29th July! Have you had your first scan yet? It's amazing!

[Rowan]

Oh and see all these people who say......oohh it's your first you'll go late......they lie. Of PB'ers along and IIRC correctly, Ayrgirl, HCG and I have all gone early with our firsts!

[saints1884]

It doesn't matter how many books you read,no matter how many times your friends and family tell you about their pregnancy,it wont matter,because it's different for everyone. Just enjoy being parents.

[The Phoenix]

saints1884, on Jan 26 2009, 22:56, said:

It doesn't matter how many books you read,no matter how many times your friends and family tell you about their pregnancy,it wont matter,because it's different for everyone. Just enjoy being parents.

Hear! Hear!

Well said, that Lady.

[Reading Saintee]

Reina, on Jan 26 2009, 22:55, said:

29th July! Have you had your first scan yet? It's amazing!

yeah i did laugh at the scan, they couldnt see it on the belly ultrasound so probing was done, i was pissing myself when the wifee was lubing up the probe and my mrs was gettin changed, she didnt have a clue what was coming!

[th1stleandr0se]

C.J, on Jan 26 2009, 22:55, said:

Oh and see all these people who say......oohh it's your first you'll go late......they lie. Of PB'ers along and IIRC correctly, Ayrgirl, HCG and I have all gone early with our firsts!

I'm not a lady but my wife was so overdue with our first that we started living life normally again (or as normally as you can in that situation). A full two weeks overdue.

[saints1884]

th1stleandr0se, on Jan 26 2009, 23:09, said:

I'm not a lady but my wife was so overdue with our first that we started living life normally again (or as normally as you can in that situation). A full two weeks overdue.

It's hard for both of you when it gets to that stage,I was two weeks and three days overdue,and I just wanted the baby out as I couldn't sleep,and I couldn't go anywhere I wanted to go.

[county-mad]

Reading Saintee, on Jan 26 2009, 22:44, said:

banging, cheers for that. my mrs has mentioned classes before and there on a tuesday night, thats football training night!!

Least she knows her place

[Enigma]

C.J, on Jan 26 2009, 22:55, said:

Oh and see all these people who say......oohh it's your first you'll go late......they lie. Of PB'ers along and IIRC correctly, Ayrgirl, HCG and I have all gone early with our firsts!

I was my mum's first and was 5 days late, as was my sister.

[StewartyMac]

G_Man1985, on Jan 26 2009, 22:27, said:

My other half is only 6-7 weeks on and i have been nervous also, she has been also, feels sick every day. is no good

Aaah, it all makes sense now. A shotgun wedding, eh?

[John Barleycorn]

Reading Saintee, on Jan 26 2009, 22:24, said:

My mrs is 13 weeks pregnant, had the scan, all is well. but i am a nervous wreck!
i have been reading the books and magazines to try and prepare myself, got the family car now too.

is it normal to be nervous about everything?? does it ease?

good thing is, i'm drinking for 3 now!

Just remember that the books and mags only give advice, not hard and fast rules. The baby has not read the books so don't expect he/she to fit in with what they say.

As a father of four and granfather to eight, I've got a little experience made all the mistakes.

[CALDERON]

Enigma, on Jan 27 2009, 00:43, said:

I was my mum's first and was 5 days late, as was my sister.

I was 2 months early B)