What are you most excited about? 😍

Can I just say how fun (generally) it has been to see the change in the content of our posts this last week? Lots more posts about labor and delivery! It’s exciting to see us all going in that direction together!

Now to the question - we talk about what bothers us or what we’re scared of a lot, but -

What are you most excited about for the labor and delivery experience or the postpartum experience?

I’m excited to see what my body can do! I’m excited to see what I got wrong in my labor playlist. I’m excited to see meet my baby and see my husband as a dad.

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I’m excited too to hold baby in hands

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I'm so excited to be able to see my husband hold our baby. We have both wanted to be parents for so long, and of course I'm most excited to hold our son myself, but to see them together- that's my whole world.

I'm oddly excited for when labor actually starts lol- then we know there's a countdown to actually meet him! The anticipation is killing me and I got WAY too excited at just a braxton hicks the other day lol!

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I'm excited to finally be able to meet her and see her. Excited about seeing my husbands reaction to seeing her holding her, etc. I tear up just thinking about it 😅

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I’m excited to hold my son. I have a SD and my husband and I have a daughter together so I’m super excited that this one is a boy.
I’m also excited to see our daughter be a big sister and to see her reaction when she meets him. 💗💗💙

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I'm excited about my husband getting to meet our son. I feel like he's excited about it too, but also disconnected from the experience so far.

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I’m excited for newborn baby scrunches and that new baby smell!

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Excited for the hot dad walk out of the hospital with baby in his hands 😜😎😂♥️

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This is my second birth and I had an incredible birth with my daughter so I’m really excited to feel that empowered sacred moments again. I can’t wait to hold him. I can’t wait to see him. I can’t want to see my children meet for the first time, to nurse together for the first time. To cuddle together as a family 🤍

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I’m honestly excited for labor/delivery. I’m doing a home birth this time around and I cannot wait for the experience. I also can’t wait to see my 18 month old meet his new baby brother!

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i’m terrified of the pain and the possibility of death idk the closer i get im like holy shit what if i die?!?! and i really don’t wanna poop in the table.

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everyone poops, but they will tell you you didn't if you ask. Someone cleans it up so fast you'll never know. At least that's what I've heard.

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i know everyone tells me that!! 😭😂 but still it’s just a me thing like i can’t even pee in public bathrooms unless it’s empty and i run the water when using it at home. idk it’s just a thing for me

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I'm excited to see my baby, and see him with his dad and how he will be with him. I've bonded with my baby so much already I just want to see my partner finally feel him

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Im getting ready to hear that first cry I balled my eyes out with my first born❤️Also excited but anxious to see how my toddler reacts to seeing her baby sister 🥹as for the postpartum experience I’m ready to feel empowered this time because my postpartum before was so hard but I learned a lot from it

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I’m excited to see my son meet his baby sister 😍

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I’m excited to ride the waves and see myself through the unknowns of this beautiful experience. Like what will be my rhythm to navigate through. Also how my family will light up seeing his face

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