Is This Baby Going To Change Our Relationship?

Hang on.

Freaking congratulations.

Really exciting times.

First babies, ah, like there's just nothing like the anticipation, the excitement, the joy of having your first baby.

And I just, I'm just so excited for you both.

That feeling that you described, that is the feeling that so many people who have had kids have.

want to bottle because it's very obviously unique to that experience but it's just so special and and it's impossible to try and imagine what this new era that your little family is going to look like and I really related to your description of just each night wondering what was going to happen what it's going to be I felt so similarly in my pregnancy with Rue and And it's because you've created this little thing together.

It's half of them.

It's half of you, which in itself is incredible, amazing, a miracle.

But you're also experiencing this for the first time together.

Yeah.

And I think there's just something so special about it.

And then there's this other aspect of like your person doting on you while you're carrying your baby.

Yeah.

And I think there's just like this beautiful love that that person has for you and the baby that you're carrying and you just feel so loved.

It's like a honeymoon stage.

Totally.

But then to add on to that, it's all the external love and joy and excitement and glee that's floating around you.

Like everyone is.

is just so excited for you.

They want to reminisce about having their first baby and the lead up to it and talking about how it's like the most exciting time of your lives.

You are literally in this huge love bubble.

I don't blame you for feeling a little bit of grief knowing that this is all about to change and that like the life that you've created together and the dynamic of that life is going to change.

It's the end of your relationship, pre-parenthood, and I think it's natural to have a little bit of sadness there.

I think often sadness can also be like a form of nervousness.