I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have been going through a rollercoaster of emotions with my first pregnancy. Don’t get me wrong, I am so excited and grateful to be pregnant! In fact, I was already reading parenting books before I saw that
“positive” on the test. But now that the time is here and motherhood is nearing, it’s like I just don’t want to think about it at all. I guess the responsibility of it all just scares me to death! I mean, me, being in charge of a miniature person. It seems so weird. And my whole life will change: less sleep, less “me activities,” less dates with my husband, etc. Do I sound selfish yet? I know we will find so much joy in this new step in our lives, but I am scared. Okay, I said it. But why don’t I start preparing in overdrive? Am I just coasting through this pregnancy because I know it will be the last time I’ll be able to relax? Who knows. I guess I need to just take everything one thing at a time. Yes, I should prepare–I mean, this is only the most important thing I’ll ever do. But I also know that there are just some things I will have to learn as I go along. I have to trust myself and the decisions I make for our baby. Luckily, I have a wonderful husband who will be a support to me and has every confidence in my abilities, even more than I do in my own.

Rhiannon owns and operates a website that retails baby sling carrier.