Is everyone this emotional towards the end??

[adgal]

Ok, so I am an absolute mess today.  I am smiling one second and bawling my eyes out the next.  I am so happy I am getting close to meeting this baby, but so scared all at the same time.  It just took so much to get here and seemed to take so long.  Now it's almost here and I am just a huge ball of conflicting emotions.  I don't know how to put it into words.  I am not even nervous about the labor as all I can think about is that it means I finally get to hold him.  I don't even know what I am trying to say.....I just can't seem to stop crying today...over nothing!!  Anyway, is this normal, or should I be checking myself in somewhere?  Thanks for listening, it always feels good to get it out.  

[dainsey]

I'm right there with you!  Like you, I went thru a lot to have my two girls...Six pregnancies total with two children.  I'm so darn happy and excited to have my daughters here with me yet I was very emotional at the end too...I would cry at every doctors visit.  My OB prob thinks I'm nuts.  I can't wait to hear about your delivery and see pictures!!!

[blueeyedtabbycat]

I am 4 months PP and I am still an emotional wreck! I still feel pregnant with all the raging hormones, lol. It will get better and as soon as you hold your little man the past years of pain will all melt away! I promise you will shed some more tears but in the end you will be known as a mom. We never stop worring, never.
Hugs,
Tabitha

[prevatt77]

Amanda,

As you know, you and I went through almost the same thing (5 miscarriages isn't easy for anyone).  I felt the same exact way, I would cry over stupid stuff and I would worry and stress hoping that he would be okay and healthy.  Now I worry about him busting his mouth as he is trying to walk, when he thinks he can run already.  It's so funny.  What you're feeling is all normal.  You know you can call me if you need to talk.

[pertykitty]

its perfectly normal!  you are going to be a spectacular mom!! he is so lucky to have the parents he has.  wait till he is born, you will sit and cry as you look at him sleep and wonder how you ever lived without this little angel!  im so excited for you.  i get on everyday looking to see if you are out the door to the hosp!!! just a few weeks left to go.  

[adgal]

Thanks everyone.  I am feeling better this evening.  It was like all the worry and stress and emotions of the last two years came to a big head today and I just lost it for a bit.  Hearing that others are experiencing similar emotions always helps.  I wasn't really sad or depressed, just experiencing all sorts of crazy feelings.  Anyway, thanks for listening and the reassurance.  I truly appreciate it.  XOXO

[wanting4#1]

Oh, my...Amanda, we could be one-in-the-same, I SWEAR!!  I had some crying jags over the holidays that literally left me gasping...some of it over crazy stuff!  And I am in complete chaos between excitement to see my L'il Monkey, panic that I'm not prepared and fear that it's going to hurt like h-e-double toothpicks!!

I wasn't this emotional in the first trimester...it's crazy!! Oh, and my feelings get hurt SOOOOOO easily that I feel like I shouldn't be in the same room with another human being!!!!

If this isn't a part of the pregnancy, then I'm in big trouble, so I am going with the 'normal' theory ;)

Hugs, darlin' ;)

[mommyin10]

You're so not alone! ;) I'm so calm & rational, even through my pregnancy & all the hurdles, but lately whenever I hear one more something I have to deal with, I cry like a baby ;( Once I get it out, I'm ok, but poor dh! He never sees me like that, so he gets worried. So, as I'm crying, I'm telling him I'm ok! :) Hang in there!!! You're so close to meeting your little guy :)

[rubyinparadise]

I totally agree with the others. I never thought I would even be married, much less expecting a child with a man that I adore. Sometimes it is almost too much to believe. Some mornings I just lie there watching DH sleep, and feeling the baby kick, and I just can't believe that this is my life. All it takes to send me over the edge these days is to see a newborn or a birth in progress on TV or in a film, and I completely lose it. I'm just so happy I don't know what to do with myself. At six months, there are also little fears about labor starting to kick in, so yeah-- intense, mixed emotions for sure.

[maybebaby29]

Girl, you went through a LOT to have your son. Of course you're going to be emotional and the hormones dont' help. I went through the same thing. You are going to be fine. He will be fine and you'll be so happy that words can't describe it. I wish you and yours happiness and health!!!

[adgal]

Pam, I too am pretty emotional at the best of times.  I don't know, maybe hormones have gone into overdrive today.  Poor Warren, it's his birthday and he is coming home to a mess of a wife..lol.

[adgal]

Victoria, you said it perfectly.  I couldn't find the right words to explain, but you said exactly what I was trying to.  I just still have a hard time believing it as well.  Thank you.

[PamelaBee]

I was the same way, and although I am pretty much of an emotional person to start with, the raging hormones only magnified everything!  Counting down the days!!!

[Victoria01]

Aww, hun, it's completely normal. When I was nearing the end with my first I just couldn't seem to control my emotions at all. You're excited, scared, freaked out, sad, happy, all bunched up mixing together. It took me five years to conceive my first, and I know as the time got closer to delivery I was happy, of course, but also kind of sad to the point that a certain journey in my life was over. I knew that a new one would begin, a better one, but it's almost like letting go, if that makes sense. You finally are getting what you have always wanted, and that can be kind of scary, especially if you never thought you would. The last few weeks are a whirlwind of emotions leading up to the most important thing...holding that beautiful baby. You're almost there!