How you felt when you was the first time pregnant?

Excited. Pregnancy was great, yes got some sickness and cramps but I got lots of rest. It is not how you feel about 1st time pregnant. Pregnancy is 40 weeks only, taking care of a child is for a lifetime. Prepare well mentally and start planning on your support system on journey after labour: 1. Unless you get someone to help you at night/other times of the day, you will not get a full stretch of sleep, at most a few of 1 or 2 hours at a time sleep. Sleep when the baby sleeps is not so easy when you have other house chores to do. 2. Breastfeeding/ formula/ mixed. You will be judged if your option is not full breastfeeding, even if the reason is milk supply is low and you just top up with formula. Working mums will struggle with finding time/place to pump after returning from maternity leave. Your milk supply may even drop. 3. Babies can be crying machines, especially if they have colic/ fall sick. You may have done everything right but the crying just won't stop - give milk, change diapers, massage tummy, do bicycle exercise, rock them. This sounds like nothing now, but try this when you had a few 1 hour sleep in a day (no 1 full stretch of sleep ever). Sometimes you end up crying with the baby. 4. Babies need you all the time. Hard to even find time to eat/ go toilet and shower. They can wake up anytime from their sleep. Dont think you can go eat/shower in peace just because the baby just fell asleep. I admit I was not prepared mentally and did not get enough support on raising a baby. I advise you to prepare well. Yes, hugging/ seeing your baby makes you feel better, but you are still dead tired inside.