I have to tell someone. And I can't tell friends and family (except very close male friends). So I guess I'll tell you guys . My wife is pregnant - due February 11th. Can't tell people who actually know us personally - because my wife's family has a history of miscarriage. We don't want useless sympathy - no matter how well-intentioned it is. I'm very excited. It seems like everything is coming together all at once - we're becoming adults. We're having a baby (well, she is - I'm, like, ready to be a cheer-leader). I just graduated law school and will start my first professional job in August. My wife is a 2-L summer associate at a major Boston law firm. It feels like life has been - in a sense - a prelude up to now. So much is happening at once, that I'm overwhelmed. But I'm also delighted. I'm gonna be a daddy in 7.5 months. We've even picked out our names - Sebastian Alexander for a boy, Hannah Elise for a girl. I'm so ****ing excited. It's almost a physical struggle not to tell people whenever I talk to them. So, feel free to congratulate me, call child protective services in advance, or give me some much-needed advice.
That's the best way to read this! Congratulations! Enjoy it, as it's happening. Sounds like y'all are on the way to a good life, well lived.
That is wonderful news. This will be the most important thing you ever do. I have 4 great kids so I'm brimming with advice which I will shelve for now. Congratulations!
Congratulations, my advice though is to get lots of sleep now, because come next February sleep will not exist any longer
haven IS a place on earth. Congratulations! Hopefully you and your wife have the most wonderful time from here until then. You know, you can STILL enjoy intimacy right up until the day the little bundle of joy comes. YES, sex, freaker. A WHOLE LOT OF IT. Heck, it even helps her come dilatation time.
Congratulations - I'm very happy for you.... ... however... If I could recommend one thing.... keep your emotions in check until she's reached 12 weeks. Wait until that time before you allow yourself to get such strong emotional attachemnt to the baby. Wait til she's at 12 weeks before you start picking names, buying clothes/equipment, making announcements, etc.
