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anonybee0810: I think the best thing you can do is continue to live life as you do now. If you try to do things to help prepare him, or talk about babies incessantly, that will only increase his...
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I woukd do nothing. I was this person in my relationship and if my husband tried to prepare me it would have had the opposite effect. The only thing that helped was getting pregnant accidently before...
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anonybee0810: Honestly, I would just give him the time and not bring it up much. I can see where he’s coming from about wanting to be mentally prepared, but I don’t think you can make that happen for...
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lolot: No friends with little kids, unfortunately. We are both the oldest of our siblings and all our local friends are newlyweds, like us. Most of my highschool friends have kids but are just too...
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anonybee0810: I’ve been TTC since Feb 2013 and have one mc behind me And to be honest having a baby terrifies me. They’re hard work and the only way to know what to do is to have one. I know I will...
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I know what’s really helped my husband not be freaked by the idea of TTC is hanging out with our friends wth babies and toddlers. Do you guys have friends with little kids?
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I’ve been working on my husband. Once we set a timeline I made sure to remind him periodically how much time we had left. In the beginning he was like oh man “x” months? Then he’d do some heavy...
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Relat: Thanks so much. Rationally, I know you’re right and it’s something he needs to just process. Irrationally, I always want to help him but in this case, it’s hard to do that without just...
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anonybee0810: I would not suggest trying too hard to “prepare” him mentally. Some things just take time and if mentally that’s what he prepared for it may be best to go with the flow. Some people...
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My husband and I have decided to start TTC on our one-year anniversary, which is in October. I’ve felt emotionally ready to start trying for awhile now, and feel like we’ve accomplished a lot of the...
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