How things turn out..

I'm wondering if you guys are realizing that certain things turned out completely different from how you expected them to be.

For example, I never imagined that I'd have a hard time breastfeeding. But we did and now I'm pumping, but I know it would have been easier to breastfeed.

Also I am finding myself using the pacifier more then I'd have liked to. I swore we wouldn't use one at all! But sometimes she just has a hard time falling esleep and it's the only thing that works. As soon as she's sleeping I pop it out.

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Yes!! Yes!! Yes!!

Never in a million years did I think I would have milk supply issues and have to supplement and pump a billion times a day.

I am sure there will be other things along the way. I am learning that motherhood is unpredictable.

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It doesn't mean that I'm not loving every minute of it .... it's just crazy how things work out c ompletely differently then the idea that you work up in your mind for 40 weeks!!

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YES!! Absolutely!!

While I was PG I was convinced that the first 3 months of having my baby home would be the WORST of my life. For some reason, I could only focus on the negative. I thought I would have a screaming, helpless infant who never slept and always needed to eat but could never tell me what was wrong, and all the while I would not have clue what to do. I thought for sure that I would be miserable until he got older and became more "fun". This was just my idea of newborns. I had no idea what I was headed for and all I could think to do was prepare for the worst.

Well... as it turns out, so many things came naturally, much to my surprise and it was actually the best three months of my life being home with my son. And yes, everyone told me that my maternal instinct would kick in but I just never quite "got it" until they actually did. BUT I still think we were blessed with a good baby (which is why I'm scared to death to ever go for a #2).