And just like that, the spaciousness I felt I had with this pregnancy has turned to scarcity and urgency.
When we found out in October that we were expecting in July, it felt like we had endless time to prepare. In fact, I looked to pace myself, to not get too ahead of making lists and stockpiling baby things and thinking about freezer meals.
Now, with less than 10 weeks until our due date…I’m looking at the limited free time we do have and suddenly it all feels not enough.
Everything feels just so half-baked. Our birth plan, preparing for breastfeeding, thinking about postpartum. The pregnancy brain fog isn’t helping. All around me are half-baked things: books half-read, projects half-done, content half-written.
I’m not sure if the feelings I’m having today are fleeting or just settling in for the long term. But I am feeling the pressure. And it’s time to start finishing these half-baked things for our 3/4ths-baked baby.