Any advice of things I should do BEFORE becoming a mom.
Anything before that I can't do later? Thanks.
2007-11-19 16:49:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I definitely love my freedom and had difficulty adjusting to having no time to myself. Seriously---I truly sacrificed to make sure my kids had what they needed---time with a loving parent.
I sold my sports car and condo at the beach and bought a two-story house with a sandbox in back and lawn for exploring and bug-catching, and settled down into mommyhood. Most of my friendships with single girlfriends died. The loss was painful.
I made the best decision, and I do not regret a thing.
Parenthood made me much more selfless and patient, two attributes that are essential to great parenting.
2007-11-19 17:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before becoming a mom, make sure you are grown up. I ain't talking about age, I'm talking about your mind. A person can be 30 or 40 years old and still not be grown up enough to raise a child.
Aside from that, get healthy. The no smoking, no drinking, no drugs stuff ain't hype..it's a fact. Same goes for eating habits. Take some pre-natal vitamins, or just vitamins period. Get that body in a healthy, baby carrying mode. Prepare yourself for the changes you know you'll have and get ready for the ones that'll suprise ya.
During pregnancy, don't starve yourself because you don't want to be fat. If that's in your head, don't get pregnant. You deprive yourself of food, you deprive the child. Don't wear tight pants. Try not to stress out.
Good luck.
2007-11-19 17:08:08 · answer #2 · answered by unclewill67 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daisy, my dear. This is not a decision to make lightly. Your entire life as you know it will be over once you decide to have children. This is not to say your new life will not be wonderful, just completely different.
Things I suggest you do before you become a Mom... Travel, travel, travel. If you like to work a lot, then work. And spend time with your childless friends, because it is harder to hang out with them and go to the places that childless people go (nice restaurants, the theater, etc...) I found that getting that stuff out of my system (traveling, partying, moving up at work) before I had my children was important.
I waited until I was 30 to start a family. Life has changed tremendously with children, but I wouldn't change a thing. The only thing you can't do later is put anything in your life before your children.
2007-11-19 17:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by sugar321pie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fulfill the dreams you have for yourself. Finish college if that's what you wanted, be content with yourself, and make sure that your marriage is secure. A baby can make a great marriage greater, and it can destroy a marriage that was built on a less than solid foundation. Make sure you've traveled a little bit and seen the world outside your hometown because it may be a while before you can just get up and go. Once the children come they will be everything to you and will take everything you've got. Just be sure that you're ready to accept that, and enjoy it! :)
2007-11-19 17:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by Marina 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a good education and have a good way to make a living.
If the marriage falls apart, you don't want to be stuck on welfare and trying to collect child support from a deadbeat dad. I have too many friends who married either right out of high school and it was tough going because they didn't develop marketable job skills.
You can have healthy kids into your 30s.
2007-11-19 18:17:24 · answer #5 · answered by revsuzanne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have time to yourself and do things you want to do. I had my first baby at 17 and thought it would be easy to go back to school. I forgot the tiny detail of having to work to support her and that I needed a babysitter, which can be very hard! Go out have fun.
2007-11-20 02:29:54 · answer #6 · answered by mommyoftwo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have some time to yourself
buy your baby supplies
read up on caring for a baby
attend prenatal classes and take breathing exercises
find out about hospitals etc
plan what to do when you are having contractions (pack a hospital bag, plan who to ring, who will drive you, what route to take)
2007-11-19 17:00:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! Definately!
Choose the father very, very carefully!
Screw that one up, and there's no turning back.
2007-11-19 17:13:47 · answer #8 · answered by No More 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something you can do BEFORE that you can't do later:
Have time to yourself....
2007-11-19 16:55:32 · answer #9 · answered by tskelton155 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Invest in a big bottle of tylenol. trust me you will need it.
2007-11-19 17:09:10 · answer #10 · answered by mommyt06 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋