Maybe for the first six months. Then there's a lull. Then when the baby is imminent you rev up again.

I was obsessed at first too. In fact, I was pretty sure I was pregnant but had a huge work meeting later that week. I waited until after the meeting to test because I knew that is all I'd be able to think about. For me it faded a bit after seeing the heartbeat (8 weeks), and now it comes and goes-- but usually I'm able to focus and be very productive when I have to be.

Good luck and congrats! Indulge yourself for a few days, and then try to carve out time to do your reading and research. It will get easier as the idea of it all sinks in.

Yeah. First time I was obsessed. This time, not so much. I did learn a lot though, and I'm a researcher and planner by nature, but it was helpful to me to feel informed. Pick and choose what you read. Make sure it's something that will actually be of use.

Anonymous wrote:Well, actually having the baby is going to consume you for the next 18 years. I would read and think less about the pregnancy part (you will likely emerge just fine, with an infant), and more about being with a baby, a toddler, etc. Hang out with other kids, learn about financial issues, etc. All that stuff is way more useful.

I agree with this. Time is much better spent learning a bit about actually having a baby, toddler, etc! Pg is a non-issue by comparison.

Well for me, I read pregnancy stuff for about a week , then proceeded to vomit for three months ... Really you do get busy with other things .

Yes, if you let it. There's an unlimited amount of stuff that you can read. Almost none of it is actually helpful.

Limit yourself to one book. That really helped me limit my obsessiveness. Nine months is a long time, you'll get sick of reading and talking about it pretty quickly.

Well, actually having the baby is going to consume you for the next 18 years. I would read and think less about the pregnancy part (you will likely emerge just fine, with an infant), and more about being with a baby, a toddler, etc. Hang out with other kids, learn about financial issues, etc. All that stuff is way more useful.

If its your first, probably.

Well, who do you think watches A Baby Story? And Bringing Home Multiples? And all those other shows? It's first time moms who are consumed by baby. I certainly watched a lot of them during my first pregnancy.

Anonymous wrote:It comes and goes. Find one book and one good pregnancy app and stuck to those. Enjoy your pregnancy.

+1 - I was like this a little bit with my first and find the old adage to be true: a watched pot never boils. (Well, we know all pots eventually boil and all babies eventually come...but...) anyway, my first pregnancy took a million years. My second, geez, I feel like I just took the test and here I am 35 weeks.

It comes and goes. Find one book and one good pregnancy app and stuck to those. Enjoy your pregnancy.

Yes and no. I get bored of it pretty quickly. Made it 1/2 way through the mayo clinic book then stopped around the week 20 chapter because it seemed so far away. I never picked it up again even though now I am 22 weeks!

I google stuff if something seems like an issue and pay attention more now to things about pregnancy when I come across it but the novelty has worn off. Actually, when my nausea started around 7-8 weeks the novelty wore off pretty quickly.

normal for some people. Normal for some women who just got engaged to do nothing but wedding stuff, too.

There are worse things that reading up a lot - it might help to have a notebook/journal of questions to ask your OB or friends who have given birth.

That said, the worse thing? talking about it to everyone around you nonstop.

I have not been able to do anything except read pregnancy-related/baby stuff since we found out we were pregnant- 2 days ago. Is this pretty much my life for the next 8 or so months? I am not complaining- just inquiring if this is normal. P.s. We were not planning to have a baby, just happened.