Are you close to the end of your pregnancy? By the end of a pregnancy, most women are so ready to have their babies. Towards your due date, you are probably feeling huge and uncomfortable. You are getting anxious and may be looking forward to your pregnancy being over and meeting the little person you have been carrying around for nine months face to face. However, if you are actively making an adoption plan, you may be dreading the end of your pregnancy at the same time.

I honestly was dreading the end of my pregnancy with Charlie. I was filled with mixed emotions of dread and anticipation. I knew the end of my pregnancy would bring about the time for me to hand him over to his adoptive parents, one of the hardest things I have ever had to do and something I certainly did not look forward to. At the same time, I was ready to meet him and see if he resembled me. But I think I dreaded the end more than anything.

Charlie ended up coming four weeks early. I remember feeling “jipped” because I didn’t get my whole time. I was supposed to have had the whole nine months! A few days after he was born, I can remember touching my empty stomach and thinking that he should still be in there.

At times, I think I was so busy dreading and preparing for the end that I wasn’t enjoying the pregnancy like I should have been. I do regret that now. You never know if this could be your last pregnancy or not. I certainly didn’t think so, but you just never know what the future may hold so enjoy your pregnancy and enjoy and savor those last moments in which you are carrying your child underneath your heart.

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