Worksheets in this episode

What Were We Thinking What We Thought But You Have a Healthy Baby Losses and Gains

What We Thought

During pregnancy we all think about what life with a new baby is going to be like. We cannot really know this until we live it. Please think back to before your baby was born and mark the words that describe how you thought it was going to be.

During the pregnancy, how did you imagine you would feel after the baby was born? I would feel...
Happy
Attractive
Healthy
Irritable and cranky
Strong
That breastfeeding is easy
That I would have lots of leisure time
Well supported
Defeated
Loving
The loss of my old life
Protective
Anxious
Glad
Grown up
Immediate love for the baby
That looking after the baby will be easy
Uncertain
Excited
Resentful
Lonely
That the house will be tidy
Constantly tired
Burdened by responsibility
Confident

Before you had the baby, how did you think your relationship with each other would be once the baby was born? We would be…
Helping each other
Arguing more
A lot closer to each other
Spending time with friends together
Critical of each other
As attractive to each other
Exasperated
Sharing the housework fairly
Understanding of each other
Loving each other more
Needing lots of reassurance
More dependent
Supportive of each other
Jealous of each other
Keeping our sense of humour
Happier together
Proud of our achievement together
Disappointed
Spending more time together
Resentful of the baby coming between us

Before you had the baby, how did you think a new baby would behave? I thought a new baby would …
Sleep a lot
Be easy to understand
Be content
Fit easily into our lives
Smile
Cry a lot
Recognise me
Interact with me
Be unpredictable
Feed easily
Be easy to care for
Be healthy
Always look beautiful
Be enjoyable
Be quiet
Be easy to comfort

Previous Worksheet

What Were We Thinking

Next Worksheet

But You Have a Healthy Baby

Worksheets in this episode

What We Thought

During the pregnancy, how did you imagine you would feel after the baby was born? I would feel...

Before you had the baby, how did you think your relationship with each other would be once the baby was born? We would be…

Before you had the baby, how did you think a new baby would behave? I thought a new baby would …