If you ever want to have a bigger conversation about this stuff, let me know! I’m a firm believer in the concept that pregnancy and parenthood can be far less of (or nothing of) the emergency people expect, yet simultaneously, more of a chronic stressor than many people expect. The more we go into it prepared for what many people experience, the more informed our consent is, and the less likely we are later to feel like this is more than we bargained for and we want out. I’d far rather have someone’s reaction be, “Oh, right, I knew this would likely happen, looks like it’s here now, let’s deal with it,” as versus, “Holy shit, what fresh hell is this? How do I cope with this new fuckery?”