5 Things Every Couple Should Know Before Having a Baby

Being Pregnant


I know. I KNOW. You look at the sweet picture of the baby and you think I WANT THAT.

Your hormones are in overdrive screaming, fill my womb!

True that. BUT let's get real.

Just like marriage, where LOVE is involved so are fighting and arguing and finances. Having a baby isn't all rainbows and unicorns, people. So before you run out and start getting your unprotected humping on, here are 5 things couples should know before having a baby:

1. When people say that after having a baby you don't get sleep - you seriously don't get sleep! They are NOT kidding.

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2. The "help" you think you will get isn't guaranteed.

3. As much as Grandma wants a grand child, Grandma isn't paying for that baby.

4. Your date nights will turn into nights without kids in which you spend the whole evening talking about your kids.

5. After you have one kid, sex is never the same; you'll spend the next year in fear of another pregnancy.

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