[sokoloff]

If this is your first kid, I can recall the intense mix of happiness and “oh shit, the game just changed!” feelings when we were expecting our first. That seems totally normal/expected based on my experience.

I can’t give specific advice, but can say that, for me, getting started on some mildly unpleasant task is far more challenging than the reality of completing it. I can spend hours dreading a five minute task. Knowing that rationally and calling myself out on my own bullshit works for me (a lot, but not all, of the time).

Good luck.