What I've learned from having a high risk pregnancy

Yes, it's true. This pregnancy is now considered high risk. Something I never expected to have to face, but I'm doing my best to navigate this completely new territory. In the process, I've learned a few things:

• When your doctor first says the phrase "high risk", a siren will sound in your head.
• You're going to go to the doctor A LOT. I will have seen a doctor every week this month by the end of Friday. 
• Those routine pregnancy tests you once worried about (ie the dreaded glucose test) will fall to the back burner of your mind.
• People will tell you to focus on taking care of yourself and the baby. This will feel weird. Really weird and slightly selfish at times.
• You'll quit your job in order to try to do this and you'll feel really conflicted about it.
• Some people will treat you like you're very fragile. Some people will act as if nothing about this pregnancy is different from a normal one. Whether or not either of these is intentional, I can't be sure.
• Having an MRI isn't as bad as you may have thought, but it's not something you'll want to do again. 
•  People will come out of the woodwork and continually amaze you with their support.
• There will be days when you're excited and feel everything will turn out beautifully. There will also be days when you're scared out of your mind.
• It will be a big challenge to decide who to tell what, if anything, about this journey. You'll want to talk, and yet at the same time, you'll want to be alone and distract yourself.
• You'll do everything in your power to make sure this little baby makes it into the world safely.