New Mom Has Unexpected Take on ‘Just Wait’ Comments—and It’s Eye-Opening

Pregnant women often hear “just wait” from other moms as they prepare for the baby’s arrival.

The phrase, which serves as a warning to moms-to-be, is meant to prepare them for the worst. If you’re tired now, “just wait” until the baby’s here. If you’re stressed now, “just wait” for the toddler tantrums.

But new mom Alexandra Dawson (@_alexandradawson) shared a different perspective on the “just wait” comments.

In a reel on Instagram, Dawson writes: If you’re pregnant now, just wait until you get to hold your baby in your arms. Just wait until you wake up to their sweet face every morning. Just wait until they start smiling when they see you. Just wait until you know what it’s like to be somebody’s safe space.

Dawson, from Boston, Massachusetts, told Newsweek that she wanted to bring some much-needed positivity to the conversation around motherhood.

“Everyone will tell you ‘just wait’ in a negative way, trying to scare you about motherhood but I’m three months postpartum and I have loved every second,” Dawson said. “I want every pregnant woman to know that motherhood [and] postpartum doesn’t have to be so scary.”

Pregnancy and welcoming a baby into the world should be a time of joy, not one of fear, the 29-year-old explained.

“I wish that everyone would let pregnant women sit in the excitement rather than trying to fill them with fear about what they’re in for once the baby gets here.”

Dawson acknowledged that there will be hard moments along the way.

“Yes, you will have sleepless nights and days where they won’t stop crying for no apparent reason and moments where it all feels like just too much,” she wrote in her caption.

But she also reassures moms to be that the journey makes it all worthwhile.

“For all of the negative ‘what ifs,’ there are also positives. Just wait until you hold your baby in your arms. Just wait until they smile at you. Just wait until you have a mini you to tag along everywhere,” she told Newsweek.

Dawson’s reel has clocked up 142,000 views, and she was pleased to report that it received a positive reaction online.

“Due in March and your videos have had such a positive impact on my mindset going into this experience,” one user wrote.

“Thank you, I’m due in May and so tired of all the negativity,” another said.

“More of this content and less fear-mongering,” a third user urged.

Dawson told Newsweek that she wanted to show pregnant women that even though motherhood can be hard sometimes, that doesn’t mean it’s bad.

“You will have hard moments of course,” she said, “but the little moments of cuddles with your baby or the way they smile at you when they wake up in the mornings are the moments that make it all worth it despite the hard parts.”