1.
You start to clear your calendar weeks before your friend's due date, so you're not stuck somewhere when the baby comes.
2.
Every day you find a new excuse to text your friend, even though you both know you're just after baby updates.
3.
You become very aware of the date.
4.
And you start to make predictions that are based on literally nothing.
5.
You can't help but talk about the baby to anyone who will listen.
6.
You have already mentally planned the first photo you'll get with the baby.
7.
You start taking note of everyone else in your life who's having babies, so you can predict who your friend's baby will be baby-friends with.
8.
Every time your phone buzzes you let out a tiny scream.
9.
You've searched "average labour time" more than once, so you know how to plan the day when it finally arrives.
10.
You start smiling at stranger babies on the street.
11.
And when you see your friend, you always talk to the baby.
12.
After some time, you begin to think that perhaps the baby is never coming.
13.
But once you remind yourself that it's literally got to be born eventually, you go back to waking up the same way every morning.
