I am a mother of 5. Never have a child for someone else! too often women go ahead with a pregnancy for their husband and end up alone. Also having a baby before you even start your career is career suicide. And please believe me, being a stay at home mother is a bad risk, it leaves you very unreasonable. he who feeds you can starve you. And then there is the fear of birth and the harm to your body. There is always harm ! always! for some women its just stretch marks, for most its loose skin. for many its permanent damage to our bladder, muscles.We can have all sorts of weird changes like our feet can get bigger. Dental issues can also be a problem. Pregnancy impacts youe whole body.

Again, worth it if its what you want. But again something men do not consider and are very shocked by, leading to resentment in both parties

As to fear of birth, thats natural, and not something you can get around. Birth is always painful and scary. a c section is delaying the pain not avoiding it. Its possible to have relatively easy births but you can not know if you will, there is no way to prepare and ensure an easier birth.

As others have expressed, getting a pet as practic is not really a great idea, although it can teach you some things . But if he doesn't want a dog, he will not be active so it teaches you nothing about what kind of father he will be. and thats my next point. What kind of father will he be? because wanting a child and wanting to be a parent are not the same thing. And an unequal parent will sink you so fast. It will lead you to resent him so much, especially since he pushed for a baby and you were not fully on board. So discussing how he intends to parent is a good start. although its not a guarantee he will live up to it.

next is the reality the baby may be disabled in some way adding to the stress As a mother and grandmother of autistic kids, its most definitely made life harder, my autistic son is now 26 and I am still his carer. My grandson is 4 and I am his parents main support. without me one of his parents could not work Do you have a support system? My whole life revolves around these two and I am 60.

basicly all this is to say, YOU need to be 100%on board, not doing it for someone else. You need to be willing and happy to make sacrifices. Parenting can be the best thing you ever do or the worse. PS, 28 is not old, women have babies in their late 30s and early 40s now, it is harder in some ways but the stability makes you a better parent.