When does it sink in?

[Worriedandabitscared]

Hi all,

I've been booked in for a c section on the 26th of this month so I know my baby boy will be with us within the next 3ish weeks but it's just not sinking in, I don't know if I'm in denial or what but I literally cannot get my head around it, I seem to be actively ignoring it to be fair - I've half packed our hospital bag and that's it. I just can't picture it and I don't know if this is normal or an indication that I'm already going to be a bad parent - it's just my brain doesn't seem to want to acknowledge it like I KNOW he'll be here but I can't imagine it - did anyone else feel this way?

No, I could wait

Absolutely! It's really hard to fathom that there's a little person inside you. When mine was born I couldn't believe she'd been in my belly the whole time.

I always found it hard to connect the fact of being pregnant with the reality of a baby! Don’t worry - I think it’s hard to truly anticipate the reality. My baby is now 5 weeks old and I love him ferociously (but I still struggle to accept that he was inside me!).

I still don't really connect being pregnant with the small person in front of me. I barely remember being pregnant now even though it felt like about nine years at the time!

I was the same. I think my hatred of being pregnant overshadowed the reality that there would be a baby at the end of it. Even when I was in labour.. I was more focused on the pain than concentrating on the end goal.. it was almost a shock when a real life baby came out that I had to then take care of 😂

Totally normal. I think it sinks in a few says after they are born, the first couple of days are completely surreal, especially until you come home from hospital. I found my c section birth more surreal than my vaginal one - the contractions and everything kind of gear you up, whereas with the c section it’s a “cold start” so to speak.

My little one was about 6 weeks old when it finally sunk in!
I planned on take maternity leave from 39 weeks giving myself a week to get my head around it all..... She arrived at 38+6.