Anyone still having doubts?

[Cheekychops84]

I'm 32 weeks today with number 3 and although I'm now looking forward to it I sometimes get this deep worry thinking oh no I've got to give birth again ( v painful) :( and b all hormonal and stressed etc I thought by now this would have all sunk in ?

I remember being pregnant with number 3 and thinking 'what the hell am I doing' - I've got to cope with 2 very lively boys and a newborn baby. I think it can be more worrying 2nd and 3rd time round because you know more about what can happen. However I have become so much more chilled since having number 3. I was very lucky and he was a fairly easy baby - unlike number 2 and 3. Any problems with pregnancy, birth, the early days only last for such a short time and as you know the phrase 'it is all a phase' is so true.

So don't worry about worrying it is a good thing as it helps to get you prepared. I love having 3 so hope all goes well for you.

I am 28weeks pg with DC3 and am wooried about the early days, particularly if I end up having a c-section again.

The thought of coping with a newborn plus a 2 and 4yo fills me with dread.

I did feel this way when I was pregnant with DD2, and it was all much easier than I thought it would be, so hopefully it will be the same again.

I'm 33 weeks with DC3 ad have been very worried since start of pregnancy. It was not planned and I could not accept it for many months after I found out (three months into the pregnancy). I'm 40 and desperate to return to work and things were beginning to happen (interviews etc). Now I just feel that is another two years or more out of my life. I hate being a SAHM and have never embraced it. The thought of coping with a 7 and 3 yr old and newborn and no family around me and DH working all hours send me into a depression. I'm also much more scared about giving birth this time even though my last birth was incredibly easy (25 min labour DS born in sitting room with just mum and DD in house! I keep remembering the brilliant career I had and sometimes I am extremely tearful. The pregnancy is much worse that the other pregnancies too which doesn't help. My legs look like that of an 80 yrs old so many varicose veins have come out and on my vulva too which is hideous and never happened for the previous pregnancies. I try to remain upbeat but sometimes I feel so down.

Oh gosh me too! I worked evenings so didn't see my 6 and 4 yo much so was just starting to take on more daytime hours now bam pregnant again :/ I dnt spend enough quality time with my older two now I'm worried how they will cope as well as myself! I too want to be in a nice 9-5 job and come home to happy kids but looks like I will have to wait another 2 years aswell and at a financial squeeze :(

I am so worried about the birth and also despite my 2nd being quite relaxed only gas and air I didn't want anything else. But I think maybe it's just natral as labour is so unpredictable as it is we just don't know how this one is going to go! Plus it's a summer baby again and for some reason my hosp is always packed between jul/sig so hoping they have bloody room!

I'm also worried about no. 3. My other two will be nearly 5 and 7, I'm due in October and am 40.
Although I was initailly a bit stressed about it all, I'm really happy now that I'm having this baby but am wondering how I'll cope.
With ds1 and 2, if I'd had a rough night, I could just mooch around the house in my pjs and veg out on the sofa but this time I'll have to get up and do the school run regardless.
I am also terrifies of the birth. I had a horrible experience both times but ds2 was worse and resulted in an emergency c-section. I'm going for an elective this time and am dreading it all.
The baby is due in Oct and I hate winter as it is.
I'm sure I'll manage like most people but I am worried.
I also have to keep reminding myself to look beyond that and look forward to meeting my new baby

Im pregnant with my third too. I have 5 weeks left, it cant come quick enough i have been so ill this entire pregnancy and its really taken it toll :( Constant illness, and incredible stress have wrecked me, i am exhausted. My usually pretty damn great relationship with dh is on its knees, i dont think he truly realises how close i am to jacking it all in.

I had just started to get my life back on track after 4 years of losing the plot with bipolar. I had spent four years in the house as a crap SAHM utterly miserable and going round the bend. Finally started back at college last september. This pregnancy, (that we were told was an impossibility) has meant no medication and i honestly dont know whats real anymore :(

At the same time, i am so excited to be having one last baby, I cant wait to meet him, i have everything ready and i love him so much already...

(... and my god i miss smoking so much it hurts! )

Yes, my DD is only 18 months. This is my third pregnancy - my DD1 died.

I am 41 years old - pregnancy a bit unexpected (now 16 weeks). I had just got back into work and now am going to have to request maternity leave again. But above all I'm not the most "maternal" type and wonder how the hell I will cope with a baby and a toddler. Also was very sick up to 14 weeks and feel weak and also very big already.

Uggh! Hope I feel more positive later on, but I am in denial about the baby at the moment. I know how lucky I am at my age, but still feel very very worried. It will be expensive but am thinking of hiring a nanny / mother's help for the first few months so I can get a bit of time to myself occasionally and hopefully keep my sanity!