Need help to feel excited about baby - due in 5 weeks

[MysteryCat]

I'm 35 weeks with DC1 and am finding it hard to feel excited about the thought of having a newborn baby to care for. A few weeks ago I felt more positive but as the time ticks down towards my due date I'm feeling more and more apprehensive (not about the birth - just about caring for the baby). I really want to feel excited about becoming a new mum and just wondered if anyone else had experienced similar feelings - or had any advice about how to focus on the positive aspects of newborns? Thanks!

bless you. honestly i was just really excited for the whole time. what is it exactly that is worrying you the most? e.g. feeding, the 'sleepless' nights etc? i say the best thing to do is focus on all the lovely cuddles and all the milestones you will witness like baby's first smile/laugh. when they roll over or sit up for the first time. all those lovely things will melt your heart and when you have given birth and you are holding your little bundle of joy you will get such a rush of live for that baby i'm sure you won't think twice of anything that is worrying you :) if you are really worried hun then maybe have a word with your midwife just incase it is the beginning of depression but i reckon you are just a little apprehensive because it is your first baby :) you will be fine :) good luck with the birth xxx

rush of love not live lol x

I don't think I felt very excited. I felt very un-excited most of the time and would suddenly feel very overwhelmed/excited from time to time. I wouldn't say I worried about it but occasionally I felt like a bad person, I couldn't get excited about closing a name and although DH & i came up with a selection he was the one to chose in the end. I loved Dd the moment she was born and never looked back. I think everyone must have very different feelings,it's a massive thing to happen, try not to analyse it.

Go to Mothercare or any other major baby hangout and watch the babies being pushed around by their mums, then imagine that's you. Pick out a lovely outfit/cute but expensive babygro/hat. Avoid the section with maternity pads and other scary stuff. Go to the book section and read through some of the story books - your baby will need a bedtime story, so pick out a nice one and imagine reading it to your baby. Pick out a little soft toy that you can put in the crib with them when they are in hospital. My 3 year old has a little tiger and he loves looking at baby photos of himself and Tiger in hospital when it was nearly as big as him. He still sleeps with it now.
And if you're like me, try not to blub