How far along did you start to think...

[teamrigby]

'oh shit this is really happening'??

At 30+2 now, with the non-stop kicking and being woken 2-3 every night, its hitting home that this baby will be coming soon!!

Practically I'm nearly ready - nursery is all set up, just need to get:

• car seat (OH claimed responsibility)
• pram (parents claimed responsibility)
• nursing bras (going to wait until the last few weeks)
• pack hospital bag (got everything but snacks)
• turn up at baby shower!

Its just the realisation that before Christmas I'll be a mum! :o

When my waters broke! Haha

It comes and goes for me.

Sometimes it will hit me that soon I will have a tiny baby to snuggle

And other times I get so caught up with pregnancy and going into labour that I sort of forget about the end product.

I didn't know I was born until ds was born. I lived relentlessly in My Own Little World.

so... when they put him on my chest. that's when I thought, "oh fuck, this is happening!"

I had it for the first time this week - 25+2. We had a bit of a breakthrough with the house renovation, started to see the light at the end of the tunnel and realised that the light is actually going to be a baby! Yikes.

i'm 30+3, have so far bought bump a bouncy chair, a snowsuit and 1 sleepsuit.
dh has bought more, he's really excited.
its not hit me yet. i'm still in complete denial over the whole having-another-baby thing. I figure i'll worry about it all when i go on maternity leave at 36weeks x

It usually only feels real for me when I pick up the tiny baby clothes we've bought for our daughter (due 6 weeks tomorrow). Then it feels overwhelming. How can I be responsible for something so little?

On the way home from hospital, sat in the back of the car sobbing, awash with hormones and absolutely astonished and terrified that they'd allowed us to leave with this tiny thing on our own. It was the worst journey of my life.

Things did get better. Eventually.

Teamrigby, I think I could have written your post today as well. I am 31+2 and everything suddenly seems to have caught up. All the things which individually, like tiredness, cramps, hunger, restless legs, are now accompanied with more tiredness and breathlessness...and all the hormones. I spent yesterday making mistakes at work and being convinced it was because I was pregnant - because everything else is! Saying it out loud made it worse, because when my husband asked what was so bad it was basically 'I made some mistakes and I felt really stupid.' Not exactly the end of the world but the thought of another month until I go on leave makes me groan. Thank God it's Friday.

And, of course, this is exactly the time when my brain has finally realised I'm having a baby and everything is about to change. I don't feel ready at all.