Starting to worry I might not be ready

[katie23913]

I'm 26 weeks and just settled on my leaving date for maternity leave at work which is only 11 weeks away. All of a sudden I have this massive daunting feeling that it's all happening really fast and I have barley started on the baby room at all.

I felt like it was ages away before and now I'm getting a bit scared that I'm going to have a baby to look after. Does anybody else have this feeling? It's my first baby and I know when the time comes I will have everything ready but it's sort of hit me like a brick wall that I'm going to be someone's mum. Does it sound silly? I'm 30 years old so it's not like I'm a teenager that got pregnant by mistake, he was very much planned.

I wouldn’t worry about having everything ready ASAP. Trust me, you’ll get bored once you’re on mat leave so it’s better to leave a few things for you to do at the end.

If it makes you feel any better, I’m moving in a week and I’ll be 36 weeks by then. I’ll be 36 weeks and sorting the whole house- baby room will be last because baby can sleep in our room first. Seriously, don’t worry you have plenty of time and you know you’re ready as you’ve planned and wanted this. It’s normal to get cold feet, I’m sure you’ll be a great mum :)

I couldn't imagine moving house and being pregnant. It's strange that when you start trying for a baby you don't think how life changing it will be until it's almost time for them to arrive.

It's scary now it's getting close but I am looking forward to getting my body back too.

If it makes you feel any better I felt like this with all three of mine. Notably newborn dd3 - I panicked from about 35 weeks until she was born.

Now she's here I still have "so much to do". Realistically it's just life. You're going to have plenty of time to get things done before LO comes, especially if it's your first.

You've got aaaaages don't worry.

I'm 32 weeks and I've got ages. The baby hasn't even got a room right now.

I'm 27 weeks now and we are wallpapering this weekend. However with most other things, I am just thinking that we have Amazon Prime and plenty of willing helpers.

Nearly 36 weeks, today is last day at work. "Nursery" is still full of junk but that's fine as baby won't be in there for (hopefully) another 7 months (or 6 at least)!

I need to buy a whole house for the baby to have a room. And that isn't happening until the summer
So I'm just kicking back until then.

I’m only 18 weeks and feeling the same which is patently ridiculous. We’re looking to move house too and it just seems an insurmountable task. I moved at 38 weeks with my first, but I had so little back then that it took a friend about 4 trips in her car to move it all! This time there’s already 3 dc plus mine and dhs clutter and I just want to throw everything out and start again. I think it’s normal to panic and want everything settled before the baby gets here, but it’s still hard to relax.