38 weeks...not feeling “real”?

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I’m 38 weeks pregnant, so very close to the finish line, and it still doesn’t feel quite “real” that I’m having a baby soon. We have everything we need for the baby, so practically everything is prepared.

I’ve had loads of scans including a 4D one, so I’ve seen his face. I’m obviously huge and having lots of movements. But it still doesn’t feel quite real that very soon I will have a tiny baby to be responsible for, and I’ll be his mum. I’m worried I’ll go into massive shock once he’s actually here and it’s real!

Did anyone else feel like this with their first? How did you feel when they finally arrived?

I’m just under 36 weeks and I feel EXACTLY the same!

Can’t help, but just wanted to add some solidarity x

31 weeks here. Same.

.....but it’s my third.

My DD is 11 months next week and it's still not sunk in that she's my daughter!

Just saying, I have a daughter, still sounds crazy to me. Lol xx

I’m so glad it’s not just me!

I’m 34 weeks today and I’m feeling the same too.
Sometimes I have these insane moments where I suddenly panic and think ‘I can’t do this’. But it’s abit late now 😂

I wouldn’t change it for the world. I want this baby so much but I think it’s totally normal to have feelings of ‘crap, I’m gonna be a mum and responsible for a tiny person and my life is going to totally change’ x x

I felt exactly the same with my 3. I was worried with 1st as other pregnant women I knew seemed to have really bonded with their baby while pregnant. Totally bonded once she was here though! I think I just found it hard to visualise a baby until she was actually in my arms.

I felt like this. Didn’t help that at 36+4 I ended up with him making a scary surprise entrance just after I finished watching eastenders lol. He is 22 weeks now and I still don’t think it’s sunken in that he is my son. The responsibility sinks in pretty darn quick though 😂

I'm 38 weeks with first too and still can't actually imagine having an actual baby! Like I don't really know how to hold one properly, let alone feed a bottle or change a nappy, I am fully prepared in other ways, like clothes washed and put away in his little drawers, got the pram built and car seat in but still doesn't feel real

Yup I didn't believe my first was real until she was here, I think my first words after delivery were "it's a baby"

I cried first night alone with her, the reality hit me like a brick

It didn’t feel real to me either when I had dd. I was told I was going to be induced on the Friday and I just kept telling everyone I’m not ready! I’m not ready! When she was born I said I can’t believe it’s a baby. I think everyone in the room was a bit . Nothing can prepare you for your first baby, but you soon learn all about your new little baby and their needs.
Good luck!

I'm 36+1 and feel exactly the same as all of you! So glad I'm not the only one.

I've been kinda relaxed about everything...not got hospital bag packed, nursery still isn't finished etc purely based on the fact it doesn't feel real yet 🙈

I've just had my 5th last week and up until the moment she was in my arms it didn't seem real

@R7589 get that bag packed - I was only 3 days away from what you are now

@RLOU30 that's my plan for this weekend but guaranteed I end up watching cooking programmes from my comfy sofa! 😁

I 100% felt like that with my first and I feel like it (possibly more) with this pregnancy too. Even though I have already had a baby, I still can't quite believe that I'm going to have another.

I think it's genuinely such an amazing thing to grow a human being in your body, that it can truly feel unbelievable that it's happening. Plus second time around we conceived immediately and so it felt very unreal at the beginning because neither of us could really believe it. With a toddler I am so busy that I don't have much time to think about this pregnancy, so a lot of if feels like it's just passing me by. I'm 30 weeks pregnant and on one hand can't wait to meet this baby and on the other feel it is all going too bloody fast.

Either way you'll be grand OP. You probably still won't believe it when they place that baby in your arms. It felt like a dream to me. I still look at my toddler now and can't really believe it!

I’m 38 weeks as well and feeling the same. It took us years and IVF to get here and I feel kinda guilty that I’m not really excited or feeling a massive bond with the baby. I’m nervous about the birth and about how I will cope in general, plus I’m feeling really well at the moment and not at all “OMG get this thing out of me!” like I expected as this stage. Which is brilliant and I’m really grateful to be well of course. But I just don’t feel ready or quite believe it is happening. I keep telling myself that everyone feels differently and that at least I’m feeling pretty calm and able to potter about and do things. It’s probably just my mind’s way of dealing with the enormity of it all. I think pretty much anything goes at this stage - you’re a bag of hormones with a massive life event looming that you know will change your world but you don’t quite know when or exactly how, so it’s all pretty blimmin strange when you think about it. Hope all goes well for you OP