38 weeks with my first....still dont feel like I'm having a baby! Normal? 🙄

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Yeah so....nearly 38 weeks pregnant with my first....I've done everything that I need to do, everything is ready for him. But I dont feel mentally ready for him at all!

I cant imagine myself going into labour, or being in labour, or birthing a baby, or even having a baby!

I love this little one so much, and hes our rainbow baby after an early loss at xmas....But I still cant actually make it seem real.

Is this normal? I feel like I'm not thinking about him enough every day or something....But either way its stressing me out a bit now 😑 Help! 🙈

Sounds very normal, don't worry 😊. It will all just happen, you just have to sit tight and wait.
Good luck for a straightforward birth and enjoy everything 😍

You might have another month to wait so don’t panic too much. You will sure know baby is here once he is tho!
Don’t worry if you don’t feel the rush straightaway either, that’s also normal!

me too! FTM and 38 weeks tomorrow. feel like its just suddenly hit me this week that I'm actually physically going to having a baby lol

I felt exactly the same with my first last year, I think the moment my waters broke at home while I was just cooking dinner I was like holy crap and started to panic a little as as soon as they went the pains came. I know it's so different to everyone but that's what it was for me. Even then on the way to the hospital and then being there I still don't remember feeling like I knew what was happening. I just remember being in the moment of ok so now I'm in labour but still not thinking I'm going to have a baby at the end of this. And when I was in the ward after I'd had him I was like ok right so I have this baby and when I got home I sat there and said to my partner so what do I do with him now?! Lol now I have an 18 month old little boy who is the life and soul of our home and 23 weeks pregnant with another two boys and I don't think that has sunk in yet either! I feel I will be the same this time as last!
I always envisioned having a girl but boys are literally the best!! Good luck you'll be amazing and know it will be ok :) xx

I was like this through my pregnancy too. My wee one is 8 weeks old and I still don’t feel like it’s real, I look at her sometimes and think wow I’m a mum now!! Or I can’t believe I actually have a baby!! I read a short story to my bump every night so I felt like she was a baby and not just a bump.

I’m 26 weeks and feel exactly the same. I just can’t imagine any of it. I suspect I felt like that with my other children too, but I think it’s worse this time because of covid.

I felt like that with my second. She’s a year old in a few weeks and I still look at her and think “How did you get here? When did that happen?” I don’t even remember being pregnant with her!

It was the same for me. Only felt real when I held my dd for the first time, soo.much love and amazement.

I feel exactly the same at 35 weeks! Glad I'm not the only one x

Totally normal. My baby is 6 months old now and I think it’s finally sunk in she’s mine, no one is going to pick her up to take her home 😂

The first time it dawned on me was when they placed her on my chest and I thought 'oh shit, I've actually got to take this little human home and look after her' and when she was a newborn and crying and family said 'do you want your mummy' and that was me🤣

Yup, I feel exactly the same at 39+4! I thought it would become real when I started feeling movement but I still can't connect the movements to a actual baby being in there. I've gone through all the motions of buying stuff, everything is ready... Except me! Just can't associate this bump with an actual real life baby I've got to take care of 24/7 within the next couple of weeks!

Hah, DS was a totally abstract concept until he was plonked on my chest. I know people talk about being excited to meet their baby but I couldn't get my head around it at all!

Wait until they put the baby on your chest! I spent the first half an hour giggling hysterically and telling anyone who would listen how weird and surreal it felt!