36 weeks sudden overwhelm

[36andcounting]

Has anyone experienced this and is it just my hormones?
I've been feeling great throughout pregnancy, had a great day with DH and DS yesterday but as soon as I put DS to bed I burst into tears and have had this feeling of doom since, like life is so overwhelming I can't cope! I've had about 4hours sleep and now awake and it's even worse. I am anxious about a million things which I think I made up in my head (convinced something is wrong with DS mainly).
Such an awful feeling, I am sometimes anxious but it's suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks after a few blissful months.
Hoping hearing from others will make it seem less bad and I'll slowly snap out of it. Urgh!

Well I'm 37 + 3 and wide awake again on MN in the early hours.
It's been a week since I got a date for my c section and I've been all over the place since. Emotional, nervous, excited, exhausted, anxious you name it. To top it off the aches and pains are shifting and we have such a busy last week before baby arrives I'm feeling disappointed and resentful I've had no down time and a chance to relax before baby arrives.

I have a feeling it too good to be true, worry about DP going anywhere without me and something will take away what's hot I do have left.

It's over dramatic and unreasonable- I bloody hope so.

You are definitely it alone.

Thanks @Bubbles1st sorry you are feeling the same though. I think I need to give it less brainspace and just go with the flow.

Know what you mean about feeling resentful you have had no downtime, I think I feel more pressure every day to take it in/enjoy it/make the most of it as baby might arrive anytime and it's contributing to me freaking out.

Just hate not sleeping when I could (DS peacefully asleep, no newborn yet), I'm doing this to myself, ha!

It's so hard though @36andcounting the more I try not to think about it the more new thoughts creep in!

Then I get hungry... just got up to eat, then DP is awake and wants to know what my problem is 🤣

Another lobby and tiring day ahead but hey at least in a week I'll have a reason for no sleep and some real things to be worrying about 👶🏼

Just one week! So exciting!

I'm so hungry right now too and need a wee badly but worried about waking DS with creaky floors so staying put. The last thing I'll need today is a grumpy tired toddler. Definitely not easy getting back to sleep in these conditions though, duh!

I’m 36 weeks and have a c section booked in for next week. This is baby, and c section number 4 for me and last night in bed I just had so many negative doom and gloom thoughts going round in my head.

I ended up having to get out of bed to have a cry as I didn’t want to wake my partner.

I was a blubbering mess, picturing me not making it through the c section and my partner being left alone, and my children without me.

My partner did hear me and got up and did his usual calm reassuring me. But it shook me so much that I’ve decided to write letters to each of my children and to my partner to be opened in the event I don’t make it.

I hate feeling so negative about things, but as it gets closer I just can’t help it. I don’t think it helps that my partner is now back working away Monday to Friday so during the weeks I feel very alone.

All feels very much too good to be true that both me and baby will be able to just come home.