Last-minute panicking, normal?

[Superunknown1]

Hi!
This board has been so helpful through pregnancy and I am so grateful. Baby’s arrival is imminent now and I’m suddenly having a last-minute flap, this baby is so so wanted (took a long time to conceive and have enjoyed every moment of pregnancy) - but did anyone else have a last minute burst of anxiety about the whole thing?

Not related to preparedness as have everything we need, house pretty much ready and all that. Just woke up and thought about how I’ve had a little lie-in and feeling quite dramatic to be thinking ‘oh my god in a few days my life will be so different, I won’t be able to lie in like this or just pop in the car to do that, or have long movie nights with a newborn to tend to’, I’m certain I’m just being stupid but just looking for reassurance that I’m not the only person who has or has had a silly little panic about life changing.

It’s weird because it’s not doubt and DH and I are so happy, think it’s just anxiety but feel bad that my waking thought was a stress and not ‘xx days to go yay!!’ 🙃🙃

Awww OP I felt exactly like this with both of my babies... they both arrived the next day! I'm convinced its a sign of labour about to start! The 'flight or fight' mode! You have got this... Good luck, I would love to know if you do in fact go into labour very soon x

@Superunknown1 I'm sure this is totally normal. I'm only 27 weeks at the mo so not quite there yet but it's such a big change and there is no way to prepare as every baby is different I wouldn't worry.
It's probably just hormones in addition to everything else, in a few days you'll have a new born and the worry will go away, then hopefully in a few months you'll be some kind of swing of things and you'd want it no other way :)

This is a totally normal way to feel, and to be honest I've felt like this with both of mine and the feeling persists for a few weeks for me, the sense of 'oh god what have I done, everything has changed forever'. It's particularly not helped by the relentless newborn days. However this stage does not last long, in a few weeks/ months you'll look back on this feeling and realise that you've adjusted to caring for this new little person and you'll feel okay about it all again. It's a hell of an adjustment but it can also be amazing! Best of luck for your labour/birth 💕

Thank you all for the amazing replies, I feel a lot better about it now knowing I’m not alone 💕
@Dddflower I have a planned c-section for Friday, but baby dropped a lot lower over the past few days as well as tightening/braxton hicks increasing so I think you’re onto something!

@SMG1992 thank you so much, think you’re right it’s probably just hormones kicking in. Made me feel horrible because baby is extremely wanted and there’s me waking up worrying about how I will manage without late night gaming sessions on PlayStation with my husband as if it’s a genuine thing that matters! Feeing very silly 😬

@cinnamonbiscuit Thank you for the lovely reply! Relieved it’s not just me and that it passed for you, suppose it’s just another chapter of life and a big one at that, would be weird to not be nervous to some degree!