Is it normal at 30 weeks to .......

[finallypregnant]

All of a sudden worry that you have made a huge mistake and you won't be a good mum and that you will never cope with labour?

Is it normal to be terrified of bringing baby home and thinking you will not cope?

Is it normal for me to be in floods of tears at Eastenders yet almost murdering husband 2 minutes later for not putting a dirty cup in the dishwasher.

Is it normal that I am knackered by half nine at night yet awake at 2 am and then needing a lie in but can't because I have work?

Oh Yes!!
I'm worried and terrified and it's my second baby! It doesn't get any easy, I'm afraid!

But from my first experience I can (almost) guarentee you haven't made a huge mistake, you will be a good mum, you will cope with labour and you will cope when you bring baby home too! Oh, and yes, husbands do deserve putting under the patio for not putting bl**dy cups in the dishwasher! And I'm sure they put it on the worktop above the dishwasher just to make it that little bit more annoying!!

Oh God Yes. Exactly how I feel. I try to remind myself of all the f*ing halfwit incompetents I know who've successfully managed to cope with a baby. If they can do it, surely to God I can. The tiredness thing I've tried to sort this week by taking a couple of days hols from work. 2nd day off now & feeling much better. Have done nothing for 2 days, but last night was the best sleep I've had in months. As to the labour thing, I'm strangely looking forward to it coz at least it means I won't be pregnant any more! Haven't enjoyed being pg at all & have found it all very much more difficult than I expected, physically & mentally. I'm normally a 'get on with it' type of person and not at all overemotional, but the hormones & fatigue have completely floored me. We'll all be fine. The prize at the end is worth all of this, isn't it! Good Luck

Yes!
I'm also 30 weeks and have found myself crying at the news and shouting at DH for not cutting the strawberries the right way...

twould be strange if you didn't feel like this.

If anyone in rl says in that patronising tone: "don't worry, dear, it's just your hormones" try not to kill them.

It really is just your hormones

30 weeks today. At work was so angry I wanted to shout at everyone who came near me. But as soon as people were nice/normal to me I just wanted to burst into tears. As for the tube journey....

Working from home tomorrow - easier to deal with mood swings at home. Can cry in front of cat without her thinking I'm having an emotional breakdown.

Nearly forgot, seeing the ducks in the park on the way home made me well up as well.

I'm with vicsta, I keep thinking of teenage council estate pregnant mums smoking and drinking and thinking if they can get thru childbirth, so can I. I know it's a completely unfair mean stereotype, but leave me alone, I'm pregnant and it makes me feel better!

Yes. Yes. Yes. And yes! Last two sound like me normally, lol.

My lovely HV said to me - "its always the good mums who worry they arent/wont be good enough yet they always are".

Its normal to worry. Its a huge life changing responsibility (sorry!)but also a fantastic one which you would never ask to be taken away.

Im pregnant for the second time and in the brief moments where i get chance to remember im pregnant and even think about the baby my heart stops and i break out in a cold sweat!

Of course you will cope with labour - we all will - we were built to. Yes labour is painful but its natural and what our bodies were meant to do. Its not terrifying in the sense its portrayed on tv - very painful and exhausting yes but strangely good for many mums at the same time. I bizarrely enjoyed mine despite having quite a rough time. Even more bizarrely am strangely looking forward to doing it again!

Cry at random things whilst you can and blame the hormones!

xx

Phew, glad it is not me then. Don't like how I am feeling at the moment. Much worse than the early stages of being pregnant!