Do you think it's possible to sense when you haven't long left?

[justme85]

I know this sounds crazy as I have 8 weeks left and I don't want my baby this early but I have a real feeling there is not much time left. Is this normal? I feel as tho I can breath again and I don'tfeel on the verge of bursting as i have done for the past 6 wks. I am a lot more comfortable and I don't know if it's because a stranger approached me and told me my baby was ready to come out that it's making me feel this way, she also told me the sex and i know she's right as I found out. I can't wait to have the baby but I don't want her to be unhealthy or at risk. Am I crazy? Has any1 else ever felt like this or do you think it's because i'm so excited to meet her that i'm being silly?

Trust me- the last 8 weeks go sooooo slowly!
And when you get to the end, and every day it's 'Is this the day?' oh, no, it wasn't after all... then the next day, same again....
I have 6 weeks left, and there really is no more room left inside! I am just so full and tight... but I'm sure he won't actually arrive before his due date, so we'll be playing the old is it, isn't it game again.

at 36wks (on a Tue) my dad went away for 3 weeks and said to me "don't have that baby before I get back", I told him I was having it at the weekend - Friday night ds2 was born.
More of a joke than a preminition though.

Well, some babies are born 8 weeks early, and there are things that happen in the run-up to labour (bump drops etc) - so the stranger could have made a good guess and your "feeling" could be right. OTOH the hormones do make you very emotional and the fact that someone said that to you could get your imagination going.

I would say listen to your instinct actually and if you really do feel something is about to happen, see a midwife for a check - they should be happy to see you at your stage, and if the baby is coming early it would be best to be able to plan for it.

I'm the opposite of eachpeach - both pregnancies the last couple of months have gone soooooo quickly - that suddenly you're 40 weeks and there is an arrival really imminent before you know it, and having felt ready to get on with it a few weeks earlier, you suddenly feel totally unprepared for the fact your life is about to be turned upside down. Probably just the hormones. Hang on in there - it would be much better for baby to stay there as long as possible.

I am like you, justme85. I have 9 weeks to go, but I do feel it will be earleir than that. My Mum had both me and my brother at 38 weeks, and we were healthy babies. I just feel like it can happen any moment now . the other day i felt my baby going down there very persistently and my bump dropped down a bit, she/ he is also getting very restless in there. I just thought I better pack everything up now so my DH won't bneed to panick packing my stuff, he won't have a clue.
I do want a healthy baby , but I also want to have my baby as soon as really.... I also am having very slight light pinkish discharge and God knows what that is... can't be a show, they say it is red colour ( this is my first PG). I AM so impatient

In both pregnancies (am 36wks now) I've felt like the baby is imminent from about 32wks ish. DD was born at 40wks, imagine this one will be there or thereabouts. Think it is partly me not wanting to be pregnant anymore and partly once you are all prepared at home and emotionally you just don't want to wait any longer. Let's face it though, babies are called full-term at 37wks for a reason, is best for us and them if they stay put at least until then.

Ranirani - A show can be pink rather than red - in fact mine was pink last time, but there was a lot of it in one go rather than being like discharge. I'd call the hospital/midwife to be on the safe side. 31wks is too early to leave things to chance, you really don't want your baby to arrive yet no matter how impatient you are.