35 weeks and still no desire to get everything ready

[soon2befamilyof4]

I am 35 weeks and it has only just hit me really that it is nearly time for this baby to arrive. I am at risk of early labour too so could happen anytime between now and 42 weeks really!

Still haven't even got a moses basket or anything ready (we lent it to a friend and only have to go and collect it!), no cot yet. All the baby stuff from DD is in the loft still - completly burried too so not like a 5 min job getting it down.

My hospital bag isn't even packed and I could go into labour anyday.

I know I need to do it and I am trying to force myself to get it done. But surely I should WANT to get it sorted by now? This time last time every little thing was sorted down to every last detail.

Am I the only one? I feel awful that I am not excited about this baby arriving. The main thing I am looking forward to is not being pregnant as my body doesn't seem to agree with pregnancy and have various problems.

i packed my labour bag when in labour both times. i mean everything was ready, but not packed. it drove dh mad!
it's probably because you know it is all up there, not like you have to go and buy it/choose.
why not get dh to sort it, not like you can clamber into the loft is it?

Don't sweat, Soon2be - I'm 37+3 (and I only know that because the consultant told me today!), my bag's not packed, we don't have a name or a plan for how we're going to get ds taken care of when we go, the hammock's still unassembled in the spare room, and I only just bought some wee clothes last Friday! Any minute now lulumama will be along to kick my butt

Perhaps you just had more time to get ready and excited last time - dc's can occupy a LOT of time and headspace, and after all it's not the terrifying new experience it was first time round? My feeling is, the only absolute necessity was the baby capsule. And some nappies. Everything else is icing, really.

3 1/2 weeks to go and also totally unprepared. Starting to brick it a little tbh as have no bag, nowhere for her to sleep, piles of rubbish everywhere and huge laundry backlog. Never mind the general state of the house!
With ds2 I got to the point where I finally felt ready. I went into labour that night (born 5 days early). Really hope the same happens again, otherwise dh'll be even grumpier than he is with me at the moment (place looks awful).
Life is just hectic when you have someone else to consider too and being pg doesn't help your energy levels.

soon2be - i am now 37+1 and a week ago i was thinking about getting the stuff out the loft and maybe buying a few new babygros. All of a sudden i realised how close it was getting, i'm booked for a c-section at 38+5. So that wee i went shopping and got the stuff out the loft, have finally got the bedding and blankets washed and packed my bags this week.

It might be worht you getting a bag packed in case of early labour. A friend of mine had her stuff near the bag but not in it and not much else ready, and went into labour a week before her planned section was due. you never know when it could arrive.

Well - we got everything out the loft today! You now can't move upstairs till I sort it out (sizes are mixed from newborn to 6 months so once sorted I can put some of the bigger stuff back. Plus I am pretty sure we kept everything, including stained stuff but I am going to get rid of the stained or damaged stuff. And there are some boys bits that can go too.

So happy it is down from the loft - one thing done!

Once that is sorted I should be able to pack my hospital bags!

Starting to get a bit more into it now and hopefully sorting through all this stuff should set it in a bit more and make it feel more real.

well we bought newborn nappies and raspberry leaf tea today, so I guess I'm starting to think about beginning to get ready. Sometime...

This might encourage you to pack your bag,one of mine was born nearly 10 weeks early ,I got rushed in an ambulance to a London hospital as my local one was busy and ended up walking the corridors to get to special care in a (revealing and grubby)hospital gown and a short anorak,my dad did think to bring a washbag the next day but i wouldn`t recommend the experience!

I am a little bit similar. Until very recently, the talk was all of this baby needing special care at birth, all very worrying and there is still a part of me terrified to do too much ahead of time in case the baby doesn't make it which has happened to us before without warning.

But I'm nearly 34 weeks, being induced at 38 on the dot and need to get my arse into gear as now it looks most likely baby will be born and come home with us as normal . So far I've made lists and DH has moved a bit of furniture. I found the baby clothes quite by chance, but they're oddly covered in babysick even thoguh I thought I put them away washed, so they need washing.

I think it's because nothing is new and needing to be shopped for. I'm going to buy a brand new outfit to be this baby's first clothes, and hoping that will enthuse me enough to get all the other shopping and packing done too.

Perhaps you need to buy your unborn baby a pressie??

I bought some little gro-suits today and that did help. Think my issue is the hospital; I don't like their 'tude!

I have now washed most of the baby clothes so I will be able to pack my hospital bag this weekend. I have also bought stuff like maternity pads etc. And we are getting our cotbedss tomorrow (We are getting 2 matching ones from a friend as DD will be sharing a room with the new baby eventually).

Going to ask about arranging to get the moses basket too from a friend who borrowed it.

Not sure what to do about travel system, it might have to stay up in the loft a bit longer as it is so bulky. Although it won't be used much as we will need the double a lot of the time!

Saw a couple of tiny babies today and it did make me think about our one and what it is going to be like in a few weeks.