All through my first pregnancy, I told myself I would be pregnant till 42w in an effort to protect my sanity toward the end especially considering everything I was told about first time mums being very likely to go over 40w. About a week before DD decided to kick off labour at 38w exactly though, I was out to dinner with my family and mentioned I felt I would probably have DD in a week or two. Not sure where the feeling came from but obviously, turned out to be accurate and because of this, my Mum and other family have been asking me on and off whether I am having any similar thoughts or ideas this time. I've always answered that I had no idea and was expecting to be pregnant right into January (and half hoping to be also so as to avoid the silly season) as I haven't had any inklings... until yesterday!

Suddenly, I am having those same week or two to go thoughts. I had an overwhelming nesting urge yesterday which resulted in some pretty insane re-organising and de-cluttering of the house and am beginning to feel very insular, like I need space and time on my own to just get my head clear and ready. It feels like my brain and body is gearing up basically.

So, anybody get these feelings? Know what spurred them? Were they correct?

I'm kind of freaking out because I don't know that I am ready just yet so kind of looking for people out there who had a feeling like this that was completely wrong haha. Somebody tell me I'm totally still going to be pregnant in January right? That I will come back and laugh at this thread! I'm only 36w 2d so I obviously want to get through this week at least (and hopefully organise a car seat asap if nothing else... oh and maybe the hospital bag). I've never been so impatient to get through the days because I have this feeling like baby is getting ready to go and I just want to keep baking that little bit longer...