Starting to feel Scared... Is this normal?

With my C-Section sched for this Tues the 10th I've been busy packing hospital bags and getting the baby stuff in order.
I'm started to feel really scared about the whole process again. With the twins it was such a whirl wind I didn't have time to process everything but, this time it's different with having them now.
It's normal to be feeling this way right?
I worry about how the twins are going to react with a new baby.
For the ones of you that have went through this how did your kids do with the new baby?
How did you handle everything?

Thanks For Listening

 

Girl! I have 5 kids - 4 deliveries and with each one felt the same way! very nervous! I think it is totally normal! My twins are my youngest but my singletons are each 2yrs apart. I worried about EVERYTHING! I even worried that I would not love the new baby as much as I did my older one when ds#2 was born! You will be surprised at how they will adjust. There may be a few days of them getting used to the baby but it won't be long and they will not even remember a time without the baby. I gave my older kids "responsibilities" when we brought the new baby home (even with my older kids when we brought the twins home!) not much, just getting diapers, picking outfits, holding things for me! that seemed to work pretty well! Plus you know what delivery involves this time -add it all together and who wouldn't be a great big ball of excitement AND nerves!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

 

I think it's totally natural.
It's a change, and any change can make us feel nervous, aprehensive, scared.
You're family will never be the same again.
I think it's best to acknowledge that you feel that way, and that it's okay to feel that way. Then you can put it behind you and move on and focus.

 

Thanks you all have made me feel better

 

I'm probably 12-13 weeks from delivery of baby #5, and I'm already nervous!! I don't think it's so much the labor that makes me nervous, although I'm not looking forward to it, it's just that newborn phase. I really dislike it. But it helps to keep in mind that it's only for a short length of time that things really stink sleep-wise. Get videos and easy snacks for the kids. Grab as much help for watching the older kids as you can. I'd love to get mine shipped off for a week or two to my mom's. LOL. Then take a deep breath and focus on a goal date to get to. I'd start with thanksgiving...then look towards christmas, and realize that things will be much more manageable by then.

 

I was a MESS right before I had Annabella. I was posting in here how emotional I was, how I thought my boys were going to hate me, how I wondered if we did the right thing getting pregnant so early(boys were a week away from their 1st birthday when we found out we were pregnant). Oh the list was a long one!

I cried and cried and cried. I thought I wouldn't be able to enjoy my boys-go out and do things-library, playdates, the mall, etc. But mostly-I really thought they would hate me for turning their world upside down. Literally.

Guess what? They don't! The minute Annabella was born, those feelings were GONE. I was so overjoyed with having a new baby-and a surprise baby girl at that-that all of those feelings BEFORE she arrived, for the last things on my mind! They came to the hospital, held her and kissed her.

Now-she is almost 5 months old, they just turned 2. They are AWESOME with her. AWESOME. There was no real acting out because of her being born(besides normal 2 year old stuff). They LOVE LOVE LOVE her. I was trying to get her to nap one day, and Nicholas came over and GENTLY patted the back of her head. Or, he will gently go in and give her a kiss-ON HIS OWN. It really does melt your heart. And Anthony, if he holds her, he does NOT want you to take her from him. He grabs on tight! It really is an amazing experience!

They do not know their strength, so sometimes they hit, but I honestly don't think it's malicious. They like to hug her, by laying on top of her-but they don't mean harm by it. They really adore her and watch over her. And she LOVES them. She sees them and the smile on her face is pure magic. And she is really fond of Nicholas.

What you are feeling is normal! And like I said-once you see your twins with the new baby, you'll wonder what you were so worried about to begin with!

Good luck with everything!