Anyone else had trouble accepting they were pregnant? When did it kick in?

[maz]

COngratualtions Meg on your pg.

I m/c twins last year in March and fell straight away with Mateauz. It wasnt until I was about 12 weeks that is sort of sunk in that I was pg again...but I didnt really get big this time round (he's my 4th) and it didnt hit me hard until i was being wheeled into theatre to have my c./s that I was having another baby again. Doesnt help that I was very sick with my pg either though.

I think it all hits us at different times due to out circumstances ect. Its good to be a bit cautious anyway babe...its our natural way of getting us ready 'just incase' worse case senario hits IFYKWIM.

i cant wait to hear watch your pg progress. Heres to a Happy and healthy pg

[Shanti]

Congratulations on your pregnancy! It's such an exciting,scary, nervous, unsure, surreal time in our lives!!

Just trust your body and believe in your body and that will help you to get through.

I didn't really feel pregnant either when I was only 4weeks pregnant i was sure AF was still going to come!! And terrified of another early m/c aswell.... but soon enough, once I reached 5 1/2 weeks pregnant, the symptoms came and fast!!! and by 6weeks yep i felt pregnant!!!
But like the other girls have said, symptoms come and go, and are different for us all, some have heaps some have none so just try and trust your body knows best

[megaminz]

thanks ladies
I feel a bit better knowing most people have a bit of a delayed response and also delayed if ever symptoms.

Think its sinking in slightly, helps the closer I get to 6 weeks I think when its more and more stable. I have done so many hpts its not funny but shall try to stop now. Used my last one sat morning (will post link of part of the collection) and will endeavour not to buy any more!!!

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[Shanti]

Um YES! you are certainly pregnant missy! So try to enjoy now.... especially the early days before the symptoms hit you!!! (if they do!)
and NO MORE HPT's!!! you have done enough!!! lol

[megaminz]

teehee okay
will try to keep away from chemists and medical aisles and supermarkets.

[StephV]

Congrats on your pg!!

I didn't start to get even mild symptoms till week 8 and it didn't start to feel real until the first scan which I had at 9 weeks. Seeing the hearbeat makes it real...for awhile..

I've now gone back into "it doesn't feel real", but have my 12 week scan on Wed's so hoping seeing the heartbeat again will bring it all back home again :0

[Cassius2]

Congratulations! even though it may not feel real yet, it will soon and as that gorgeous belly starts to grow (takes awhile for us first-timers!) it just gets better and better!

i didnt 'know' i was pregnant until about 6 weeks along. DH was the one who came home with home pregnancy test! LOL! i was in big denial as we had been trying for over 18 months and were told that we could not conceive without IVF (an option that we hadnt looked into at that stage). So when it came back positive, i was completely gobsmacked and sat there for about 5 minutes before i told my DH. in fact the lines came up instantly, but i waited the full 10 minutes 'cause i thought that it might change back to negative!!

I too didnt get any symptoms until about week 8. then it was only mild nausea (all day), and slightly tender BBs...

IKWYM about testing all the time! my GP told me to stop, as i was pg and that was that!! LOL!

I can recommend buying some books on pregnancy and birth (such as Sheila kitzinger etc etc). I found this really helped in making it 'real' for me and being able to see what the baby looks like at each week of its development.