i turned 28 weeks yesterday and it's only been in the last few days that i have actually started to feel pregnant. I mean i have had a belly since 14 weeks and felt bub since about then too but walking aorund and what not i didnt feel it, only when i looked in a mirror. I have had nausea and tiredness but still its like it;s only just kicked in that im having a baby.
Anyway, its made me feel not so excited about the pregnancy. I can't wait for the birth and to meet my babe but i just thought after 11 months TTC that i would be excited to be pregnant. It's not that im hating it, its that i just fell normal like im not pregnant. I havent even gained any weight yet either which i think is making it seem like its not real as well. Am i normal to feel this way?
I think it is normal. This is my first, and I am yet to 'feel' pregnant - I think a lot of that has to do that when I look in the mirror, I still don't think I look pregnant, just fatter in the belly.
i think these feelings can come along for so many reasons (in my case it was a sort of 'but i was told i couldnt have kids, so do i really deserve this pg') and i can guess that with other bubbies already in our lives we cannot relish the pregnant stage so much just because practically we are so busy looking after the other kids IYKWIM.
it wasnt until i finished up at work and baby shower stuff started coming in that i began to relish the fact that i was pg and no, i wasnt going to lose my baby, and yes, she was real etc etc.
maybe spoil yourself and your bump and take a lovely pregnancy massage or go to a yoga or swim class especially for pg women...i know that i will be doing this next time around to allow me to relish my pg being!
I talk to people about being pregnant but think at the same time "am I"? It's weird, but I guess it's like what you're saying. I am not sure I felt like this with the others, but guess I prob did.
Antheia, I was the same, I kind of kept wondering when the excitement would set in (and that was with all my pregnancies).
So I'd say it's normal to feel that way!! xo
I catch myself walking down the street thinking "darn it ... I am the pregnant lady walking down the street" Then I go into the bank and I have to stand away from the counter, because my tummy is pushing against it and I'm going "Geeze, I am the pregnant lady in the bank"
I aslo sometimes don't feel preganant ... I get these flutters of excitement, but they don't last as long as I would have thought they would. Then I get these flutters of fear, but also ... not as long (luckyly) as I would have thought.
The only time I truely FEEL pregnant, is when I slather some lotion on my bump after a shower ... or when I get kicked in the bladder/spleen/lung ect
Is this normal?
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