Feeling down😢

I'm sorry for you sad, it will get easier and more exciting.... speak to your midwife and you will fee hormonal as well and your not yourself tight now as your growing a baby xx I'm 7.5months this week, I feel quite low in mood I do blame my husband though.....it's ok for us yo feel rubbish though xx Wait until you feel the kicks that's a lovely feeling x

@Stacey thank you so much I really appreciate the reassurance💗I can’t wait to start feeling them kick xx

Don’t be! Most important take care of yourself and connection will come in due time! My whole pregnancy I was not “in love” with my baby, and I did think if it’s normal (lol) and now I know (at least for me) the love happened when he was born, and growing with each week ! I personally find it difficult to say I love something I have never met or held or seen. Yes, there are women who fall in love with their baby from when they find out they are pregnant, but I do believe most women are perhaps a bit more like me, they just don’t talk about it ! So don’t worry; it shall all come in due time !

We found out at our 12 weeks scan that we’re having twins. I’ve felt awful for most of this pregnancy so far because of sickness and tiredness. I am now so anxious about everything. As a midwife I know far too much about what can go wrong in this pregnancy and constantly worrying that the next scan we go to something will be wrong with one or both that I just can’t let myself get attached to them yet. I know the further on I get I’ll start to relax a bit more with the more milestones I hit (20 week scan, viability, improved survival rate gestations etc) but it’s so hard at the moment. My husband literally thinks I’m psychotic at the moment

Hi I'm also 14 weeks along and know exactly how you feel. This is my second and this time round the nausea and tiredness have really knocked it out of me. My oldest is almost 4 and I have been feeling so guilty not spending as much time with him as I've been focusing on myself. I feel guilty that I haven't really thought about baby at all because any time I have felt more like myself I'm spending it with my son and my partner and haven't really given baby a second thought other than at my appointments. It's completely normal and hormones can play a huge role. You've got this, and it's ok to feel down and just focus on you. It's clear how much you already care and hopefully once the second trimester is in full swing you'll start to feel better and more like yourself. My inbox is always open if you want a safe space to vent 🥰

I’m on my 2nd pregnancy and I totally forgot how down I felt at the beginning of my last pregnancy. Honestly it’s normal, it’s not all rainbows and butterflies when you feel like sh*t! Also the hormonal shifts in your body are wild 🤪…So try not to give yourself a hard time. As for connecting with the baby, I felt exactly the same during my pregnancy last time, and do now too. I remember feeling guilty about that aswell, but as someone else above said here I found it very hard to connect with something I couldn’t see or feel. For me I did definitely get excited once I felt baby movements, but truly the moment I connected with my baby was the moment he was born. I felt such a huge flood of love I burst into tears. Try to just take 1 day at a time and the best thing you can do rn is just just try to look after yourself. Give yourself little things to look forward to, e.g. lunch out with a friend, bubble bath etc. x

This is so normal. This is my second and I also felt rubbish last time. I hated comments like "enjoy every minute " enjoy what? The pain? The sickness? I definitely did not feel connected with baby this early on and I don't yet