Struggling first time pregnancy
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@Jenny hopefully just a few more weeks and I'll start feeling something then. I wanna be excited but when I don't feel it how I can be excited about it.
It’s a whirlwind of emotions and feelings- and it just keeps feeling like that. Feel what you are feeling today and sit in this moment. Try to find the excitement and joy in this time vs the uncertainty and fear that comes with this change. You got this!
It was the very same for me. Now 18 weeks and I can see a bump coming and it does feel more real than before but still not fully. I do think it's normal. Literally a lot to wrap our heads around and lots of hormones and changes. 🫠😂
@Julia so reassuring to know how I'm feeling is normal ! Thank you 😊
I didn’t feel pregnant until I started feeling the baby kick and it’s only really kicked in now knowing i’ll give birth in 8 weeks😂x
I was the same way. I went out and bought a really soft baby blanket around 10 weeks as a physical thing to hold onto or look at to help it feel more real. Seeing the bump and feeling the little kicks really changes things. You will get there, and it will be amazing when you really start feeling your little one. Feel free to message me if you need someone to talk to.
Totally normal. Enjoy this early stage when your life still feels the same lol. Once your LO is born it will change SO fast you won't even remember what life was like before you became a mom!
I was the same way. For me it wasnt till a week before he was born that i felt pregnant only because i only found out later on in the pregnancy at 6months along (too long of a story yo put here feel free to message if you wanna know how i went that long without knowing) and honestly im still in shock about being a mom and my son is 4 months. Im sure once you start getting a bump or feel baby kick youll feel pregnant
@Remee oh wow!
honestly it’s such so common, you’ll feel different within a few weeks xx
I didn’t until believe it or feel pregnant until I was at least 30 weeks 🙈😂 and I had symptoms I just didn’t feel pregnant however don’t tell your midwife this they give you funny looks and ask you about it a lot because they don’t think you connecting with the baby. I was still reading to the baby and stuff while I was pregnant but like then I’d start poking my belly like you really there? Or is like one of those times where you want something to happen so badly your body makes you believe it did like a phantom pregnancy or something (after about 4 scans, I got extra coz I was high risk) but idk I feel like I was just in shock for most of my pregnancy
I honestly didn't feel truly pregnant until I could feel babe moving around, and not just the little flutters in the early second trimester. Like the full on kicks a bit later on. It's a lot to wrap your head around and I've found that most women feel this way, especially with a first baby! I'm almost 35 weeks and sometimes it's still hard to believe that there will be a baby here in a few short weeks!
@Candise I'll defp won't tell my midwife then 😂 yeah hoping once I see more actual signs of pregnancy it will sink in a bit more, not like this shock phase 😂
Thank you everyone for being so reassuring that how I'm thinking and feeling is a completely normal process, will help me to calm down and not apply so much pressure to myself & stop questioning is something wrong with me 🤦🏼♀️
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18 weeks here and I feel like I’m starting to feel pregnant now. My belly is growing although to everyone else I just look fat (I’m overweight) but I feel and see the difference in my belly. Still somedays I really have to tell myself that there’s a baby growing inside of me because I just forget? lol It’s a very weird feeling but I guess normal, I’ve seen the sonograms and I have heard the heart beat and still ,sometimes, can’t really believe there’s a baby in there.
I was like this too! I only 'felt' pregnant when I got a bump, when symptoms started for me about 14 to 16 weeks and when I started to feel and see lil kicks 🥰 tbh still couldn't quite believe it after he came out and they handed him to me, and still look at him now a think wow I'm actually a mum!