any other moms have the feeling of just not being connected to your baby? My little girl has been posterior and sat in my back most of my pregnancy so I haven't really gotten the chance to bond through movements or having a baby bump until recently. I'm just starting to feel and really look pregnant and I'm close to the end. don't get me wrong, I am very excited to be her mom (we did plan her). I'm just not sure if what I'm going through is "normal" or not.
@happyamy, @showersoverflowers, thanks ladies! I know that I am very happy to have her in my life and I'm wanting her to be here more then ever, I just think it's finally starting to sink in that I am in fact really having a baby (we miscarried the month before we found out we were expecting again) so it really is like a shock. you've both made me feel 1000X better.
It happens when your a first time mother...you simply never loved or had a child of your own...
I knew I was pregnant but couldn't wrap my head around the fact that I was having another baby. I was almost shocked when I delivered. I'm very bonded with baby now though! However I do have PPD just because I was not adjusted to the idea of another baby but I do not resent or feel distant to my baby at all
I've had 2 losses that we know of (I stopped testing before 8 weeks after a while until I started on hormone treatmemts) and I've had two successful pregnancies. my babies mean the world to me but this last pregnancy was so disconnected compared to the first. I thought there was something wrong with me but after talking with my doc, she reassured me it was okay! she even said she went through a similar situation with one of her pregnancies