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Finally in to it all...
I thought I'd write this, because I remember someone else going through this
sometime ago, and worrying that it wasn't normal... I'm still not sure it is, but it's common at least. It might not affect anyone else on here, but Google will store it, and maybe someone else might realise they're not the first... When I was pregnant with Jessica, I found it hard to accept that I would actually have a baby, after having 4 miscarriages before her. Every time I had a scan, I expected them to tell me that there was no baby there, and even when I went to be induced, I thought they'd send me home. That said, I still bought all the stuff I wanted really quickly, and when I found out her sex, I could at least name her, I just couldn't accept that it was all for real. It just felt like a game I was playing. This time round, I've found it really hard to get into this pregnancy, despite how desperate I was to conceive. It didn't help that apart from my heart rate keep going erratic, I didn't have any symptoms. I've had absolutely no morning sickness, and a lot of the tiredness was down to having a two year old running around. The old m/c fears were back as I just didn't feel pregnant. Then, in June, when my DH lost his job, I went from working a 40 hour week, to being at work 92 hours a week. I was just too busy, too tired and too stressed to think about the pregnancy. It wasn't really that much of an issue, until I found out that it was a boy. My feelings actually worsened, not because I wanted another girl or anything like that, but suddenly it seemed real, and with DH out of work, and bills rising, I resented the baby for being another mouth to feed. I knew it wasn't his fault, but then I had a fear of PND starting once he was born. I've spent the last couple of months feeling terrified that I'd reject him once he was born. Until a couple of weeks ago, I'd not bought anything at all, just didn't want to know. We found a really nice crib for a really good price then, and I thought that would help, but then I resented the money I'd spent. My husband started his new job last week. I sorted out my maternity leave, so that I'll be cutting down from 64 hours to just 28 from the end of Sept, then I'll start my leave in November. Jessica's started at a childminder (not 100% convinced the childminder's as good as she promised, but that's a different issue) and I'm finally starting to see a little light at the end of the stress tunnel. Now that i can see I'm going to be able to make a bit of progress, I'm trying to feel more positive about the whole thing. I'm no longer regretting it out of fear that he would steal the precious little time I get with Jessica, and I no longer resent him. Yesterday, I went out and bought baby clothes for the first time this pregnancy, and today I sorted out a set of drawers for his clothes. I felt the first spark of excitement when I was buying clothes and bedding for him yesterday, and I feel really encouraged by it. I was so scared I wouldn't be able to love him. I considered deleting this post, as I feel so ashamed that I had such negative feelings towards a baby that I'd wanted so much. But, that's been part of the problem for the last few months - I couldn't talk about it, as I was worried people would hate me and judge me for my feelings. And I'm guessing other people hide their feelings too sometimes. I'm hoping that if someone else makes a google search because they're scared that they aren't all in love with their pregnancy, that they'll know they're not a freak, like I felt. I've got 16 weeks to go. I'm starting that time by trying to visualise all the positive aspects that he'll bring to our lives, and how Jessica will react to him. They joys that I had before of breastfeeding and watching him learn to smile, to move and all those first milestones. I'm still scared of PND, but I know that if it does try to get me, I'll fight it. Sorry for taking up such a long message, but it's also kind of cathartic to express what I've not been able too. Lucy x |
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Finally in to it all...
16 weeks is a long time -- plenty of time to become excited, have
anticipation, and even fall in love with the boy growing in your belly. Plenty of time. I'm glad you came here to share your feelings with us, and hope that by sharing them, they have dissipated a bit. Hugs and congrats! -- Jamie Clark www.ClarkDigitalArts.com "lu-lu" wrote in message ... I thought I'd write this, because I remember someone else going through this sometime ago, and worrying that it wasn't normal... I'm still not sure it is, but it's common at least. It might not affect anyone else on here, but Google will store it, and maybe someone else might realise they're not the first... When I was pregnant with Jessica, I found it hard to accept that I would actually have a baby, after having 4 miscarriages before her. Every time I had a scan, I expected them to tell me that there was no baby there, and even when I went to be induced, I thought they'd send me home. That said, I still bought all the stuff I wanted really quickly, and when I found out her sex, I could at least name her, I just couldn't accept that it was all for real. It just felt like a game I was playing. This time round, I've found it really hard to get into this pregnancy, despite how desperate I was to conceive. It didn't help that apart from my heart rate keep going erratic, I didn't have any symptoms. I've had absolutely no morning sickness, and a lot of the tiredness was down to having a two year old running around. The old m/c fears were back as I just didn't feel pregnant. Then, in June, when my DH lost his job, I went from working a 40 hour week, to being at work 92 hours a week. I was just too busy, too tired and too stressed to think about the pregnancy. It wasn't really that much of an issue, until I found out that it was a boy. My feelings actually worsened, not because I wanted another girl or anything like that, but suddenly it seemed real, and with DH out of work, and bills rising, I resented the baby for being another mouth to feed. I knew it wasn't his fault, but then I had a fear of PND starting once he was born. I've spent the last couple of months feeling terrified that I'd reject him once he was born. Until a couple of weeks ago, I'd not bought anything at all, just didn't want to know. We found a really nice crib for a really good price then, and I thought that would help, but then I resented the money I'd spent. My husband started his new job last week. I sorted out my maternity leave, so that I'll be cutting down from 64 hours to just 28 from the end of Sept, then I'll start my leave in November. Jessica's started at a childminder (not 100% convinced the childminder's as good as she promised, but that's a different issue) and I'm finally starting to see a little light at the end of the stress tunnel. Now that i can see I'm going to be able to make a bit of progress, I'm trying to feel more positive about the whole thing. I'm no longer regretting it out of fear that he would steal the precious little time I get with Jessica, and I no longer resent him. Yesterday, I went out and bought baby clothes for the first time this pregnancy, and today I sorted out a set of drawers for his clothes. I felt the first spark of excitement when I was buying clothes and bedding for him yesterday, and I feel really encouraged by it. I was so scared I wouldn't be able to love him. I considered deleting this post, as I feel so ashamed that I had such negative feelings towards a baby that I'd wanted so much. But, that's been part of the problem for the last few months - I couldn't talk about it, as I was worried people would hate me and judge me for my feelings. And I'm guessing other people hide their feelings too sometimes. I'm hoping that if someone else makes a google search because they're scared that they aren't all in love with their pregnancy, that they'll know they're not a freak, like I felt. I've got 16 weeks to go. I'm starting that time by trying to visualise all the positive aspects that he'll bring to our lives, and how Jessica will react to him. They joys that I had before of breastfeeding and watching him learn to smile, to move and all those first milestones. I'm still scared of PND, but I know that if it does try to get me, I'll fight it. Sorry for taking up such a long message, but it's also kind of cathartic to express what I've not been able too. Lucy x |
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Finally in to it all...
lu-lu schrieb:
snip Sorry for taking up such a long message, but it's also kind of cathartic to express what I've not been able too. I remember with Sara, and even with Sam, the feeling that babies can't really grow inside another human! I mean, come on, an entire person in my belly, that can't be right. Of course I know it's true and everything, but still, I looked at my belly, talked to the baby and everything but it was like the baby I'd be getting would somehow be a different baby. I don't quite know how to explain it. And in the last few weeks, every time I'd cuddle with Sam I worried about what if I don't love the new baby as much as I love Sam. I mean, what if I look at her and think "Good lord she's ugly!" or something. And then she finally made her appearance and I looked at her and my first thought wasn't "Oh my god she's beautiful" it was "Man she's huge! Now I know why I was feeling so horrible." kind of thing. And my best friend who was with me for the birth kept saying "Oh she's so beautiful" and I thought "yeah, give me a break, it's a baby." and then they handed her to me and I melted and oh she was the sweetest thing I'd ever seen *lol* Another woman I met during birthing class for Sam said with her first child it took her a day to get to the "Oh I love him" stage. So it's not that uncommon to not feel the "love at first sight" thing. cu nicole |
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Finally in to it all...
lu-lu wrote:
This time round, I've found it really hard to get into this pregnancy, despite how desperate I was to conceive. It didn't help that apart from my I spent much of the pregnancy with my much wanted and planned 6 month old thinking I must have been insane to want another. I waited until the last few weeks of pregnancy to buy a car seat and make a new sling for her. I'm thankful that once she was born, I became very happy and had no regrets. --Betsy |
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Finally in to it all...
A lot of women can have these negative feeling right up until the birth of
the baby, but when that baby is placed in their arms generally the world sort of aligns and things sort themselves. It's perfectly normal to feel un-excited and on edge when you are SO busy. You barely have time to have 5 minutes to think about yourself let alone anyone at the moment xxx I'm sure that when your hours drop down you will feel the release of stress and will be able to allow yourself to get excited. Take care. -- Pip, in NZ My girls : DD1 Jasmine - 5 weeks early - March 02 - 4lb 12oz 6 now and such a treasure. DD2 Abby - 8 weeks early - Feb 05 - 3lb 14oz 3 1/2 now and so grown up "Yes you can drive me insane just by talking to me!" |
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Finally in to it all...
Hi Lucy
Just had to reply to your post to say you so are not alone. I planned my baby, Harleigh but when I finally fell pregnant with her I became so scared of what that pregnancy was going to bring, was it going to bring more hassle from social services, they were not giving me a clear answer but said they would need to do a pre-birth assessment but ve ry much doubted that the baby would be removed like Joanna was but would deprend on the outcome of the pre-birth assessment. I then worried would I cope with two children, a baby and a toddler or would I lose it and wreck everything i'd worked for. I then went through a stage of seriously thinking about terminating the pregnancy because I didnt want to risk my safe place I was currently in as a mum. I was so serious that I had the termination booked ect but then the thought of terminating sickened me so I didnt go through that in the end and went ahead with my pregnancy but was still so petrified I didnt really connect with the baby and wanted something else to take control of the situation. Things worked out in the end and I love being a new mum again but circumstances can really change the joys of pregnancy. "lu-lu" wrote in message ... I thought I'd write this, because I remember someone else going through this sometime ago, and worrying that it wasn't normal... I'm still not sure it is, but it's common at least. It might not affect anyone else on here, but Google will store it, and maybe someone else might realise they're not the first... When I was pregnant with Jessica, I found it hard to accept that I would actually have a baby, after having 4 miscarriages before her. Every time I had a scan, I expected them to tell me that there was no baby there, and even when I went to be induced, I thought they'd send me home. That said, I still bought all the stuff I wanted really quickly, and when I found out her sex, I could at least name her, I just couldn't accept that it was all for real. It just felt like a game I was playing. This time round, I've found it really hard to get into this pregnancy, despite how desperate I was to conceive. It didn't help that apart from my heart rate keep going erratic, I didn't have any symptoms. I've had absolutely no morning sickness, and a lot of the tiredness was down to having a two year old running around. The old m/c fears were back as I just didn't feel pregnant. Then, in June, when my DH lost his job, I went from working a 40 hour week, to being at work 92 hours a week. I was just too busy, too tired and too stressed to think about the pregnancy. It wasn't really that much of an issue, until I found out that it was a boy. My feelings actually worsened, not because I wanted another girl or anything like that, but suddenly it seemed real, and with DH out of work, and bills rising, I resented the baby for being another mouth to feed. I knew it wasn't his fault, but then I had a fear of PND starting once he was born. I've spent the last couple of months feeling terrified that I'd reject him once he was born. Until a couple of weeks ago, I'd not bought anything at all, just didn't want to know. We found a really nice crib for a really good price then, and I thought that would help, but then I resented the money I'd spent. My husband started his new job last week. I sorted out my maternity leave, so that I'll be cutting down from 64 hours to just 28 from the end of Sept, then I'll start my leave in November. Jessica's started at a childminder (not 100% convinced the childminder's as good as she promised, but that's a different issue) and I'm finally starting to see a little light at the end of the stress tunnel. Now that i can see I'm going to be able to make a bit of progress, I'm trying to feel more positive about the whole thing. I'm no longer regretting it out of fear that he would steal the precious little time I get with Jessica, and I no longer resent him. Yesterday, I went out and bought baby clothes for the first time this pregnancy, and today I sorted out a set of drawers for his clothes. I felt the first spark of excitement when I was buying clothes and bedding for him yesterday, and I feel really encouraged by it. I was so scared I wouldn't be able to love him. I considered deleting this post, as I feel so ashamed that I had such negative feelings towards a baby that I'd wanted so much. But, that's been part of the problem for the last few months - I couldn't talk about it, as I was worried people would hate me and judge me for my feelings. And I'm guessing other people hide their feelings too sometimes. I'm hoping that if someone else makes a google search because they're scared that they aren't all in love with their pregnancy, that they'll know they're not a freak, like I felt. I've got 16 weeks to go. I'm starting that time by trying to visualise all the positive aspects that he'll bring to our lives, and how Jessica will react to him. They joys that I had before of breastfeeding and watching him learn to smile, to move and all those first milestones. I'm still scared of PND, but I know that if it does try to get me, I'll fight it. Sorry for taking up such a long message, but it's also kind of cathartic to express what I've not been able too. Lucy x |
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