I'm 37wks pregnant exactly today. My fiance is getting very excited and nervous and happy and a whole range of emotions - he can't wait to meet our baby (we don't know if its a boy or girl) but he is also nervous at being responsible for the little one... our first child.. its a bit daunting!
Anyhow - as much as i love this child, as much as i want to meet this child, i just don't feel the same way he does- i just feel like its a bit surreal. I feel like, even though the end is "in sight" i'm never going to get there. Everyone keeps saying "Oh the baby will be here any week now" and all i think is "Yeah right - i've been pregnant forever - there isn't really an end to it".
I don't know why i have had a sudden change of attitude - a few weeks ago i was so excited and happy and nervous and all of those things.. but as i get closer i feel.... almost removed from the situation - as if i don't actually believe the pregnancy will end and i'll have a little baby.
What is wrong with me?
2007-03-25 11:27:21 · 3 answers · asked by Smiley One 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
lol im really sorry---i don't mean to laugh...but i know EXACTLY how you feel. My husband gets SO excited about our baby being here soon (im 35 weeks) and i just sigh and say "uh huh". I don't think there is anything wrong with you. Pregnancy at this stage is ANYTHING but enjoyable. With all the aches and pains and all of the emotional rollercoasters you have and..ugh. i know how you feel. Its very hard to be excited. It seems like the end with NEVER come. I now have people asking me if im having twins (which im not..) so..that gives you an idea of just how HUGE my belly is. so i get being uncomfortable.thats for sure.
The only way i have found to get me "in touch" with my baby and to get me excited for at least a little bit is to sit or lay down in bed and rub lotion on my belly and watch his little feet or hands push up against my stomach when i talk to him and rub my belly. Its like he knows its me and that we are bonding together because hes responding to my voice. I know it seems kind of stupid and kind of "simple"..but sometimes the simplist things in life are the very things you need to get by.
Good luck and congratulations on your little one. Even though it doesn't seem like it will be here EVER...it will be soon. Just try to get by in these last few weeks!
2007-03-25 11:46:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I felt the same as you with my first child. I was really excited until the very end....36 weeks on. By then my ankles were terribly swollen, I was HOT all the time, I couldn't get comfortable EVER, and I was so worn out that I was on the verge of tears all the time. I was so ready to get the labor over with that I quit thinking about how excited and nervous I was. I was just....ready. The way you feel is so normal. There is nothing wrong with you, you are just sick of being pregnant and ready for the next chapter in your life and there is absolutely nothing wrong with feeling that way. Good luck with your son or daughter!
2007-03-25 18:39:14 · answer #2 · answered by mommasquarepants 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well my dear, you are 37 weeks pregnant. You've carried the baby for a longggg time. I felt the same way with my lst child. You are tired, your hormones are raging. it is very normal. just relax, once you see that cute little baby's face you will fall instantly in love with him or her. Good luck, I hope you have a smooth labor. ps.. take the epi..hahaha
2007-03-25 18:34:16 · answer #3 · answered by toothanator 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋