Being pregnant isn't at all what I thought. I feel tired but that is about it. I don't feel nauseous or the need to throw up. I am more than grateful that this is the case! I think God gave me a break on this one! Because if I were to get sick I would have to go to the hospital and get my medicines through an IV. Not fun. But I need my medicines, so I really wouldn't have any other choice.
I am grateful that I don't feel the normal pains of pregnancy, yet I feel jipped somehow. Is that crazy? I don't want to get fat but I am excited for something, anything to happen or to change in me. We have been to the doctor twice and have heard the heartbeat. I LOVE THIS! It reassures me that everything is indeed alright. But then I leave the doctor and feel like plain old Jackie again.
How did some of you moms feel?
Am I excited? Absolutely. But I feel most days like it isn't real. And that I will wake up and someone will have played a horrible joke on me. I am looking forward to the day when I feel 'connected' to the baby and to actually feel like an expectant mother.
I hope saying these things don't make me seem like a horrible person! I promise I am more than over the moon that we are having a baby! It just isn't at all like I had expected to feel.
One bonus: I got the boobs I always wanted! :)
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Jackie,
I felt the same way you are with both my pregnancies :) I never really felt pregnant in the beginning. I did get a little night time nausau. Once the baby gets big enough you will begin to feel him/her move and that is an awesome feeling. I bought a fetal doppler like the one used in at the doctor visists so I could listen the hearbeat every night before bed :) That was reassuring to me in the first few months since they weren't big enough to feel moving around. I never got aches and pains and I always felt great! I didn't gain much weight, but eventually my belly popped and I did look prego. I feel jipped in both my pregnancies because I never made it to the third trimester and I didn't get to experience giving birth like most women. But all in all, despite the trouble at the end of my pregnancies I must say they were great times.
Just wait until you start baby shopping! Oh my that is so much fun!!
I am so happy for you
I remember feeling that way with Henry (my first) - I think with John I was so busy chasing Henry that I didn't have time to think about it! ha! It is such a strange feeling - knowing that a miracle is occuring but yet you don't really feel that much different. Thankfully my pregancies were easy too - such a blessing! I'm glad you are feeling well - and know that many of us too felt the same (emotionally) as you!
Please know that your feelings are normal. I get a little nauseated at night but other than that, and being dead exhausted, there really isn't much excitement early on. While hearing the heartbeat is super exciting I think the moment that I really felt the most connected was when I felt that first little kick. Though I knew there was a little life growing inside me that first kick made it really feel real.
It's great that you are feeling so well! I think it's perfectly normal for you to be wanting to see/feel changes though - especially after anticipating this for so long!
Thanks ladies! I really was starting to feel like a bad mom already and the baby isn't even here. It is nice to know that what I am feeling is OK.
That all changes when you feel the movement. I too had incredibly easy pregnancies. For a few weeks you will wonder if it is gas or the baby and then one day you know and it is awesome. This makes you appreciate and understand how it takes longer for the new daddies to connect with baby since nothing happens to there bodies. We pray that you continue to feel good. Congrats!-Milly
I love you friend :)
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