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Mrs_Sarah · July 2009

I realized yesterday that I haven't excatly put two and two together that the little babies that I love to snuggle and see is the same thing that is growing inside me... kinda like denial maybe? I don't know..

Is it weird that I haven't fully made that connection yet? This sounds stupid, I know I'm having baby... I don't know how to describe the feeling... but has anyone else had anything like this?

ms_mellor · July 2009

Not at all! I am further behind you, but it still hasn't sunk in that there's a baby in there. I also remember when I was pg with Ru that it didn;t sink in for a long time....don't worry...it'll come!

stewiegriffin · July 2009

To be honest with you, I never felt like that my whole pregnancy. People would be all like "doesn't it feel great to be growing a life inside of you" and stuff to that effect. I would just be like "I guess so." Maybe I am just wierd but the whole idea of parenthood didn't really sink in until DS was born.

annabelle.27 · July 2009

lol. Sort of. I remember later on in my pregnancy it seemed really odd that my baby was in there, fully formed, covered in gunk and hanging out in my belly upside down. Early on in my pregnancy I had no problem picturing him as a little alien-type thing like you see in those pics, because well, everything inside us is kind of weird looking. But a fully formed baby... it just seemed so weird. Even after he was born I stared at him a few times, thinking about him looking just like that all bundled up head-down in amniotic fluid and endometrial lining and vernix was so odd.

Mrs_Sarah · July 2009

stewiegriffin:

Maybe I am just wierd but the whole idea of parenthood didn't really sink in until DS was born.

This exactly - the idea of parenthood is not there at all. The lightbulb has not turned on yet.

goldenprincess · July 2009

I felt that way too until DS and DD were born. Then it all became reality. I think it is very normal to feel that way b/c you you haven't met the baby yet so it is hard to imagine what he/she will really be like until that point.

All_Planned · July 2009

I?m excited but ot be honest I think its the idea of having a baby because I don?t feel like it?s real for me yet! Even looking at the U/S pics?if I wasn?t

physically there I would have guessed it to be someone else?s.

DH also hasn?t clicked in?lol

I wonder if I?ll feel differently once I can feel it kicking. Or only once it?s born?

ms_mellor · July 2009

LOL...I remember the MW saying 'it's time to push' and I said "but I'm not ready yet". So apparently it didn't sink in until DD came out!

triple777 · July 2009

I don't think I've made the connection at all. I had an apptment today and got to hear the heartbeat (yay baby has a heartbeat! I was unreasonably worried that I would go and find out I'd been making it all up), but I don't think I've fully connected all the dots.

Part of me thinks it's because I don't look pregnant yet, and maybe it'll click more once I have a big belly, but reading the other responses makes me think that it might not click until the babe arrives!

Aerochyck · July 2009

There was no connection until DS arrived. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I kept calling him my "parasite".

It's about the same thing this time too. Completely normal in my eyes.

Blondie22 · July 2009

Becoming a parent was definitely a surreal feeling until DS was born. Then I couldn't believe he was actually mine and that I had finally had a baby after wanting one for so long.

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