Feeling neutral - Positive test after miscarriages

[Mondaymonday249]

Hi all.
After a number of miscarriages, I have a positive pregnancy test. I feel very much neutral and disengaged despite being completely obsessed in the past with ttc and getting a positive test. Has anyone had these types of feelings before?

Hi there, MondayMonday,

Congratulations on your positive test! We just thought we'd bump this for you in hopes someone who's been in the same situation is about now and has anything to add.

Not quite the same, but after a couple of miscarriages, I just felt weirdly calm throughout my next (successful) pregnancy. With my earlier pregnancies I'd always been terrified of something going wrong, and with this one I kinda felt like I'd faced the "worst case scenario", and I was still standing, and that gave me strength?

I also decided to really enjoy the pregnancy day by day for what it was, without fixating on if/when the baby arrives. As in, I allowed myself to love the tiny embryo exactly as it was, without letting myself rush ahead to imagine them asleep in their cot etc. Not sure if that makes any sense!

Absolutely. I had a MMC, and then a pregnancy. I never felt totally relaxed about the pregnancy, but did go on to have a healthy baby.
I didn't really believe that I was going to have a baby until I was past 24 weeks or so.
I think it's your brain's way of protecting you from any more hurt, if that makes sense?