I don’t like my PFB

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Not sure where to have posted this but hopefully someone will help. 7w pregnant with DC2. DS is 15mo. Until I was pregnant absolutely adored DS but now I don’t want to be around him, at all. It’s like a switch has flipped. I’ve had low level nausea and a bit of vomiting in this pregnancy and DS is too much. The way he smells makes me feel sick, his need for attention is “irritating”, I dread looking after him. I feel awful for feeling like this. I’m not as present with him as I was. I’m doing my best to continue as normal and show him love and affection. Has anyone else felt like this? I know DS is great, but I don’t feel it at the moment. And I hate myself for it. Please tell me this will pass.

It’s just hormones. Everything annoyed me in the first trimester, and I remember getting irritated with DC1 and 2 more than usual, it’ll calm down in a few weeks when your hormones do. Just do your best acting job until then. In a couple of months your hormones will make you go the other way and you’ll be wondering how you could possibly love the new baby compared to your pfb!

Very, very normal. You're low on energy, your hormones are weird. It'll pass, quite possibly once you're out of the first trimester but certainly by the time you have his sibling. Keep trying but give yourself a break and don't worry about what this "means"; all it means is that you're a human being and your body has limits.

@AquaticSewingMachine @Namechanger965 thank you both for words of comfort.