For a few months now I’ve had an intense nostalgia for my pregnancy with DC1. It was a dream pregnancy, a pretty good birth, and just such an exciting time in general. I loved doing antenatal classes, strolling around baby shops with DH, dressing my bump to go for nice dinners out, and generally feeling excited about the scans/appointments/meeting the baby. This was before covid so I was working in a busy office and loved the attention I got being the office pregnant lady! (Yep - saddo!) DH was overjoyed at being a dad and it was lovely to see him so happy and excited.
DC2 was born earlier this year, by comparison it was a stressful pregnancy. Scans were a little worrying and I had to have tests (all fine in the end thankfully), there was no need for antenatal classes obviously, and due to being busy with DC1 I didn’t really do anything pregnancy related. Since covid I work from home so didn’t get to show my bump off much on a day-to-day basis, and was stuck at home feeling ill for most of it. DH was much less excited second time round, we didn’t go baby shopping once as he thought it would be a waste of money given we had most of what we needed from DC1. I understand this but it still felt a bit sad and flat.
Don’t get me wrong we adore DC2, he’s a lovely baby and we’ve bonded with him very well. But second time round felt very different and it’s left me really missing my first pregnancy and feeling sad I can’t recapture some of it.
I know it’s very much a first world problem but was just wondering if anyone else felt the same?