17 weeks pregnant and don't feel excited or interested

[faintpinkline]

No visible bump, don't feel pregnant except for strange cravings and constant exhaustion. I know the baby is there because I've seen it on the scan and heard it heart beat on Monday but I don't feel like its there. Somehow I can't get my head round the idea this is going to end in a real live baby and to be honest I feel quite disinterested in the whole process.

I was with a friend yesterday and we were looking at baby clothes and I could summon up no enthusiasm at all. Feeling weirdly detached from whole process. Is anyone else feeling like this and when on earth is reality going to catch up with me?

Hi pink,

I felt the same around 15-16 weeks.

I think it felt more real and exciting for me when I could feel the baby kick and move.
And then since we've started decorating the nursery and bought the cot and some clothes it get's exciting.

Im now at the shitting bricks stage realising whilst watchin obem that a baby is actually going to have to come out of my fanjo!

I think its a very strange period between about 12-20 weeks as you have had your first scan and the excitement from that and then theres nothing until 20 weeks when you get your anomaly scan and start to feel kicks. It gets a bit "boring" if you're like me and didn't really feel any different, no sickness, no bump yet.

I totally felt like this up until I was definitely feeling movements around 22 weeks. Now feeling much more "in the zone". You will get there!

I dont think I really believed I'd get an actual baby until it was born, and even in the first photos, my expression is kind of "Oh my god! Where did that come from?"

I actually think it's a better way to be. I sometimes think that people who really really look forward to the baby find the reality more of a shock than those who are a bit detached from it.