17 weeks pregnant and feeling in love with my baby normal?

[hollie1stbaby]

Felt a few movements here and there and feeling crazy in love want my baby here now! I want my 20 week scan now!! Want to no what sex bean I'm growing, anyone else felt this sudden urge of love or is it just me

Yep, I know that feeling! ;) It's wonderful, isn't it?

I fluctuate between those feelings of elation that you describe, and being scared of/annoyed at the "invasion" and complete change that my life is about to undergo. Pregnancy has been full of ambivalence for me

Enjoy your pregnancy, hope everything goes smoothly for you!

Oh its not just me then I get the scared feeling too sometimes I sit and think I can barely look after my self and obviously giving birth is worrying me scared! But I love my little bean :) thanks and to you :)

I never felt a rush like that but I had no pregnancy symptoms with ds at all just a positive test and I was worried every day up until the scan. At the scan, within seconds she said "yes there we go, want to see?" and that confirmation that my baby was there and alive made me cry and feel more emotion than I think I had ever felt. I just burst into gasping sobs with utter relief. I hadn't realised how much I loved them already and how much I needed them to be ok.

I cried at my 12 week scan seeing my baby was getting symptoms but I had a mc back in june and never even got to see a sac so seeing something in there was a relief the lead up to my 12 week scan I kept thinking somethings was wrong feel positive now :) me and my partner are discussing baby names :)

I mean back in may mc at 6 weeks fell really quick after woulds as you can probli work out :)

This is the nicest post I've seen on mn in a long time! So happy for you.

Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy- for me I only felt even more love the bigger I got so hope it's the same for you xxx (v unmnetty I know but worth it I think!)

Wait until baby is here! I cried every day for over a week after DD was born because I couldn't believe I had produced something so beautiful and perfect. I still find myself staring at her in awe now 11 months on!

Thank you sick n span :)

Mine are nearly 14 and 10 and I still feel it now!!!
With DS1 it didn't feel real until he was born and I felt the 'rush of love' as soon as I saw him 'in the flesh' but with DS2 I think because I knew what to expect and was more relaxed I loved him and felt so protective of him from the first kick.
It never ever goes - if anything it gets stronger.
Enjoy it

Yes totally fell in love at the 12 week scan with my little womb dweller! I cannot wait for my 20 week scan to find out what we are having I am so impatient I just want to know everything!

I can see my self crying from the minute babys born from then on I'm such a emotional person :) nice reply s :)

Yes. Massive love amd very protective. My little one is hoing to be poorly when she's born and it breaks my heart.

RACHYCONKS I’m 33+2...Can’t quite fully comprehend that there is a real life baby in my tummy...when I imagine labour i imagine this "thing" more like alien than real human baby coming out...can’t actually imagine that I will give birth to 1 of these gorgeous little babes?! is that normal??? I can imagine I’ll be completely overcome with emotion/disbelief that I/we produced such an amazing thing???
Hollie- wish my anxiety hadn’t taken over my pregnancy so I could’ve felt pure love like you have, what you describe is so lovely. At wkend I’d not eaten much untill afternoon so was starving- baby was kicking furiously away letting me know they were hungry – this together with fact know it must take after me and my massive appetite and love of food was one of most lovely & bonding moments have had so far!

That's lovely that you've got such strong feelings :)

I have to say even now I'm pregnant with DC3 I still find myself a little bit detached from it all. I'm 16+2 and still haven't really got my head around it all. You'd think by my third the feelings would start sooner but I personally find my mind separates being pregnant and actually having the baby.

Within the first moments after each of my boys were born I was hit with the overwhelming feelings of love that have only gotten stronger. I think part of it for me is I suffer slightly with anxiety so I almost don't let myself get attached in case something goes wrong. Also with DS2 and this pregnancy I fell really quickly within 1-2 cycles so it was all a bit of a surprise. I'm seriously looking forward to my 20 week scan I'm hoping it'll make it all feel a little more real for me.

I thought I'd add another view point because I'm sure I'm not the only one to feel like this and I figured it might reassure others of know the feelings of love do happen just at different times for different people.

Burbgirl - absolutely normal. I felt completely detached from my DD inside me. It all felt so abstract. But the moment the midwife places the baby on your tummy for the first cuddle that totally changes. I chose not to find out the gender, I don't know if that made a difference to the way I felt about it. I also feel the same with this pregnancy, but only 16 weeks.

I found it quite hard to attach to the pregnancy at first. I kept having bleeds and was convinced something was going to go wrong so I kept my distance from it a little bit. I felt excited but I did have any feelings of love or strong emotional links. However, I went for a 16 week scan last week (to check baby was ok after my latest bleed) and as soon as I was told I was having a little boy something changed in me. My protective factor suddenly went through the roof, all I could think about was the little boy inside me who was going to be my child and I haven't come down from Cloud 9 yet. I'm still nervous about the pregnancy but now I feel like a mum, not just a pregnant lady

What a lovely post! Enjoy your pregnancy, it's a wonderful time. I miss being pregnant, 2 years on, apart from the hideous everlasting sickness