Why aren't I fussed about babies anymore??

[Writerwannabe83]

Currently 24 weeks pregnant and very, very excited

I have always been a 'baby person' and the last 5 years of my career have been spent working with babies which I have absolutely loved. I was always gushing over them, enjoying giving them cuddles etc and just generally found them adorable

Just before I found out I was pregnant my best friend gave birth to a little boy and when I first met him I thought he was just gorgeous and went through that 'can't stop staring' at them for no reason phase and used to find lame excuses to visit. However, when he was about 6 weeks old I found out I was pregnant and things just changed. When I went to visit my friend I wasn't even interested in holding the baby - he was no longer this little package I wanted to hold and cuddle, he was just a baby that I felt ambivalent about. I told myself it was because he looked like his dad, who I don't like...but that's another story

Another one of my friends was also pregnant and she gave birth to a little girl last week who I went to visit for the first time today. I held her, gave her a cuddle but I didn't particularly feel or think anything. She was just a baby. I soon handed her back and stayed for another hour without even paying her much attention

I don't understand what has happened to me - I'm worried that when my own comes I'm going to feel the same kind of nonchalance. I never used to be like this at all, I don't understand.

Does anyone else feel like this sometimes?

Honestly? Sounds totally natural to me. You're expecting your own baby now (congrats btw!) so of course you're likely to be less interested in other babies now. They're lovely, but they're not YOURS.

I really wouldn't worry that you're not going to be interested in your own baby when it arrives. I think that's extremely unlikely.

I don't think you need to worry! You were bloody before, hence being interested in other people's babies, now you are pregnant your focus has shifted to the little life growing inside you. Perfectly natural, the same thing happened to me and I absoloutly a ADORE my babies/children but other people's children? Meh.

Broody, not bloody!

I'm pregnant with DC2 and have found this happening this time. Perfectly normal i think. I cant wait to meet my baby but i'm not bothered about any other babies.

I adore babies when I am not pregnant but when I am pregnant I dont even like holding them. I was always too to admit it until now.

I agree, you were broody (even if in a 'long term, one day' sense), now it's all real they tug at your heartstrings less. All perfectly normal