Normal to feel sad?

[julie0909]

Looking for a little reassurance. This is my first pregnancy and although I am really excited at times I can’t help feel sad for the parts of my life that are now over. The spontaneous nights out the friends, the travelling, the music festivals. Does that sound normal?

Completely normal

Yes completely normal. You can be happy about a baby but still feel like you're missing out on things you enjoy.

Good news is that once the baby is a little older, there's nothing stopping you still doing the stuff you enjoy :)

Thank you. I’m the first in my group of girls to be pregnant so it’s hard not to think things will change, and they probably will I suppose but I just feel guilty for feeling a little sad during this exciting time. I know deep down it’s normal just good to share I suppose. I’m finding reading all these threads so so helpful.

Yes normal I think it's one of them things people don't like to say IRL. It does massively change your life/priorities but in many good ways aswell.

Of course it’s normal, your allowed to be sad that things are going to be different and you definitely will miss out on fun things that you could have done if you weren’t a parent. There are endless jokes about how much things change when your parent.

It’s normal, but you don’t have the feel like your life is over! You’ll still be you, and you can still enjoy the things you like... it’s not like you’ll never be able to go on a night out or to a festival again. You just need to plan around it a bit.