still doesn’t feel real that I’m pregnant at 26 weeks - is anyone else the same?

[Jem9153]

Hi!

I’m 26 weeks today and I’ve been sat thinking all morning about how it hasn’t sunk in properly that I am pregnant and there is a baby in there and he’s gonna pop out in the next 14ish weeks 😂

The pregnancy was unplanned and was a total shock as I was on the pill so maybe that’s why! I am so excited though and I can’t wait to meet him but at the same time part of my brain just doesn’t seem to have clicked that it is really happening.

I love feeling him kick and he’s getting bigger and stronger by the day but I can’t grasp that it’s an actual baby inside there kicking me haha.

Is anyone else the same? I feel like I’m not going to believe it til he arrives 😂

I was the same! I'm nearly 34 weeks now and just finishing the nursery and it's only in the last few days of feeling "heavily pregnant" finally and then finishing decorating that's made it sink in!
Oh, and packing hospital bags!

I know what you mean! I'm 25 weeks today and so so excited for our baby to arrive but sometimes I have moments where I look down and think 'oh god I've put on loads of weight... oh no hang on, I'm pregnant!' Which is utterly ridiculous as I have had 5 scans and know for sure that there is definitely a healthy little baby growing in there plus I can feel her moving around all the time and yet I still half expect someone to say to me 'there's been a mistake'. It's just hard to equate the weird feelings in my tummy with the fact that in not very much time at all there will be a brand new human coming to live with us in our house!

I’m 23 weeks and feel exactly the same. I can’t get my head around the whole idea that I’m going to be responsible for another human.
Even when I’ve been buying all these baby bits, I just feel like I’m playing pretend.
I keep saying to OH it won’t sink in until we’re home alone in the middle of the night with a crying baby 😂

I know exactly what you mean. I'm 26 weeks tomorrow, also an unplanned pregnancy....I'm a FTM and 37 years old.
Some days I'm fine about everything, other days I don't feel pregnant at all and just can't really believe that there's actually a tiny human growing inside of me.
The fact I'm not seeing family, friends, work colleagues etc makes it even more surreal as they haven't seen the bump or anything so it kind of feels like I'm just playing at being pregnant if that makes sense?

I still can't believe I'm pregnant at 26 weeks so know what you mean. This baby was planned, but still can't believe we will have a baby soon. I cant decide if the time is going slowly or quickly, but hoping the next 14 weeks go fast!

I’m 32 weeks now but I still felt like this around 22/23 weeks and then all of a sudden I had a mini breakdown like wtf have I done 😂 I think it all just sunk in one day (I was trying as well lol) it’ll come, try not to worry x

100% - like others have said, when I'm buying things or thinking about the nursery I feel like I'm playing pretend. Not helped by the fact that nobody is seeing me get bigger! I'm nearly 23 weeks and it's definitely not sunk in. Feels like I'm going through the motions without actually connecting to the idea of a real life baby! Even with feeling movements now it's hard to associate them with it being a baby that's making them? If that makes any sense...

This happened to me, or somewhat similar, with my second. My first was 15 months when I got pregnant, we were running our own business, bought a new house, and life was just crazy. I "forgot" I was pregnant all the time. I'd notice my growing stomach and it would dawn on me, and sometimes it had been ages since I had last thought about being pregnant.

When I was pregnant with my first baby I remember going over due and wondering if I really was pregnant.. Then after the birth and I had a real baby it was kind of a shock because I don't what I was expecting but I couldn't believe I had a real baby. Mad as it sounds!

This was me with my first!

I had a bit of a daydream feeling about a baby like it was just a thought (and I got excited buying stuff and trying pushchairs etc).

Then in labour the midwife said one more push and he'll be here. I had a breakdown and was like omg I don't think I can do this I can't look after my self let alone a child 🤦‍♀️

The midwife laughed (in a nice way) and said well there's not much we can do to stop him now.

Babies are a bit strange as in although you've incubated them for 9 months you don't know who you're going to get (like a quiet thoughtful baby or a wild child or one that sleeps through the night at 2days old or you can take out on coffee dates with your friends etc). So they are a little bit abstract until you're holding them!

I'm pregnant with my third now and still feel a little bit like I don't truly believe it until he's in my arms!

Yeah! I'm nearly 24 weeks and even though I can feel her move, it doesn't seem real. The weirdest is when I count down the number of weeks I have left... and it's not that many! Eek!

I'm 24 weeks and feel the same! Haven't bought anything for the baby yet as it still all seems so far in the future... I keep thinking it'll feel more real when the baby gets bigger even though I already have quite a big bump!

I was like that with dd2. I didn't even know I was pregnant until I was 5mths. I just couldn't get my head round the fact I was going to have a baby. I hardly bought anything and can remember my sister packing my hospital bag at 38weeks.
Believe me, once she was born it felt very real🤣.