Sounds awful - but anyone NOT excited?

[Kiki1703]

This is my second baby and I’m just not excited, I haven’t really been excited whole pregnancy, unless I force myself

I feel awful saying it, as I was absolutely over the moon with my first. This time I feel so flat and underwhelmed and anxious.

I’ve just a few weeks to go and was hoping the excitement and joy would have kicked in by now!

Me. People keep asking all the time, and I have to keep saying no.
I’m not anxious, I’m just busy, its so far away and there’s a lot to get through first. I know I’ll love my baby once they’re here, I’m just not ‘excited’ and I’m not thinking about it constantly like I’m apparently meant to be. I think I’d prefer that to be honest.
if youre feeling flat and anxious though then it may be worth speaking to your midwife. I wouldn’t worry about not being excited but maybe see if you can do anything about the anxiety.

I felt like that with my first - flat and undershelmed and anxious, for 9 months. Everything changed when he was born.

Hope you can pick up soon!

I’m not excited. I’m having my baby on Tuesdays I will however be relieved this pregnancy is finally over and when I know my baby is safe.

I can't enjoy this pregnancy either its my first time and I jus worry non stop, with being neg blood and worrying about anti d, knocks, bumps and I recently got told I have gestational diabetes at 36 weeks, my partner leaving me at 17 weeks. I feel flat, depressed and fed up, I feel like I cant get excited as im always to worried about something my brain doesn't let me get excited just wants me to worry 24/7 its like this magical pregnancy has been robbed from me, also it doesn't help all you see on social media is people who are so happy about pregnancy and seem to thrive, I dont ever want to be pregnant again 😂 one and done for me for sure

I just want her to be born so I can see shes ok, then ill have a huge sigh of relief my diabetes will be gone and I can feel like myself again as ive completely lost myself,
and I will never be getting pregnant again I can say that for sure all these appointments, worrying and the unknown is killing me mentally

its not awful to feel this way I think its more common than you think, I was excited in the beginning but all these little things came up that just made being pregnant scary/ daunting like a ticking Time bomb waiting to give birth like I feel somedays I have no time to process my emotions ass hell be born soon

before for example I used to enjoy going for a drive in my car listening to music but now im scared to do that incase I crash or something, I dont enjoy walking as I have PGP, my life currently revolves around my eating as my GD
hope you feel better soon x

The only thing I find exciting about pregnancy is the prospect of not being pregnant any more. I HATED it both times and was miserable for 9 months straight.

The babies are fab though.

Hated all pregnancies only because my body hated being pregnant.non stop sickness right to giving birth then it was like a miracle sickness went away and then I was a happy mum

I'm not excited, I'm really pleased to be pregnant again but I hate the feeling of being pregnant and I remember the first couple of weeks after birth being so so hard, I'm not good with no sleep and not good at day napping.

I'm also worried about the unknown this time of a recovery from a CS that I didn't have before and how I'm going to make sure my 20 month old doesn't feel left out when I can't pick him up during recovery

All in all no excitement whatsoever but I am looking forward to getting my body back into shape and having two little boys around the house