Excited but not excited

knottie337a24c154937904

I have struggling with excitement towards my pregnancy. Don’t get me wrong I am very excited and grateful to be pregnant and getting to love and hold my little peanut but I feel like my husband is way more excited about it than I am. I’m not sure if it’s due to my anxiety about keeping baby safe and having a health pregnancy/baby but was wondering if any one else struggles with this too?

mizzoumomma11

I’m not a psychologist, but I feel like that would probably be a pretty common defense mechanism of sorts… like you don’t want to get too attached or get your hopes up too high, in case something happens. I think I experienced something similar in my first trimester—I was convinced that something was going to happen, my anxiety took over and I just couldn’t let myself get too excited. Hopefully, as you get closer to your due date, that will fade away and be replaced with excitement! You could always talk to your doctor about it, that might help ease some of your fears and work past the anxiety.