Connection

knottiecd26b2240235256c

1st time mom at 17wks…am I supposed to feel a connection with my baby? I haven’t been sick or anything just headaches here and there. I feel like something is wrong with me because I don’t feel connected. Is this normal?

kamays54

That is completely normal.  Everything was so surreal with my first.  Even after she was born it still didn't feel real to me.  So I didn't feel like the connection was there until shortly after she was born.  It's kind of been the same so far with this one.  Like, I know he's in there.  I've seen him on the ultrasound and just heard his heartbeat again on Friday but it still doesn't feel like he's real yet.  I think part of it is worry and self-preservation.  Don't be too hard on yourself.