Anyone else Excited but Not Ridiculously Delirious?!

bklyn_trini

DH and I planned to have our baby.  We've been married 4 yrs, dated for way too many and finally got to the point where we ready to start a family.  It was simple for us: went to the Dr, started pre-natal vitamins, and we were expecting within a month.  I'm blessed and grateful and excited.   But.....

since letting ppl know I'm PG, they only want to have conversations with me about the baby.  Everything we talk about references pregnancy, baby and tips.   Then when I respond in what I think is a normal way, they say I'm not excited enough.  

 Is it just me or do ppl's brains go to mush around babies?  

CKLee1107

yes and yes...I am not one to be jumping off the walls (even if its how I feel) in front of people...*poker face*

Coworkers are funny to me because they all seem way more 'bouncy' excited than I act...

mefsta777

this is me too. well, not the whole thing. i have been married for six months (today !!) and it was not planned. we are excited, but man, can i have a NORMAL, nonbaby conversation anymore?! geez!!! yes, theres gonna be a baby. no i dont need to talk about it every three seconds.?

rebecca_cross

People's minds go to mush around babies, period. 

The pregnancy *oh, how exciting! Let me touch your tummy.  You should really be eating this and this and no don't eat that! Oh, let me help you with that box of cereal, don't want to hurt your back with a baby on the way!*

The labor *Oh, you are gonna be in so much pain and this is what helped me...blah, blah, blah*

The actual baby *How cute!  Is it a boy or a girl?  Can I hold her/him? You picked that name? Well, it is uniqiue.*

People just cannot control themselves around new life.  Makes you glad that your baby won't remember how psychotic these people were acting around them.  lol

getnmarried910

Yes, people's brans go to mush around pregnant women and babies.  I'd like to talk about other things as well, but people just don't get it.

sasky

This lady understands:

Sorry, I had to. 

titicole

For me, yes I am pleased we are going to have a baby.  We planned it, but I am just not expressing excitement, it's more a pleasure or contentment or something so it is just more chill. And I just don't know how to react to people who are just so excited as I just can't fake that.

fIowerchild

Yes! We were in your same position, married 4 years before we even tried to pregnant with our first. With this second pregnancy,  I haven't told my office yet, and I only just told friends last week. It's true that everything is about being pregnant once people know.

uofibabe

bklyn_trini:

DH and I planned to have our baby.  We've been married 4 yrs, dated for way too many and finally got to the point where we ready to start a family.  It was simple for us: went to the Dr, started pre-natal vitamins, and we were expecting within a month.  I'm blessed and grateful and excited.   But.....

since letting ppl know I'm PG, they only want to have conversations with me about the baby.  Everything we talk about references pregnancy, baby and tips.   Then when I respond in what I think is a normal way, they say I'm not excited enough.  

 Is it just me or do ppl's brains go to mush around babies?  

 

Dh and I are basically in the same boat.  We have been married 3 years and together for 8 years.  Went for my annual in December and finished up BC in Feb/March and found out we were preggers in late March.  Of course we are excited but I'm not like OMG......I'm having baby ...crazy lady. 

 I know what you mean about others giving advice and acting more excited than I do about it.  I think for me it's really just not totally set in even with being 24 weeks.  I told DH it became more real after having the big ultrasound and finding out we are having a boy but now it's just planning, planning, and more planning....reminds me of planning for the wedding!! 

MIL was basically screaming and crying when we told her we were having a boy......some just go nuts and I'm just plain happy not crazy like some and not depressed. Oh the joys of having a baby!!

beckys96

I totally feel you.  with my 1st I was excited but not goozing with it.  Its really hard to wrap your head around till the LO is here.  And with this one I am so busy with DD I hardly have time to think about it.  I know when it gets closer I'll get more excited but again not crazy. 

LadyJavy

Wow... its like you guys are us! Our situation is exactly the same as yours, down to the timeline.

I feel exactly the same way, but chalk it up to being smack in the middle of pregnancy. It's that so close, but still so far away feeling so I can't really get too excited. I was the same way when I was engaged. I was really excited, but definitely went through a stage when I was ready for something else to talk about.

kmtfu

Yes but for completely different reasons than you: we lost our first and it's EXTREMELY difficult for me to fully believe my dreams of parenting will happen now.  Sad but true.  Until that baby is in my arms, I'm not sure I will ever become deliriously excited.

liv97

yeah, but i'd go further and say that i think i'm like a "typical" guy, and don't really think i'll be excited until it gets here.