Anyone else still feel surreal about their pregnancy?

NSizemore2011

I've just noticed, here I am I'll be 30 weeks in 2 days and it just sometimes doesn't feel real. I find it strange. This is my second child. The baby is a boy. Where as my first child is a girl. Could it be the gender is different? I'm not sure but even though I'm already so far along I still feel a bit lost in thought 'oh gosh in a few months I'll be giving birth and will be in shock and awe of the baby'....just all different things.......

 

I hope I'm not alone lol.  

ferris0906

While this is my first, I feel that same "surreal" feeling all day every day.  I still can't believe it's real.  I keep wondering when reality will set in...hopefully soon!

violeteli

You are not alone! Maybe its because the only mirror in my house is too high to really show my belly, but every time I go to the doctor I am shocked to see how big I am and a bit overwhelmed by how far along I am . . .37 wks with our second boy! Its hard to believe there will be a baby in the house so soon, and DS is turning 4!

(btw I think our hubbies know eachother, I am not too involved in army life. . .but the name is familar and it said KY. I am Ianni's wife.)

anhg80

I totally feel the same way!  Even as I deal with the discomfort of pregnancy and set up the nursery, I keep forgetting that there's going to be a real, live baby here - and SOON!

It's just too crazy to wrap my brain around. 

shotzie

Yes! I don't think it's a gender thing, 'cause I'm pregnant with my second girl. Part of it for me is that it took a little while to conceive DD1, whereas I got pregnant right away when trying for this LO. (Got pg right away, but was a chem pregnancy, then conceived this LO the next cycle). So I can't believe this is my third pregnancy and that it happened so quickly. And I think being busy with a toddler gives me less time to dwell on this pregnancy and think about what this LO is going to be like. For a long time, I'd forget I was even pregnant at times! Now it's pretty hard to forget though since I feel huge and uncomfortable.

NSizemore2011

violeteli:

You are not alone! Maybe its because the only mirror in my house is too high to really show my belly, but every time I go to the doctor I am shocked to see how big I am and a bit overwhelmed by how far along I am . . .37 wks with our second boy! Its hard to believe there will be a baby in the house so soon, and DS is turning 4!

(btw I think our hubbies know eachother, I am not too involved in army life. . .but the name is familar and it said KY. I am Ianni's wife.)

haha yea the mirror trick will do that. It just seems like even though I know he will be here soon, I just can't grasp the reality of what I'm getting ready to go through AGAIN! lol (it's possible. He has an uncle lanni. Sound about right? And yes, my hubby was in the Army. who knows lol) If so It's nice to meet you

NSizemore2011

shotzie:

Yes! I don't think it's a gender thing, 'cause I'm pregnant with my second girl. Part of it for me is that it took a little while to conceive DD1, whereas I got pregnant right away when trying for this LO. (Got pg right away, but was a chem pregnancy, then conceived this LO the next cycle). So I can't believe this is my third pregnancy and that it happened so quickly. And I think being busy with a toddler gives me less time to dwell on this pregnancy and think about what this LO is going to be like. For a long time, I'd forget I was even pregnant at times! Now it's pretty hard to forget though since I feel huge and uncomfortable.

 

 Oh yea, I could see the difference on how it would be more surreal with this one opposed to your first one. See my DD wasn't planned. It just happened with her father and I. I swore that if I had anymore kids it would be done right. So while planning our wedding we started trying. Didn't think much of it because he had never been able to have any kids before, we thought it would take a while. Well little did we know, through out our entire, rehearsal dinner, wedding and honeymoon I was already pregnant! We found out the day after we got back form our honeymoon that I was....So I was like SO EXCITED! when I see then the 2 pink lines. I guess thats one reason why its so surreal, I was thoguht we werent going to be able to have kids any time soon. And then like you with a toddler running around I don't have time to sit and dwell on things. Except for 'How in the world am I going to take care of an infant and a toddler whos getting ready to start school!" hahah 

mrs_kelly1014

I'm not sure that I'd use the word "surreal" to describe how I feel, but I am definitely in denial (not a negative way) that she will be here in 3 weeks (scheduled RCS). That part doesn't seem real at all. I just don't think I can comprehend that we are about to be a family of four until it actually happens. Even then, it'll probably take a while to feel real. 

I think things are different the second time too. With pregnancy #1, you have the time to spend tinkering around in the nursery getting everything perfect, daydreaming about what it will be like to have a newborn, etc., and this time, time has flown and there isn't enough time in the day to even remember that I'm pregnant most of the time. lol 

treble_clef

I'm just very, very happy to be pregnant.  It took me about 2 years to get pregnant, so I'm still in "yay! I'm pregnant!" mode.  I can't believe I only have a little over 2 months left...  Yikes!  

I'm hoping my son will transition well to share me with someone else.  He's been an only child for over 4 1/2 years, and he is such a mommy's boy.  He sees my growing belly, and he knows there is a baby in there, but I know it's not real to him yet, either.  How are you preparing your older siblings for the baby? 

Mike&Care

I'm still in denial and its pregnancy #3 and girl #3! It's very surreal to be pregnant

sparkals86

I do as well!!! This is my first pregnancy and we too are expecting a boy but some days I just feel like I've gotten fat and just in the belly lol Which I know he's there and feel him kick all the time but I do know what you mean-I just can't wait for him to get here....We are soo excited

gibbonlove

Yep! Definitely surreal. I'm thinking that won't change either and the birth experience will be even more surreal.

lijuan09

I still feel like the whole pregnancy idea is surreal, and I've got 9 days left!  This is my first, but I don't know that it would be much different with a second.  I think about the baby all the time but it's still sinking in that these movements are coming from a real live full-size baby on the inside!

NSizemore2011

treble_clef:

I'm just very, very happy to be pregnant.  It took me about 2 years to get pregnant, so I'm still in "yay! I'm pregnant!" mode.  I can't believe I only have a little over 2 months left...  Yikes!  

I'm hoping my son will transition well to share me with someone else.  He's been an only child for over 4 1/2 years, and he is such a mommy's boy.  He sees my growing belly, and he knows there is a baby in there, but I know it's not real to him yet, either.  How are you preparing your older siblings for the baby? 

 

wow 2 years! That def. deserves a congrats! I'm excited too, but sometimes I just can't believe that it's almost over.

 My daughter, will be turning 4 about a month after DS gets here. So one thing that we are going to try is, for christmas we bought her a life sized baby doll with the works. clothes, diapers, diaperbag, stroller, carrier. All kinds of stuff. We're giong to use that to start showing her how to hold the baby and rock him and things like that. That way when he does get here she can bring her babydoll in and mommy can hold it and she can hold her brother. Also another thing that I've found effective (because I've already seen just a few small signs of jelousy) is to tell her all of the things that she can do that her brother can't do. That she will have to help him, and teach him how to do these things. That way she feels she has a really important roll. We've taken her to every doctors appointment, all of the ultrasounds. I get daily emails about how big the baby is, some have videos so we've watched all of the videos. She's a very curious little girl, so when she asks a million questions about him we just try to explain it as well as possible. Thats about all you can do while baby is still in your 'belly' lol. Just alot of encouragement to show your son how important it is that he's careful, nice, easy and helpful with the baby could make all of the difference. I hope that helped GL!