1st Trimester

In Shock

Hi Everyone..I'm brand spankin new here.

So..in August my husband and I decided to "start trying"..because you know, we "couldnt possibly get pregnant on the first time trying". Well... I guess his swimmers should be named Michael Phelps.  We're growing a baby!! However.. WHile hubby is jumping with joy...I just feel in complete "shock"? I'm not scared or upset or nervous...but i'm also not grinning from ear to ear yet. I just feel surreal? Is this normal or am I already a horrible mother? 

Re: In Shock

  • The same thing happened to MH and I.  We got married on July 7 and we decided to start trying after my last AF visit (7/22) and bam super spermies found their target.  We are due 4/28/13.  All the books I read previously to actually trying that it would take a few months for my body to regulate after coming off bc.  I guess not.  
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  • Nope, I was in the same boat - aside from the only trying 1 month.

    I still don't feel it's real. I want to take a test every week! The boobs hurt, the pants are snug, I get up at 4:30 am every morning to pee and I'm exhausted. Other than that, I'm just holding tight until my appt on 9/26 - which seems like eons away!

    Congrats! And as my hubby says, might as well enjoy it now while symptoms aren't super crazy!

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  • It definitely takes awhile to sink in and feel real!  I quit my BC in July, and I'm pretty sure we conceived August 4th.  I was pretty sure it would take awhile too, we weren't planning on getting pregnant *quite* this soon (maybe a few more months) but it happened, and here we are.  After the first doctor visit and especially the dating ultrasound when we heard the heartbeat.. reality has pretty much sank in.  We couldn't be happier!

    How far along are you?

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  • First Congrats!! & Second-don't fret :) On my first, we were trying, but I literally cried everytime I told someone I was pregnant. I don't know why I was so upset but it got better with the first heartbeat and then A LOT better at the ultrasound (20 weeks in) by the time she was born I was happy hahaha

     

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  • Thank you all... :)

    Its just all very very new. I think I will feel better once I go to the Doctor and get the "hey everything is good lets get excited!!" go ahead.  I'm lucky that there arent MANY symptoms yet....just this obnoxious slight cramping; I think I'm nervous about the calm before the storm. And- is it totally lame that I'm scared of telling my dad?  This afternoon it hit me- oh my gosh my dad is going to know i've had sex! lol

  • Totally normal. It happened on the first try for us both with our DD and this time and it definitely takes a while to get used to the idea of having a baby.

    It will sink in!

     

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  • malloryjk I feel the same way sometimes. Some days it's like YAY I'm pregnant and then other days it feels like "Am I really???" I think it just takes some time to get used to the idea. I bought myself a mother heart necklace that has the outline of a mom and child in it as a reminder. Trying to help myself warm up to the idea a little quicker. Good luck and hope everything goes well for you. You're not a horrible mom, just feeling normal things while adjusting to the change.
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