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almost post due and emotionally reaction is numb?

NewlyWeds13NewlyWeds13 member
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So... after my appointment yesterday when I found out that nothing changed and i still feel exactly the same and fine...instead of feeling the horrible anxiety I had felt for weeks (worrying about not feeling the baby move and my thoughts of the worst and stillbirth, etc... god forbid and praying that nothing like this ever happens) I felt kind of numb. I also feel defective for not feeling any changes in my body.

It is almost like I am distancing myself from caring about it.   Today, I found myself at work totally forgetting I was pregnant at all.   My biggest thought was wish I had booked that trip to Germany this week for work, since the baby is not coming and no reason to stop my life.  

I am actually considering taking a case live next week in a circuit court (eventhough I will be 40 weeks on Monday).   I just don't beleive that I will have the baby anytime soon and am now resigned that I will have an induction or c-section at 42 weeks 3 days.... so why not just live fully until then... why not "do" anything.

Seriously I just feel the pregnancy thing was a big joke and I am not even pregnant (eventhough I logically know this is CRAZY... and I still have my bump, etc)... but it is a really weird emotion.

Anyone else experience anything like this? 

 

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  • EuroChickEuroChick
    I get it, I am already on maternity leave because in Holland you stop at 36 weeks but the idea of going through labor, the newborn stage, and all of that stuff again just seems completely foreign...  I hope I am not too shocked when I go into labor.
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  • countrymice06countrymice06 member

    I understand that because that is exactly how I felt when I found out I was pregnant, which is strange because we obviously had been wanting it.  I read somewhere that indifference is one of the top 5 immediate reactions to seeing a positive pregnancy test.  That made me feel better that it is so common. 

    I'm sure the same principle applies to getting ready for labor. 

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  • MrsMommyQMrsMommyQ member
    I'm sorta numb too. I have moments where I feel like I'll e xplode if she doesnt get here soon and then moments where I just dont care and dont feel pregnant at all. It's weird.
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  • JhawkCEJhawkCE member

    I find myself forgetting all the time.  I actually am on a modified schedule at work because of my blood pressure, but it's really hard to stick to because I feel fine even when my cuff tells me I'm not and I need to go lie down.  It's very hard to drop everything I'm doing and go lie down because of a number on a gauge.  The whole baby things seems abstract. 

     

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  • kemeshiwarkemeshiwar member

    I think sometimes feeling really strong, as you said you were with worrying and things a few weeks ago, can really burn you out emotionally. I know I'm that way with many things. If I get extremely upset, worried, nervous, whatever, for any length of time, eventually it just goes away. I get this "Whatever, I'm over it" feeling.

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