I have loved this baby every step of this pregnancy. After my surgery I felt a stronger bond because she was strong enough to handle my brain surgery and all the trauma. Ever since I found out that she's a girl, I have been falling head over heals in love with her. How is it even possible to love her so much? Is this normal?
Totally normal. With my DD, I loved her the whole time, but when I started to definitively feel her baby kicks, or when she would kick up a storm while I was listening to music, I totally fell in love. The good/bad news is that when you see her little face, it's game over. You will feel like she has taken all the air out of your lungs and your heart out of your chest. It's just different than any kind of love you will have ever known, and it's beautiful.
Also, my post made me remember seeing my daughter for the first time and now I'm sitting in my office bawling.
When/if you decide to have another baby, you'll wonder if it's possible to love the second one as much as you did the first. I worry about this all the time because I'm so crazy in love with my daughter. But from what all my friends with 2+ kids say, you just become crazy in love with the others too in the same way. Now it's hard to imagine having that much love and joy, but I can't wait for it to happen!
I've never been a kid person. In fact, I still don't care for kids. But I know that ever since I've felt that first kick, and found out she was a girl, I've felt an emotion I've never felt before. And I know that as soon as I see her, my whole world and my whole outlook on kids in general will change. And I will do everything in my power to protect her from harm. I thought my heart swelled with love when I was snuggling with my cats, but its nothing compared to her little kicks. I seriously can't wait for October. :x
It really is amazing, and when you think you love them as deeply as you can, they continue to grow and developmore of a personality and then you love them even more. It can't keep going on like this can it?
Sometimes I feel as if I love my son so much it hurts. I can't imagine my life without him, even on his worst days. He melts my heart time and time again, and I also worry about loving this baby as much. It's getting easier to imagine another child to fall completely in love with now that I'm feeling so much movement.
Motherhood is seriously the greatest part of life. It's amazing how quickly you get that mama bear instinct and love for your baby. The truest form of love, that's for sure!
That's so amazing and so beautiful! When we got a BFP, it was more like, "Okay! We're pregnant!" in a very calm way than an emotional way. When we saw the baby for the first time at our first ultrasound, I bawled the entire time (I couldn't stop). When we heard the heartbeat for the first time, it made me smile, but not emotional. And now that I've been feeling kicks for the past week and a half, I've been falling more and more in love. I can't wait to meet this little one, but I am enjoying every second of this feeling of pregnancy!
So agree with the PPs. I was never a kid person either, still am not really but I love DD so much it is almost painful. I have never loved anyone so much; I love DH and I love my family but God, your kids it's just different, primal love.
I always hated when people said things like "you won't understand until you have kids" especially when I didn't think I wanted them and then wasn't sure I could have them - but it's absolutely undeniably true. My life is infinitely richer now in a way that cannot be possible with any other type of love (something I don't say to people who are childfree by choice or not by choice).
So yes! Totally normal! And when she is here you won't even believe how much more love you feel.
This group is so awesome. I love that we all have this one huge thing in common and that we are all pretty much at the same stage in our pregnancies. Its so much easier to relate to you all than it is to try to relate to other people and their unsolicited advice and opinions. This week has been the most emotional time for me so far. I imagine it's probably just beginning... God help dh.
Re: suddenly falling in love.
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Motherhood is seriously the greatest part of life. It's amazing how quickly you get that mama bear instinct and love for your baby. The truest form of love, that's for sure!
I'm so excited for October :x
I always hated when people said things like "you won't understand until you have kids" especially when I didn't think I wanted them and then wasn't sure I could have them - but it's absolutely undeniably true. My life is infinitely richer now in a way that cannot be possible with any other type of love (something I don't say to people who are childfree by choice or not by choice).
So yes! Totally normal! And when she is here you won't even believe how much more love you feel.
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