When does it start to feel real?

This may sound so silly, but does anyone else feel like you are going to be pregnant forever? Like it’s just mind blowing this that there is actually a human growing in there? Like when I think of giving birth, I think of other people giving birth, or seeing it in films. But I really can’t picture it actually happening to myself. I think I’ve mentally blocked that part out of my brain as was getting proper bad birth anxiety in 1st trimester. I don’t really know what I’m getting at, but it’s just mind blowing how different life will be next year with an extra little person living with us! And being responsible for another little life! Anyone else feel like that? Does it actually sink in before baby is here? 😂first time mum here!

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It hasn’t sunk in for me yet. Even with the scans and seeing baby I’m like “naaaah” 🤣

Omg I totally get this! I can’t wait to start feeling movements, just to have the constant reminder that it’s actually happening! It doesn’t seem to matter that my body is throwing all of the symptoms at me, I’m still in disbelief

It feels surreal 90% of the time indeed. Told my work people on Wednesday and before I told them I was like hang on am I really pregnant???? Am I telling lies???? 😂😂😂

I was exactly the same with my daughter and I’m the same with this pregnancy 😂 for me it didn’t start feeling real until I got bigger and felt proper movements every day. I was also so nervous at the beginning of my first pregnancy about giving birth, I ended up doing a hypnobirthing course and it completely changed my mindset and I had an amazing birth experience. I would highly recommend looking into it 🥰

I feel like this 😭 especially whilst waiting till I get to that 20 week scan sometimes I’ll actually forget and be like am I really pregnant 😭 I even took a another test the other day just to make sure I wasn’t sending myself daft

I feel like I’ve been pregnant for ages and I gusss I have - I tell my hubby I’ll have been pregnant for 5 yrs come next year 😂 I felt like that a lot with my first too. It’s such a surreal experience and I feel like it wasn’t til I was pushing that it finally sank in that yeah this is it 😂

When I was getting wheelchaired to labour ward I thought to myself “ holy shit I’m actually going to push out a baby now “ 😂 I’m now pregnant with my second and I still don’t believe there’s a baby in there sometimes and I’m actually going to have 2 children in my home soon 🫣 it’s crazy 😂 x

I don't think it feels real till the baby is here (I already have a daughter and expecting my second). No matter how much you have 'prepared'. The birth happens however it happens and it's true what they say because I can hardly remember my daughter birth it feels like a weird dream x

@Alina definitely agree. I was a bit shocked at 4m pp to realise I was pregnant again 😂 you’ll love it! It’s so amazing to see their little personalities develop and how they interact/copy/play together 💙 Congratulations on your second

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