in Mamas with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders

Do you have the same feeling?

So I'm 12 weeks pregnant, super excited and everything but honestly, for some reason it doesn't feel right, doesn't feel real if that makes sense. I feel like my heads overreacting and I'm not even pregnant (I've already had a scan and seen the baby and saw the heartbeat😅). I have no idea why, I honestly feel like it's almost a lie I'm telling myself and I'll just wake up from it at some point, but I also know that that's not the case. It's super weird and confusing, and just want to know if others get this feeling too.

Show your support

I know exactly how you feel right now!!! I feel exactly the same, but I am very early on—5 weeks. I have assumed that as time goes on it will begin to feel more real. Sorry I can’t help how to change that, maybe it’s not a bad thing (as it stops the overthinking), but just wanted to let you know you’re not alone in feeling this way xx

I honestly think I felt like this until I started feeling him all the time and started getting bigger. Even when i went in for my induction though as silly as it sounds I was so shocked about the fact I'd be leaving there with a baby 🤣

I felt like that the whole way through my pregnancy with my first. Like I knew I was pregnant I was getting symptoms and seen and felt baby multiple times but idk it felt surreal. it was weird like I knew the baby was there but in my head i couldn’t connect feeling or seeing baby to her actually being my baby and actually growing inside me until probably about 2 weeks pp 😬 tbh tho my midwife seemed concerned when I tried to explain that to her when I was over 30 weeks 😂 I was ready for her n had everything in but was still sort of convincing myself because we were trying that I just wanted it so badly that my body was playing tricks on me and I was having like a phantom pregnancy or something Was pretty much the same with my second pregnancy but this time I did feel like it sort of hit me last week that I’m actually pregnant (I’m 23 weeks 😂)

Thank you all so much, I honestly felt like I was going crazy or something was wrong. You guys are awesome, thank you! ❤️🙌

I’m 23 weeks with my 4th, I feel her move loads but I’m having similar feelings to you, I’ve never had them before with any of my other pregnancy’s and it’s hard to describe, I absolutely know I’m pregnant and I’m excited, I love her and have everything ready for her, but it all feels really strange and like it’s not really happening.

is it your first? i was honestly the same way it never felt real to me literally until around the third trimester when my baby was moving super consistently and reacting to sounds and touch and all

My boy is nearly 8 weeks and it still doesn’t feel real😂