Please be gentle- I'm currently 8 months pregnant and struggling to bond with my unborn baby.
We tried for such a long time to fall pregnant and I was over the moon when we finally did. However, I'm really struggling to connect. Is this a normal thing?
My pregnancy has been easy but with lots of complications (high blood pressure, gestational diabetes, etc) so I think I'm scared that something is going to happen or maybe it's gender disappointment? I really don't know. I know I should, and I so badly want to, love this amazing human growing in me but I'm struggling to actually cross that line it if that makes sense?!
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Not everyone falls in love straight away, with my pregnancy I felt no connection at all and I had complications, I was going through dv but I soooo wanted to love this child. When she came I didn’t connect, I couldn’t breast feed she got taken to intensive care before I got to hold her. It’s all about change, don’t beat yourself up, pregnancy for some women isn’t all roses.. but you will, this child will become your life and one day you’ll understand and look back and see you couldn’t imagine life without this child. Relax and do not beat yourself up, it’ll happen and you’ll wonder why you even wrote this. Trust me ;) don’t be so hard on yourself
Came across this post - just wondering how you got on ? I’m early on and struggling to connect with this one as it is unplanned. My other two I felt joy straight away but I have struggled with mental health recently and I’m not coping . Just wanting some positive stories x