Detaching from my child while pregnant
Im not sure what's going on with me but I can feel myself detaching from my daughter. I barely hug or kiss her anymore. I used to hug her all the time and give her so many kisses but once I got pregnant it's like I can't stand to be around her. I'm not sure what's wrong with me and how to fix it. Is this normal? Would this feeling go away once the baby is born? I'm only 14 weeks
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So sorry to hear you’re going through this 😞 I haven’t any experience of it myself but I would definitely reach out to your midwife/counsellor for some advice and help with prenatal depression (have a quick google yourself I’m sure it’ll make you feel so much better to know it’s a normal feeling from it) Though you might not feel down in yourself the fact that you can’t pinpoint what’s wrong makes me think it’s that and they’ll be able to advise you more on it. Hopefully it’ll pass once you’re in the second trimester and it’s just your hormones being a pain!
My therapist said since I'm having a boy it could be do to that. It's commons for mother to feel uncomfortable around their child when they are pregnant with the opposite sex and she suggested that my significant other try to step in more but the thing is I'm alone with no one to help out so I feel like a horrible mother that I am neglecting her
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