Am i feeling normal

I remember when i was pregnant everybody would tell me no matter how bad your pregnancy is or how long your labour is, once you see your baby being born, everypain will go away. But i dont feel it. I went thru emergency csect due to failurr to progress, and when they placed my baby on my chest, i honestly felt nothing. I even want them to get it away from me maybe cause i was shivering, and wanting to vomit etc. Up till now, 2 weeks+ i still dont feel the connection with my baby. I feel very burdened. I feel like my life has been taken away. Sometimes i feel like giving the baby away. I feel bad that my baby has a mother like me, thats not loving as others. Am i really bad and useless.

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It’s normal. Mine was a planned pregnancy and it took us more than a year to conceived. I didn’t feel any connection to baby at all even when I was pregnant. Epidural side effects was so bad the moment they put baby on my chest i told them “please take her away and leave me alone”. I was feeling like sh!t with the crazy vomiting and weak all over. Definitely not love at first sight. It took me 2 months to accept the reality and baby. First few weeks I did everything because I feel like “it’s my job and I have to do it even tho I detest it and definitely not willingly.” When I feel better personally (mentally and physically), that’s where I started to interact and open up to my own baby. I started to accept her, feel the joy when I’m with her and then not seeing this as a job but a responsibility willingly. I would say, get all the extra help you have, focus on your wellbeing first. With our body being mentally and physically exhausted, we cannot see things on the bright side. Everyday is just like “this sucks, why did I do this to myself, I could have enjoyed life and so on.” then that’s where we start to feel like sh!t. Give yourself some time, it’s totally normal, you’re just a human being with emotions. People often forget while baby is important, mom’s wellbeing is also equally important. You will overcome this 🙌🏻😊.

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