11 week scan

Rose
My neural tube scan is tomorrow and I am just not that excited. I still have not connected to this pregnancy. :(
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Ma

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I'm sorry :( I understand - my 11 week scan is Thursday and I thought I'd be too excited to wait but I'm really ambivalent. I don't feel pregnant and I'm not excited and I mostly feel resigned to the whole thing. I'm hoping things change after I hear the heartbeat and see the baby but I'm not holding my breath. Thankfully my husband is over the moon, so I can feed off his excitement a little bit. 

Ma

Mandy • Dec 1, 2015
That's so incredibly stressful. I'm so sorry you're dealing with that

Ro

Rose • Dec 1, 2015
We move in 18 days so I can not even decorate for Christmas. I really did not want another baby. The stress of trying to find a house that will let us keep our dog, that will fit our family and we can afford on top of our mortgage is enough. Now I get to deal with a 4th baby. I am 31 and was off birth control for 2 weeks and skipped a condom one day and now I am pregnant. It is just not a good time and I did not want to he pregnant at all.

Ma

Mandy • Nov 26, 2015
Oh no! :( is there something you can do to make you feel better about it? I don't know you, but maybe if decorating the nursery for your other kids was fun you could try picking some decor ideas for this one? Or something like that to cheer you up.

Cl

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I'm sorry, Rose... I am jumping into your story not knowing - is there unusual risk indicated for your little one? These tests seem like they can be so stressful.

Cl

Clare • Nov 24, 2015
Ah, I'm with you now. Not feeling anxious, but truly just the absence of excitement. I hope you can be gentle with yourself for your ambivalence and exhaustion! I can only imagine your life gets more complex with each child and it sounds so natural to me that your experience might shift like this. ♡

Ro

Rose • Nov 24, 2015
With my other kids I would be so excited for a scan. Or to go to the doctor to hear the heartbeat on the Doppler. This time it is just a pain in my ass to do it.

Ro

Rose • Nov 24, 2015
No. it is just standard testing. they do the blood draw and the scan to see if the spine and stuff is forming correctly. This pregnancy was just a surprise and I really did not want another child. I have 3 kids already. :(