Does anyone else feel this way?

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This has been such an easy pregnancy and I couldn't be more grateful. I never got morning sickness, wasn't sensitive to smells, I could eat how I regularly did. My belly isn't huge, I can walk just fine, sit/stand, sleep. My feet never got swollen. Haven't had any painful Braxton hicks and I'm 37 weeks. I don't have any stretch marks. My back doesn't hurt. Everything has pretty much been the same since before my pregnancy besides the growing belly. 
I'm kind of weirded out by how easy things have been. My family keeps saying they hope I have a painful birth so I can feel some sort of pain lol. Sometimes I wonder if this is why I don't feel "attached" to my baby yet. I don't really feel like a mom because I often forget I'm even pregnant. Of course I'm excited but at the same time I just don't feel motherly if that makes sense. 
It just hasn't hit me yet that I'm going to be a mom. I'm responsible for a human being for the rest of my life. It's hard for things to really hit you when you don't feel any different. Maybe once I start getting signs of labor it'll feel real? I don't know. Does anyone else feel this way or am I just a bad mom?

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That was my first pregnancy. EXACTLY. I had almost zero complaints. The only thing that got to me was the rib pain. Other than that, nothing. I also did not feel pregnant and I was not attached either. Don't feel bad about it. I actually wasn't attached to my little girl until she was several months old (she was a crazy difficult baby that cried all the time). But now she's the absolute most amazing thing in my life. She thrills me every single day. Also, I'm on my second pregnancy and this one is kicking my ass so maybe you'll make up for your easy first pregnancy on your second one too haha Good luck mama!

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What a terrible thing for your family to say! Lol. I hope your labor and delivery are as breezy and painless as your pregnancy has been. I feel like since becoming pregnant I have encountered way too many people who wish their prenatal misery and pain on other people. It’s lame. Seriously your pregnancy sounds awesome though. Lol. Mine’s been pretty good but not compared to yours. I don’t think how you feel while pregnant has anything to do with whether you’ll be a good mom. You don’t have to feel especially bonded and you definitely don’t have to be miserable or in pain. Being a good mom is all about what you do after the baby is born, for the decades that follow. I’m sure you’ll be great!

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Same exactly! 3rd pregnancy, 38 weeks, no nausea, no stretch marks ever, no swelling, gained only 16 lbs. We have 2 girls and this one is a boy and our last baby. I definitely feel a bond, but I’m not in a rush to have him. He can come early or late, i know the hard work starts when he comes out! Lol.

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Thank you ladies for the replys! It really helps knowing that I'm not alone in this. We're all going to be great mamas! This doesn't make us any less of a mother. We're just in a funk that hopefully we overcome💖 good luck to all of you!!

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Ive felt the same. I'm 37 + 4 and I've felt like I had it easy too. Although ive had everything you mentioned you didnt have- morning sickness, back and rib pain, depression, just now starting to get stretch marks, my feet are so swollen, back and pelvic pain especially rolling over and getting up, gestational diabetes, etc. But I still feel like it's not that bad, like other women have it a lot worse. I really had no choice but to keep it together because I was a full time graduate school student and planned a wedding, got married and moved all within a couple months lol. My appointments have been smooth and there were never concerns about the baby. But I still can't fathom the fact that I'm going to be a mom either. It just doesn't register in my brain that there's a little human in me that's going to come out soon. As much as I've always wanted to be a mom, I never thought I would be able to get pregnant. It still hasnt hit me yet. Even doing her nursery and buying her stuff, it feels exciting but at the same time it feels like I'm going through the motions. It's weird. I just hope I can really bond with her when she comes!

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I felt the exact same until about a week or 2 ago. I will be 38 weeks on Friday and my baby is now starting to cause pain. I notice myself actually talking to my belly that all of a sudden was there and starting to get excited as the pain of movement and bh start. hang in there you will be a great mom.

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I have an almost 2 year old and I’m 38 weeks. Most of the time I don’t feel motherly lol. Once you see your baby you won’t even believe he or she is yours. But it’ll all come to you. Good luck

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I am in a similar state of mind. had the easiest of pregnancies so far and I'm 36+3 and FTM. I feel close with baby girl when she moves but sometimes like you said I forget I'm pregnant. I am wanting her to get here more and more so I can start that bond with her!

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