Bonding with baby

This is my first pregnancy. I wanted this child and I like that am pregnant. But somehow I feel like I have no special love for the baby growing in my stomach. Am 14 weeks, can't feel it yet, and sometimes I really forget am even pregnant since I had no signs other than my missing period n scans. All I do is do the things I know to do to keep baby healthy but I do them like a checklist. I always thought I would love my baby but it makes me feel bad that I just love him or her like any child. Does this change? I mean I haven't even had my negative experiences or nausea that could have caused me not to bond but I feel there is not enough connect. What can I do to bond with my child while am still pregnant. My friend admitted to me that she started bonding with her baby 6 months after she was born but I understand her because she had a terrible pregnancy. I don't want that to happen to me. I want to love my child. Because I think she is special. But it is all brain work, my heart is not really there.

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