Is this some sort of depression?

Question

This is my 5th pregnancy...5th baby and I feel absolutely no connection with this child. Does anyone else feel this way or have anyone felt this way, but things changed once the child was born?

Answer

I'm on my 4th, which was a complete shock. I got pregnant from precum... and I have had a very hard time accepting this pregnancy and feel very detached. 
With my other 3 it was completely different, happy, excited etc.
Right now all I feel about having another baby is doom and gloom. My anxiety is through the roof.
My youngest is just 11mo!!!
Come December I'll have a 8yo, 3yo, 1yo and a newborn in a 3 bedroom house! To top it off I'm high risk and spent the last 5 weeks of my last pregnancy in the hospital which is most likely to happen again and I'm just a walking bag of UGH! And everything is going to happen around the holidays, even worse.
So, long story short - yea, I'm not accepting this pregnancy very well. I found out at 3 weeks and am now 16wks so I've had the time to digest its just no happening.

Answer

This is my first pregnancy. Well, first one that didn’t end in a miscarriage in the first trimester. 
I don’t feel much of a connection yet. We know it’s a girl and I can feel her kick sometimes, but I don’t feel super connected or in love - and I don’t think it’s anything to do with mood or not being excited, it’s just that it’s still so abstract and tough to imagine that these flutters and my little baby bump are connected to a new, real human being. I’m excited to see her and hold her and I’m excited for when she’s big enough that I can really feel those kicks. Right now it’s still all so abstract! 
Does that sound like how you feel? If so, you’re not alone and I don’t think we are abnormal.

Is this some sort of depression?

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