When do you feel you bonded with baby

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Hi guys,
Im interested to know when you felt a bond. In the last few days ive started to get really intense feelings towards my bump....obviously ive been excited from day 1 but i feel like ive really started to bond, which i didnt necessarily get after a scan i think because it still didnt feel real.
Id love to see when most people got this feeling 😊

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I loved my daughter before she was born. But I remember my mom going with me to her first doctors appointment (she was like three days old), and my mom said something like, “isn’t it amazing? The love you feel for your child. Like you’d do anything for her.” And I remember looking at my mom and just saying no. 😐 She told me that that was okay, and it took my dad a few weeks to really feel that way about me when I was born. And that’s what happened. After a couple weeks, I just fell in love with her and felt that motherly connection. I also had PPD pretty bad, so I think that’s why it took me a little while to feel that way. But my daughter is my best little friend. I’m pregnant again, and love my son, but I think it won’t feel “real” until he’s here.

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I haven’t yet with this one, I’m 16 weeks :/ I’m not worried though, it was a long road to get here and I haven’t been able to set aside my anxiety and fear or miscarriage-even though we’re past that point. But with my girls I was excited and happy the whole time. I know once this baby is in my arms, for sure I’ll be relieved and happy

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I’m in between. I feel love towards my baby since I found out about her but I don’t feel that big of a bond yet. It’s more real now finally past 20 weeks and having named her has helped me feel connected but I don’t know that I’ll really have that actual connection until she’s born and I feel guilty somedays. My partner is so in love with our daughter already. He talks to her every night and holds my belly way more than I do.

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It didn’t really hit me until I brought my baby home from the hospital. I had 2 miscarriages before her and it was hard to let myself bond. I kept waiting for something bad to happen and didn’t want to get too attached.

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With my first it was during pregnancy. With my current pregnancy im 37w and i don’t have a bond. I’m hoping something will click when I have her! 😩

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I didn’t have an ultrasound until 19w, but I would say when I found out the gender at 15w it all started to feel a lot more real. I felt like I could really start to picture my baby at that point.

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I thought I felt it from the beginning, but what I feel now at 29 wks when she moves is so intense. Every now and then I feel like I get knocked off my feet by how much I love this little human, it takes my breath away.

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I didnt really feel that special bond until after delivery... and i truly dont know when it happened. Just one day i was reading or heard something bad that happened to a baby or child and i knew if anyone ever hurt my child i would surely end up doing something really crazy to protect my baby. Just the thought of something negative happening its a feeling ive never understood before... just hit me. This is what it feels like - what everyone talks about to really love. And even now the word love doesnt feet like its good enough

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With my first two, it was instantly after the scans! Second one was really instantly after the first at home test! 
This one, not so much. Pregnancy #6. Baby #2. I just don’t feel it. I think it’ll come after baby is born though.

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With my first we had tried for a long time so I was bonded as soon as I saw the positive test. 
I just found out I’m pregnant again and it was a surprise 😅 I have an ultrasound on Thursday and I’m wondering if I will feel “bonded” then

When do you feel you bonded with baby

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