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[songspell]

So, I'm 14wks today. I've had a remarkably unremarkable pregnancy so far; I kind of feel like a fraud. I've had none of the typical first-trimester symptoms except for fatigue... and some "interesting" bathroom issues. I'm not intentionally bragging (you ladies with morning sickness and worse have my utmost sympathies), but I'm finding that this

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[perchedoutside]

You are only 14 weeks along! You have plenty of time to have pregnancy symptoms. Just consider yourself lucky and enjoy it for now.

With my first pregnancy I didn't even feel pregnant. It wasn't until the last few weeks that my back hurt and I was so huge it was hard to roll over in bed. I actually loved being pregnant so much I was dying to get pregnant again. With my second pregnancy I was beyond sick and had a bunch of other issues. That pregnancy was so rough and horrible for me.

I guess my point is just enjoy it and you still have PLENTY of time to feel pregnant.

[songspell]

Thanks. I guess I'm just being impatient...

:-)

[perchedoutside]

I understand though. I kind of felt that way with my first pregnancy, but I got over it because I was pretty sure there were a lot of pregnant women that would kill to be in my situation and not be having all the pregnancy symptoms. I really paid for it with my second pregnancy! lol

[schuklins]

I had a really easy (and therefore really enjoyable) pregnancy as well. I'm 41w, and probably my biggest complaint would be upper back pain (which finally went away about a week ago for some reason). Enjoy it! Soon enough you'll have aches and pains and have trouble rolling over in bed, etc. And soon baby will be moving so much you won't be able to remember what it was like before you could feel him/her!

I didn't start feeling any movements at all until I was 19w, and those were just little tingles (and I was pretty skinny pre-pregnancy - people tend to say that skinnier people feel baby sooner, so I'm here to say it's not always true!).

I definitely know what you mean about not feeling pregnant sometimes. I definitely felt that way as well, but I learned to enjoy a nice, easy pregnancy. Like you said, a lot of ladies aren't so lucky.

[songspell]

Thanks for that.

I hope your little one makes their appearance soon!

[schuklins]

Thanks! Me too. We're waiting patiently, but we'd really like her to come on her own. If she's not here by next Monday, we schedule an induction.

[luckyj_baby]

This is almost exactly my experience as well, all of it. I first felt my babe right before 19wks.

I didn't get truly "uncomfortable" until my due date, and I think that was mostly psychological. I had a little bit of "morning sickness" lasting from 13wks-18wks, but it wasn't much to complain about. I really enjoyed most of being pregnant, and I miss it now. Except for the back pain and swollen ankles- ick.

[songspell]

Thanks.

I guess those ladies having a hard time of it post more often for the support (and this community is awesome for that, I might add), and I was starting to feel a little... left out(?). I read all the time, but usually have nothing to say...

[marcsgen]

I know exactly what you mean. 36w4d, I still kind of forget that I'm pregnant - and that's despite the fact that I have mild SPD, pee every five minutes, can't roll over in bed, etc. etc.

Honestly, I feel a great deal of affection towards this squirmy little alien in my belly, but I don't /really/ connect it at all to a baby.

It bothered me at first, feeling like I wasn't feeling the way I was "supposed" to, but I'm over it. I know that when this baby is born that I am going to love it so, so much. It's just that right now he's kind of an abstract idea, rather than a reality. :)

[songspell]

That's it! You has a vocabulary! Thank you! "Abstract idea" is exactly the right phrase to describe how I feel about it right now.

[mazey_daze]

I'm still waiting to feel something too. I'm 15 weeks 5 days. I haven't had an ultra sound since right before 8 weeks so I'm feeling the need for some bonding tools myself. Thankfully my ob is going to attempt doppler tomorrow and the big ultra sound will be in just a few weeks. I don't know about you but I'm very impatient to feel the little one start moving.

[songspell]

Impatient is a very good word.

Good luck with the doppler tomorrow. At almost 16wks, your doctor shouldn't have too much trouble finding a heartbeat.

:-)

[zellion]

Ditto here. I'm about 3 days behind you, hehe. My belly isn't even really showing yet, so it's hard for me to see any sign that there is something growing in there. (I can feel my uterus if I press against my abdomen but it's not the same!)

I actually feel *less* pregnant now than I did first trimester because I had every single symptom in the book, all at once. You name it I had it. I never thought I would miss the morning sickness. Now I feel like my normal pre-pregnant self (well plus 5 lbs or so...) and I keep forgetting I'm pregnant! So glad to see i'm not alone in this.