https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:57:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-228945 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:09:16 +0000 sorrycharlie 228945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had a really rough pregnancy (still sick at 30 weeks), and it honestly didn't really sink in until between 20 and 25 weeks when I *really* got a belly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-228923 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:58:06 +0000 Mommy Finger 228923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had such an easy pregnancy so far that it really didn't start to sink in until we had our 20w scan and found out the gender. Now that we know it's a boy and I can feel him kicking, it's starting to get real. . .. very real. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-228279 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:33:39 +0000 jrenee 228279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your post echoes how I feel right now. Just found out I was pregnant after trying for a year and it's a total out of body experience that just does not seem real to me yet at all. I keep testing just to make sure it didn't go away and that I wasn't just imagining it all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-227747 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:48:17 +0000 lilteacherbee 227747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It hasn't sunk in for me yet either (I'm 8 weeks). It will probably seem a little more real in a few days when we go in for our first ultrasound! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-227742 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:46:22 +0000 mrsjyw 227742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal. i still have moments of NO WAY! and I'm almost 23 weeks. the movements and growing belly and preg brain def are good reminders tho! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-227485 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:22:10 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 227485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's still sinking in at 22 weeks, though feeling some movement has helped make it more real. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-227119 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:31:14 +0000 MamaMoose 227119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It really sunk in for me last week at the 20 week scan. We didn't find out gender but we found out everything looked great with the baby and me and we got to see baby in 3d! It finally looked like a baby instead of a black and white bean. I'm also just now starting to relax a little and let myself believe this baby is heathy and I will hopefully carry to term. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-227051 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:37:14 +0000 Rubies 227051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It didn't sink in until after the first trimester. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226997 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:52:29 +0000 aprk 226997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so glad you wrote this. I feel the same way! My mind has not adjusted at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226980 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:29:48 +0000 septca 226980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It sank in for me TODAY - when I hit 12 weeks, saw something that actually looked like a baby on the u/s, and got a clean NT scan. Before today, I knew I was "pregnant," but that was really hard to connect to a "baby." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226931 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:39:24 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 226931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It wasn't until we got chromosomes back that it felt real (13 weeks). It was all just a weird dream until then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226906 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:21:23 +0000 leelee 226906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's definitely normal. I didn't feel pregnant till I was in 3rd Tri! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226884 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:09:09 +0000 birdofafeather 226884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i didn't start feeling different until we were telling other people. i didn't have MS or other symptoms that i thought i would. it still hasn't really sunk in. maybe when i find out the gender or start to feel movement! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226540 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:07:30 +0000 purrpletulips 226540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep normal </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226488 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:28:27 +0000 Adira 226488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is soooooo true for me too! I definitely didn't feel any different and didn't FEEL pregnant at all in the beginning! Even when I started feeling nauseous, I didn't feel pregnant. I guess I still don't really FEEL pregnant, although now that I'm having spotting issues, it definitely feels more REAL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226484 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:26:12 +0000 LuLu Mom 226484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normal, it didn't really sink in with me until I could see my body changing, growing, expanding, ect. So several weeks...close to maybe 15 until I felt like I was really pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226465 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:07:08 +0000 kgbee 226465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The reality didn't sink in for me until I saw the 20wk ultrasound and found out we were having a boy. Suddenly I could envision a tiny creature running around, having a personality, having his own self. Before then, nothing felt real. I think it's totally normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226186 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:55:02 +0000 ladyfingers 226186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took me a while and it still doesn't feel real. I'm 11w4d and it's only when I had a doctor's appointment and saw the little bean or heard its heartbeat that it started to sink in. And now that I'm starting to pop a bit and nothing fits! But I was convinced I was going to miscarry because I just couldn't imagine this was actually happening, that I was pregnant and would have a baby in less than a year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226177 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:49:19 +0000 autumnlove 226177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Even though I was constantly nauseous during my first trimester, I didn't FEEL pregnant until my second trimester when I started popping a tiny bit. Congrats again!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226174 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:48:08 +0000 mamimami 226174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It sunk in for me when they handed me the baby LOL. Remember also that first tri is full of crazy hormonal crap, so even if you think you should feel happy and excited, that may not be how you feel. No reflection on your true feelings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226169 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:47:02 +0000 Mrsbells 226169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It takes time to really adjust your mind to be pregnant </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226158 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:36:09 +0000 T.H.O.U. 226158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It didn't really sink in for me until about 20 weeks. Then I was showing and started feeling things and getting anxious about everything.! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226121 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:00:45 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 226121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it really sunk in until I was really showing and having kicks all the time, and I'm pretty sure that's common. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226116 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:59:04 +0000 Minnie_Girl 226116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm over 20w and still trying to wrap my head around the idea! Hearing the heartbeat, feeling the baby move, watching my body get larger and larger...none of that has really made it hit me. For all the signs, pregnancy is still mystifying to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226064 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 06:32:53 +0000 dagret 226064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 13 weeks tomorrow and it has only started to sink in since Monday, when we had our NT scan. The other day I said to DH, "it's so weird! I have a living THING inside of me!" and he looked at me like I had 3 heads. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226004 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:45:12 +0000 BoogieBea 226004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it sunk in for me until I started feeling the baby move. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226003 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:39:28 +0000 Penny Lane 226003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm almost 36 weeks now and it still doesn't feel real sometimes!</p> <p>It was especially unreal for me at the beginning, because I didn't get to a midwife or anything to even hear the heartbeat until I was 20 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-226002 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:38:10 +0000 Dr. Pepper 226002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first time it was just starting to sink in 2 weeks after BFP and then I started bleeding and was devastated. This time it has been 4 weeks and I am still in disbelief. I thought after my hCG tests that showed normal levels and doubling in 48 hours that I would believe it more, but I still don't at all! Now I am just waiting for my first appointment when I get to hear a heartbeat, maybe that will make me believe?? 4 more weeks to go till then.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-225965 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:05:11 +0000 BeachMama 225965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my gosh, I think it took months to really sink in. Even in the third tri I think there were times it still didn't feel real. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-hasnt-sunk-in-yet-is-this-normal#post-225964 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:02:35 +0000 mrstilly 225964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is totally normal!! After I got pregnant, I kept taking pregnancy tests until I was finally able to hear the heartbeat. I didn't feel any different and I wanted to make sure that I was still pregnant. </p> <p>Today I was talking with a coworker who just told me she is expecting (17 weeks along now) and she said she did the same thing - testing for a few weeks after the first positive test because she didn't feel any different. She kept things quiet for a while because of it too. </p> <p>My SIL is expecting as well (14 weeks now) and she is just starting to really get excited and tell people because she is finally feeling pregnant. </p> <p>Wait until your first ultrasound. It becomes so real so fast when you see your LO on the screen! </p>