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Q: relationship during pregnancy
asked by: jess2772 on December 5th, 2008
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i was just curious if anyone else has a boyfriend/husband/partner that they are having problems communicating with. i have been with my boyfriend for a couple of years (lived together for one) and now im 19 weeks pregnant. unplanned of course. im 27 and hes 29. he has a nine year old daughter so i know it isnt first time dad jitters. we talked about having kids but obviously not this soon and even when we talked of it before, i always felt that he just said he wanted them because i always said i did (though not untill my 30s). he has said over and over that he is excited and happy but without sincerity. every now and then he will put his hand on my stomach and hold it there for all of 5 seconds. every time i talk about the baby he really has nothing to say or add to the conversation. its like im talking to myself. i feel so alone most the time. and im so worried that once the baby gets here he wont bond. i always thought of pregnancy as the way it is in the movies. where couples get closer together. and in a way, it is kind of like that. i love my boyfriend more than i did before because of this miracle i can feel rolling around in my belly! i get so emotional about it because when i think of this child, i think of all the love weve had for each other. how this little one is a little bit of both of us and all of our love. we created life. its special. its amazing. and all the while i feel so blessed....silence from the other end. is anyone else going through this or has anyone been through this before? im so scared. anyone? is this normal for a man?
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Mabel
replied on December 5th, 2008
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Yes, this is normal behavior for a man. You say you thought of pregnancy as it is in the movies, have you ever seen "She's having a baby" with Kevin Bacon? He goes through the entire pregnancy that they tried for, thinking this isn't what he really wants. In the end, it is.

Pregnancy is not as real for men since they do not carry a child around inside them. It is more real when the baby is born. He may even feel left out, you are sharing a special, and very important time with the baby and he doesn't get that same experience.

Unplanned pregnancies are difficult emotionally on everyone. He may need some time to adjust.
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gemskimarie
replied on December 6th, 2008
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I kinda felt the same way for a while. Our baby was unplanned and came as a big shock for both of us. My boyfriend has intrest, but I felt like it wasn't enough. I tell him when the babys moving and tell him to come feel and he would then that was it. At first I felt like he didn't care, but I think alot of it was hormones on my part. When I brought it up to him he said it wasn't that he didn't care or didn't want to feel the baby it was the fact, I get to feel him in a different way so for him it was neat and exciting but not in the way I feel the baby. He said he would rather have the baby here so he can have more of a part of the experience. So I only have a few weeks left and our son will be here so I am sure things will change. Just hang in there, its just a man thing. lol And good luck with your pregnancy!
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BabeBlues
replied on December 8th, 2008
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I am 20 weeks pregnant and feel the same way as you but i know that when that baby is here it will change.
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jess2772
replied on December 12th, 2008
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thank you all for your replys!! i know that part of it is due to being hormonal and i know have to tried to see things from his perspective and you are all right! it isnt 'real' to him yet. we finally talked more about it yesterday and that is exactly what he told me. while i can feel the little one everyday, he cant. while i feel like im taking care of him/her by watching what i do and eat, he doesnt. it didnt seem 'real' to me untill i had my first ultrasound and then really untill i first started feeling him/her move. he wasnt able to be with me for the first ultrasound and ive already said that he cant feel the movements. we go in 5 days for my 'big' ultrasound...the one where hopefully we can see if we will be naming this little one noah or isabelle. maybe then it will become less of a shock and more realistic to him. again, thank you all! its nice to know im not the only one knocked up and feeling alone at times. thank you!
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AyaMiyaki
replied on December 12th, 2008
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My husband didn't hardly acknowledge my first pregnancy at all. He kind of had an "oh that's nice" attitude about it, but he never seemed to really care. He wasn't interested in going over baby names with me, he didn't think about who our baby would look like, or any of that. Our pregnancy was planned and he was still dettached.

It all changed when our daughter was born. As soon as she was actually here, crying and wriggling in the open, he couldn't take his eyes off of her. That's the point where it REALLY becomes real to them. They can feel the baby moving inside your stomach at a certain point, but when they can actually see, hear and touch the baby themselves it finally occurs to them that this is a real little person that they helped create.
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