This is pretty much as it says in the title. Found out this week that my wife is pregnant with our first child via a positive pregnancy test. I wad kind of expecting to have that giddy overwhelming happiness feeling, but I was just quite pleased for a couple of hours. Once I’d slept, I felt pretty much normal.
Fathers out there, did you experience similar, or am I being weird?
For full information, I do suffer from depression, but this is managed by anti-depressants and occasional visits to a psychologist.
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Everyone’s different. Don’t compare yourself to others. I think as long as you feel genuinely happy inside that’s all that matter
And congrats
You have approximately 9 months to feel all sorts of ways about it. Don’t put pressure on yourself to react or feel any one way right now. Congratulations man
Check back in after the first sono. I expect you’ll feel differently by then.
I’m with you though, it’s kinda hard to get excited about a stick your wife peed on, despite its implications. This thing will be growing inside her, so she’s probably going to feel a hell of a lot more feelings about it over the next few months.
The joy and the terror will hit you eventually, I’m sure.
I think that’s a pretty normal reaction for dads. I didn’t have the really overwhelming “holy shit this is real” reaction until I held my daughter for the first time.
I wasnt excited when i found out but i was excited to share the news.
Even then i wasnt crying or anything. But i did tear up and cry when i saw the heartbeat during ultrasound
After spending your young adult life trying to avoid hearing those words, even when you trying, it’s still a bit shocking and takes a minute to sink in hearing you’re going to be a father.
Don’t overthink it; enjoy the ride, support your partner, cuz when the baby arrives, it gets real quick. Some of the most difficult things in life are also the most rewarding; being a parent is one of those things. Congratulations and good luck !
Congratulations!
It hit home for me when I went to the store by myself and picked up a blanket and a few baby toys. then I slowly got more excited day by day
Sorry woman jumping in, I know y’all hate it but I do think my comment will help. When I fell pregnant I didn’t really feel excited or even feel really pregnant for weeks. I knew I was pregnant obviously, and I very much wanted baby but right now it was just two lines on a stick.
But once I saw the scan at 9 weeks and a little tiny hand waving to me, I finally got that rushing “omg we’re having a freaking baby!!!”
I always think it’s harder for dads to get excited until baby is here. You don’t get the experience of growing and feeling baby for all those months.
But don’t worry, when baby is here you’ll be so filled with love you won’t believe it. So don’t worry!