How do you bond prenatally?

[Synchro246]

I know some people Really like ultra sounds. I never had one.
I think I do my bonding by going thru the baby's clothes. I like to fold them and re-fold them, sort them. It's silly, I know. There's something about imagining my baby wearing them that I like.
Call me crazy if you want.
Also, later in the pregnancy I like to palpate the baby's position and listen to the heart beat and movements with a fetoscope. I could spend hours doing it



What do you do?

[RobynFSU]

I did the folding and sorting thing a lot when pg with dd. We didn't know she was a she so I would imagine a girl and a boy to see which I felt it would be. I also was teaching first grade at the time so I talked ALL day. I found that she especially kicked a moved when I was reading to my students so I started reading out loud to my belly! Funny thing is dd loves to "read" her books and be read to now!

[katarn]

i also did the sorting and folding thing... and i'm not a very organized gal..

Now since its so early.. i just keep the babe in my thoughts close to constantly.. i think subconciously i think that if i forget about her/him for too long s/he might dissappear

my husband says he doesn't think it works that way.. i think i'll just trust him... meanwhile i continue to daydream about the babe and how life will be with two little ones

[rosie_plus_one]

When I was pregnant with my first I had this idea that your attitude during pregnancy created the attitude of the child you were carrying - if you were calm, peaceful, happy, you would create a calm, peaceful, happy child. It certainly worked with my first - he's a beautiful, mellow, very happy little guy. I am hoping to do the same with my second. I try to think positive happy thoughts towards the little monkey and try to stay pretty mellow for his/her sake.

[Synchro246]

Originally Posted by rosie_plus_one

When I was pregnant with my first I had this idea that your attitude during pregnancy created the attitude of the child you were carrying - if you were calm, peaceful, happy, you would create a calm, peaceful, happy child. It certainly worked with my first - he's a beautiful, mellow, very happy little guy. I am hoping to do the same with my second. I try to think positive happy thoughts towards the little monkey and try to stay pretty mellow for his/her sake.

: It worked for me too.

[ItTakesTwo]

During the first trimester I walked through the baby aisles and looked at baby things on the Internet. Then the 2nd trimester I got the nursery ready and started buying supplies. From that point on to both my son's births, I cont. to buy things and then I'd rearrange the room and reorganize all my supplies over and over again!

[Synchro246]

Originally Posted by ItTakesTwo

I'd rearrange the room and reorganize all my supplies over and over again!

I am so glad I am not the only one!!!!

[darsmama]

I talk to the baby in my head. A lot. I send in warm thoughts, and imagine how life will be. Sometimes that stresses me out, but that's ok.
I also pick out baby names, and when I get an U/S I refer to the baby by the name and tell him/her all about how life will be around her/him.

[Tawnykat]

I just look at DD2 and kind of pout. She's 8mo and about 22lb and 28-29 inches tall! I also talk to her about the baby. Rub the belly too...LOL
We were actually concidering waiting a little longer to have another one and then found out I was PG. Now I know why I was SO emotional!