Anyone else just not feel "present?"

[3for3hb]

It seems that this being my third pregnancyI should be able to sort of be used to this by now. It really caught me off guard when I was pg with willem, made me feel like a bad mom to him when i got pg with gabriel and now...
I still don't feel present. I think it's a bunch of things, hormones being the chief culprit, that make pregnancy seem so unreal to me. Not in the way that I feel I'm not pregnant but in the airy, spacey, lost-in-the-twilight zone feeling I have. It must really be true that you lose brain cells when you are pregnant because I'm doing the stupidest things and pissing myself off. It's almost as if I have no logical reasoning left and everything is sort of decided spur of the moment and randomly.

Please someone, validate me and tell me that all pregnant women feel this way to one extent or another and that maybe I feel like such a weirdo because maybe most women don't talk about it:

[celestialdreamer]

I'm right there with you in the preggo twilight zone. I was even asking DH last night if I was like this with ds because I can't remember. I have been feeling like the last week has been very surreal. I think part of it for me is that I've seen my mom a few times and not told her anything. Maybe it will feel more real to me after I've told her. I just feel like I'm in this strange daze and can't snap out of it

About the doing stupid stuff....I've got one that will make you laugh. When I was pregnant with my first I had this SO bad. I came home from work one day and meant to put my socks in the laundry, my shoes by the door and then empty the dishwasher so I could make dinner. Instead I put my shoes in the trash, my socks by the door and tried to empty the dishwasher into the refridgerator : I didn't even notice what I was doing with the dishes until I started to get pissed off that they weren't fitting in the fridge. Then it dawned on me! DH noticed my shoes in the trash a few minutes later when he went to put the junk mail in the can. He laughed and laughed. I repeatedly had issues with putting the wrong things in the wrong places completely by accident. Normally I'm not such a space case and this got really, really bad!

[sg784]

Ummmm, Yeahhhhh,

I had an appt tues for a blood draw (beta serum) and missed it. called them 3 hrs later, "um, I think I just missed my appointment" Re scheduled for fri.

Called back wednesday DUH, I have to WORK FRI! Re scheduled for thurs.

Yesterday(thursday) Missed the appontment and didnt realize till 4 hours later, office was closed.

WTF!!

You are definetly not alone.

[3for3hb]

thanks mamas, I feel better already!

[healthymantra]

I worked with a girl once, an awesome bartender with years of experience. As soon as she got pg, she forgot how to make drinks. I'm not talking complicated, layered, once in a blue moon orders, I mean she asked me what goes in a bloody mary!!!! : She'd put glasses up with the tickets, (meaning that the order was complete) but there'd be nothing but ice in the glass!

It's completely normal. I feel like even while I type, I keep having to backspace and retype, because I've gone dyslexic (That was NOT easy to spell out!) with the keyboard!

[KariM]

I'm so with you! I can't remember a thing unless it's written down and it's considered a fabulous day if we all eat and can pass through the living room without stepping on toys.

I'm having trouble reading and often have to re-read things in order to understand them. What happened to that rapid reading comprehension I used to have?!?!?

I even had to ask DH to re-phrase something he said yesterday because it just wasn't making sense.

[Ironica]

It's almost as if I have no logical reasoning left and everything is sort of decided spur of the moment and randomly.

Yeah, it's exactly like that, actually...

Preggo/nursing hormones actually DO suppress rational thought, in order for our instincts to be able to take over. I'm sure that was quite adaptive for hunter-gatherers living in primitive societies, but it really messes you up when you're driving across town, doesn't it?

[All together ooky]

Oh my YES! I can't believe how forgetful I"m getting. I'm right there with ya.

Luckily a friend who I forget I was supposed to get together with just had a baby and remembers what being pregnant is like.

[linguistmama]

Oh yeah! Usually its small fairly stupid stuff, but I just did a big one I feel really bad about. We thought our van needed a new fuel pump and DH thought he could put it in himself. Well it turns out that he called a mechanic who was going to charge pretty cheap for the labor. I don't even remember DH telling me about this so I told him I thought he should do it himself. He told me again afterwards when he was exhausted and had to clean up a bunch of gasoline. I feel so bad! After hearing again how cheap the labor would have been I definately wished we had taken it to the mechanic.

[Organicavocado]

My mom calls it "La-la-land".

[Meche]

I haven't spaced out in this pregnancy yet, but I distinctly remember the morning during my first pg when I washed my contact lenses down the drain. I was doing my morning routine to get ready for work, but instead of removing the lenses and putting them in my eyes, I rinsed the case and put my glasses back on (like I do at night). I realized, "OH S&#T!" Then I went back to bed and cried.