I saw one of my friends yesterday and she kept telling me pregnancy is gross, alien like and something that makes her vomit when she thinks about it. I didn't pay her much attention! Haha!
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You know, I think my husband felt this way before we were TTC. It really took him a while to come around and see pregnancy as something meaningful that he would actually wish for.
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Me
I used to think that I didn't want kids and that the whole process was weird and gross, Now that I'm ready, I think it's actually just amazing!
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I do. She actually thinks she has a pregnancy phobia-- she wants to one day have a kid but thinks the entire process is gross. She also had choice words to say about breastfeeding, but she seemed almost concerned about how grossed out/scared she was about pregnancy. Of course, she was saying all this at brunch with our pregnant friend...
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My ex coworkers wife used to say that a lot. She said she would never have kids. Now she is expecting a baby boy in December!
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My husband feels this way about other women's pregnancies in general. Some women are adorable while pregnant, but let's be honest, there are lots of gross things that happen. And some women just don't carry it as well. I think some women are also repulsed, to an extent, by their own bodies and what happens. Some things have totally made me raise a lip and go ew.
It is totally alien like though
growing something from scratch?!! Lol, straight out of a movie
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@Foodnerd81: Ha, my friend was going on and on about not wanting to get fat, misshapen and ugly. I know she didn't mean me (or maybe she was?) but I'm pregnant and sensitive!
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My mom kind of does - she ESPECIALLY hates breastfeeding and was horrified that I am going to do it. She thinks it is so gross and has told me that over and over. And over. She will be here when H is born and staying with me for 2 weeks, and I finally had to give her a stern talking-to that I'm going to need all the support I can get, and she can't follow me around the house for 2 weeks exclaiming how gross it is that I'm BF'ing my daughter. Especially if I have a hard time! I'll REALLY need her support then!
She also hates all the tight maternity clothes I wear, and still cannot believe I wore a bikini pregnant. She does NOT think that maternity photos are beautiful, she actually said, "I just don't know why you would want pictures taken like that." If she saw my latest bump photo on the bump thread- I'm telling you- that would be THE END of her!!!! She would DIEEEEEE!
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I have to admit, while I think pregnancy is the most amazing thing the human body can do, there are a few parts of it that I'm choosing not to think about until I am pregnant and have to-- especially the after stuff. Like, literally putting a mental block on it since i figure at that point, nothing will gross me out. Right??
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@PrincessBaby: Oh my mom is the same way about tight maternity clothes! She wouldn't say it out loud, but she can make faces that say is plenty loud anyway. She doesn't get this trend of tight clothes hugging your belly (as opposed to the big shapeless styles that were her only options when she was pregnant). I can only imagine the face she would make if I showed up in a bikini while pregnant (but, she doesn't really like bikinis on anyone, anyway).
Luckily she is very pro-breastfeeding and was really supportive of my sister when she did it, and almost equally supportive of my SIL when she wasn't able to. -
@Foodnerd81: Well I'm at least proud of your mom for not being super-vocal about it! My mother's mouth will never cease to amaze me!!!! Lol:)
I kind of have to admit that while I also think pregnancy is beautiful and wonderful, it is definitely not sexy. This has been the first time in DH and my life where things are not hot and steamy, mainly because it's really hard to ignore a huge stomach. He loves my tummy, and we both feel like my body is beautiful right now, but neither of us feel very "sexy" about my body. We tried to overcome this mental block. We really tried (and we definitely never had to try before!), but something always breaks our concentration- like one time while we were trying to be all sexy and my tummy was touching him, she kicked him HARD and we both busted out laughing and all the sexiness went "Poof!" So that's definitely been weird, but by the same token, I feel like it's brought us so much closer and we're definitely on a level of being in love with each other and our new family that I never thought it was possible to reach:)
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Dood. What's your friend's deal?! Growing a human being is the most incredible thing in the world! Such a miracle.
Sure, our bodies get nasty and large, but it's worth it! -
I know people who feel that way, and it has always baffled me. I adored pregnancy. I'd never felt so beautiful and alive. I don't actually want another child so much as I want to be pregnant again, and I want my daughter to have a sibling.
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I think conception, pregnancy, etc is an absolute miracle. That being said, I don't think I'll ever feel magical or beautiful while pregnant. I didn't gain a ton of weight or anything, it was just 41 weeks of discomfort for me. I just don't love it. Labor and delivery, however, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
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I have a friend who was like that. I don't get it. I loved pregnancy and it was absolutely amazing having this little person growing in my tummy.
I used to think that I didn't want kids and that the whole process was weird and gross, Now that I'm ready, I think it's actually just amazing!
growing something from scratch?!! Lol, straight out of a movie
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