I've had a lot of complications with this pregnancy. I'm almost thirty weeks now and looking good at the moment, but there has been a lot of stress, worry, and discomfort. Now that I'm getting closer to my due date I'm wondering if there is a correlation between how easy your pregnancy is and how easy your baby is. My mom had a tough pregnancy with my brother and he was a really high needs baby. She had a super easy pregnancy with me and I was like a dream baby (until I learned to talk, according to my mother). So I'm starting to get really scared that I will have a high needs baby! How did it work out for you?
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I had easy pregnancies with both DS and DD and they are polar opposites on the "easy/difficult baby" scale. DS was very easy going and DD is incredibly high needs.
Needless to say I don't think there's any correlation. lol
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I had a super easy pregnancy and a super easy labor and delivery. My baby is pretty high needs when it comes to getting her to sleep... or changing her.... or holding her.... I love her to death, but I'm exhausted at the end of each day, and she's only 7.5 months! haha
My best friend had a super easy pregnancy, too, and her baby is an easy baby. So I think it's just luck of the draw
I hope your baby is easy!
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I doubt there is a correlaiton. for me there kind of is, but I doubt its cause and effect.
I had a super easy pregnancy up until 32 weeks, where I became very high risk until she was born on her due date. Then she was super laid back until week 2 when she got Colic until week 10. SHOOT ME. Then she was super easy again lol
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@LivsMama: Haha Colic was the issue with my brother too. He came early and was in the NICU and then once he got out he had Colic for soooo long. Mom said he basically had to have his bouncer on top of a running dish washer or washing machine at all times because it was the only thing that stopped him from crying!
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I had an okay first pregnancy with no major complications, just MS until 30 weeks. I would not say it was enjoyable. DS was a high needs baby. Colicky, bad reflux, didn't nap, woke up 2-3 times a night until a year old.
Second pregnancy was really, really rough. I had no energy the entire 40 weeks, high blood pressure, MS the entire time...I was in constant pain. The worse part was every time I would shower, I would get dizzy and nearly pass out. Looking back on it, I really think I had undiagnosed pre-e (I had many symptoms). DD is a really easy baby and sleeps great.
But...she's my second baby so I also know what to do more so than I did with my son.
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@MamaMoose: I should add DD was colicky (due to food intolerances) on TOP OF being high needs. The first 3 1/2 months of eliminating foods from my diet were incredibly trying and now that they're all dealt with she's still pretty needy. =/
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Interesting question. I had a relatively easy pregnancy (I think). My MS lasted only 6 weeks. I did have lots of body aches and pains and I was exhausted all the time, though. My labor was pretty easy and smooth until I had some severe bleeding at the end. And now LO is a super easygoing, relaxed baby
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I've had two tough pregnancies and two easy babies. DD was a little more difficult than DS is proving to be, but for me, parenthood is much easier than pregnancy.
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@MamaMoose: Ugh it was the WORST. NOTHING worked except for the 5 S's. Brutal.
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My Mom has always said that she had wonderful pregnancies, she loved being pregnant. But always bad babies, esp me. I cried all the time and only wanted my Mom. I am only 13 weeks but so far easy pregnancy. Scared that my baby is going to be like me!
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my mom had hyperemesis from week 5 till i was born and I was an easy baby--never got sick or anything.
we'll see how it goes for me.
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I'm glad to see that so far there is no one with a tough pregnancy AND a high needs baby! Here's hoping I don't break the streak!
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My pregnancy was not easy, or very enjoyable. My friend and I joke that due to us both having MS for the majority of the 9 months that we had pre-partum depression.
LO was nocturnal when she was born, and had colic and very bad/painful gas issues. We had trouble bf'ing and then she had trouble with the first formula we tried. So, for the first 8 weeks she was NOT an easy baby. Now though, most of her issues have cleared up, she sleeps thru the night and smiles all the time - so, I would say that now she is a pretty easy baby!
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i had a really tough pregancy. both emotionally and medically due to prior misscarriage and my moms death. i was high risk due to a blood clotting disorder...but i have a very laid back easy little boy who is very calm most days. i was really afraid all my anxiety during ym pregancy. (i have PTSD) would lead to him being affected (you know how tehy say babies can sense your moods in the womb) but luckily he is very chill.
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I had a super easy pregnancy - no MS, no swelling, no complications of any kind and I now have a very easy going, happy baby. At around 4 weeks she started having some painful gas but we got her on probiotics and that cleared it up straightaway. Other than that, she's been the easiest baby. I think we're just very fortunate!
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Had a tough pregnancy (bedrest for preterm labor) and DS is an awesome, but high maintenance baby. Or rather, a high energy baby ; ). He's very happy but likes lots of attention and has ne'er been a great eater or sleeper.
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My pregnancy was soooo good but I had a super colicky baby! So, in my books, there is no correlation!
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I hated pregnancy, but nothing terrible happened- other than an emergency c-section. As for an easy baby? Is there such a thing? She's a baby- it's tough. But has anything been terrible? No. At 9 months, it is MUCH easier.
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I had a wonderful pregnancy and even miss it, and now that my baby is 7 weeks old, he's becoming an easier baby as I've found out. I realized when I attended a new mom support group that I kinda had it easy compared to a lot of the other women, but it certainly didn't feel that way in the beginning! Despite being sleep deprived, I'm able to function pretty well though and the worst issues for me were related to breastfeeding. My advice to all pregnant ladies is to seek help from a lactation consultant as soon as they suspect something is not right, especially latch issues! If that's dealt with early on, that's just one less issue for you to worry about!
Knowledge really is power!
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I had an absolutely awesome pregnancy and my baby is great! Sleeps through the night and hardly cries! She babbles tons
Im definitely blessed!!
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I had a blessedly easy pregnancy but man, my son is not a sleeper, which is what most people correlate with an easy baby. He didn't cry a lot, but he was impossible to get to sleep and stay asleep. We're still dealing with it at 21 months.
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I hated my first trimester...all day nausea for about 20-22 weeks and then it was gone and my pregnancy was super easy...and I am so lucky and blessed with an easy baby...I'm scared to have #2 though bc everyone tells me you only get one easy baby
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I had what would be considered a "tough" pregnancy (hyper emesis, GD, PIH that lead to induction and emergency c-section), and Sawyer is a great baby (4 month sleep regression aside). He is extremely social, smiley, and easy to keep entertained. Even with the 4 month sleep regression, if I co-bed with him all he wants to do is wake up, snack and go back to sleep.
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I don't think there will ever be a such thing as an easy pregnancy for me. I get bad migraines.... and that's just my life. So pregnancy for me will always be tough.
And my baby was tough too! She had reflux so it wasn't easy for her newborn years.
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I had a pretty easy pregnancy, but DD is not an easy going baby! I love her more than anything and she's wonderful, but I would say a pretty high need baby!
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I had a super easy pregnancy (thankfully!) but I was go-go-go the entire time. My LO isn't necessarily high needs but he's very spirited and not easy by any means. Darn all of you with easy pregnancies and easy babies!
I hope your baby is easy!
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