Do you love being pregnant, hate it, or are you indifferent? How do people react if you tell them how you feel?
-
I loved my pregnancy! Everything was smooth and manageable and I was able to enjoy it - even through the bad days.
-
I haven't had a really hard pregnancy but I definitely don't love it. I think I'd lean more toward hate it. I love the kicks and I'm SO thankful to be pregnant but I wish that it was a whole lot shorter. I feel like I've been pregnant forever! I also have a LOT of anxiety and even though we want a few more kids after this one I have no idea how I will mentally survive more pregnancies..
When I try to tell people how I feel I don't think they get it =/ Sooo I don't usually go into detail. If someone asks I'll usually just skirt around it with "Oh, we're so excited and just ready to meet him already!"
-
I leaned towards hating it. I was sick pretty much all the way through, had no appetite and struggled to eat and put on weight, had bad headaches and weird sneezing allergy attacks, and had a bad pain in my side anytime I moved from like 3 months on...and I was in my third trimester over the summer.
Like @Running Elley:, my response to people was to gush about how excited we were to meet him/her.
-
I loved my pregnancy!
-
I only thing I didn't hate was it being okay to finally have a belly! LOL
-
I honestly do not like being pregnant at all. I was sick the first trimester and then I've had either horrible RLP and/or sciatica. I can't sleep. I pee every 5 minutes. Sometimes when he kicks me, it makes me feel sick. I don't like people trying to touch me. I'm just not a good pregnant lady. People act like I'm crazy when I tell them I don't like it. I can't wait to actually hold him and kiss him and cuddle him though!
-
I loved it!! I had the easiest time! I really loved how I looked. Also, in a funny way, now that I'm working on losing the baby weight, I appreciate my pre-baby body a lot more- I had always thought I needed to lose weight, and now I realize just how rocking my body really was and can't wait to look like that again!
-
I love certain parts of it...feeling the baby kick and being amazed at the wonder that is the human body, but I could live without the constant heartburn, aches and pains, fatigue, waddling, extra weight, intense emotions. Overall I like it, but don't love it.
-
I've had a really easy pregnancy so far (knock on wood), but I wouldn't say I"ve LOVED it. I love feeling him kick, but I miss having my body to myself. I would say I like being pregnant...but now, at 36 weeks, I'm kind of over it.
-
Love/hate, I've enjoyed the experience but wish it was a little easier.
-
I loved it minus getting fat , having to pee all the time and not being able to sleep well!
-
Looking back, I can say I really loved being pregnant though I didn't think it every day then. I even miss it sometimes! I was lucky to have an easy pregnancy so that's probably why.
-
Love/hate. While there have been times I've enjoyed it, I'm just so over it now at 36 weeks. I want my body back. I was sick the whole first trimester, and now I'm just uncomfortable at the end.
-
@running elley @boiledpnut: I feel the same way!
-
I HATED it during the worst of my morning sickness phase. Now, I'm enjoying it a lot more, so we'll see how I feel by the very end!
-
Love/could do without. I try to maintain perspective after my sister had a rough pregnancy that I'm lucky to have no complications and feel pretty good.
I love feeling him move and watching his limbs from the outside with le husband. I love knowing I'm growing a human. I love eating more. It's sort of fun watching my body change.
I could do without not being able to sleep through the night since.. month 2. I could do without the stretch marks and skin breakouts. I was sick as a dog for 1.5 months. At 32 weeks I'm starting to be in actual pain versus discomfort. I could definitely do without unsolicited comments, questions, and people staring at my stomach.
I'm glad I'm getting to experience it, but would never say I was soaking it all up or anything
-
definitely love/hate. I think I hated it more during the time... but there were those magical moments that just made everything bad about it dissipate and mean nothing anymore. Like when I would lay in bed each night and watch as he moved across my belly and kicked all over. Most amazing feeling ever! And when DH got to feel it- it was so special.
The first time we heard his heartbeat and I knew for sure there was a healthy, thriving baby in my tummy. I was so excited! I cried just hearing it. It was the most beautiful sound to me.
Or the time we saw him for the first time at our 20 week ultrasound - he was just perfect and that was the moment I felt an insane amount of protectiveness - I just wanted to do everything right by him.
But then I remember how I had sciatica so bad I couldn't walk from week 6-30. Then past week 30 I was just big and had back pain anyway. I was sick my entire first half of pregnancy - it was awful!!
But I find myself wanting it again..
-
@Coco Bee: How did you deal with your sciatica? Mine is horrible and I can't find any relief.
-
@boiledpnut: I get asked this so much I seriously think I should write a guest post about it haha!
I will respond to your wall so as not to threadjack
-
I really enjoyed it until the end. By then, I was tired of being big and pregnant, and just wanted to feel like myself again. It just seems like forever! Now, I miss it!
-
I said other because it's still early, but I'm hating it so far because I am going on 7 weeks of pure all day nausea and vomitting.
-
I hated it and felt guilty for hating it. (similar to @running elley)
-
I feel blessed to have a pretty "normal" average pregnancy. But, I still hate it. :T
-
So far, I'm pretty much loving it. I've been lucky enough not to be sick, so I'm mostly just enjoying it (middle of the night bathroom trips aside).
-
I mostly loved it but there were definitely some aspects I didn't like. I had a super easy pregnancy with no MS or any other discomforts, other than some bad cramping from weeks 4 - 8, but what I struggled with were the changes in my body. I've always been thin so to gain weight and not have clothes fit any more was really difficult for me. I am looking forward to being pregnant again though in the future!
-
I can't say I hate it because I am extremely blessed to have a wonderful and Healthy pregnancy and healthy baby ....but I just don't like it. I don't like anything about it and it's not fun.
I feel bad when people are like "this is the best time of your life; it's so beautiful!" and I'm like ..."uh...man, I don't know about that."
I feel bad complaining to people because they think I'm "evil mama". -
First time around I definitely hated it- so many body changes + mood swings, I just didn't feel like myself. This time around I'm more ambivalent because while I don't love it, I know it is totally worth it!
-
I really loved being pregnant! I was lucky to have a super easy pregnancy and was in a place where I could prioritize rest and exercise and eating healthy so I felt like I was already making good choices for LO.
I could have done without the constant discussion of how big my belly was and all the peeing all.the.time, but it was a really special time.
Reply
Subscribe to our newsletter
- Google Plus
- Stumbleupon
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Pinterest
- Favorite0
28 comments