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Ugh - 1. I had HG from the beginning to the bitter end, PLUS Gestational Diabetes. And awful heartburn in the 3rd tri.
At the time I swore I'd never do it again, but now I know that it is totally worth it, since it got me my LO. But I am NOT looking forward to another 9 months of misery, as much as I want another baby.
And now I know that for me it doesn't go away until delivery, it's almost worse. Last time I kept thinking - "OK, everyone says it will go away by 12 weeks, I can do this..." then when it didn't, "Ok, surely it will be gone by 16 weeks, just hang in there", and finally "EVERYone feels better by 20 weeks, right? PLEASE just go away, nausea/vomiting!!!"
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I voted an 8. Overall, I really enjoyed being pregnant. I love my pregnant body and overall had a pretty easy pregnancy with minimal nausea, pains, etc. But there are always discomforts with pregnancy so with some aches, heartburn, etc. I can't give it a full 10.
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@stratosphere: Oh man
... I'm currently in the "it HAS to get better by x week, right!?" stage. Still battling nausea, vomiting, extreme dizziness, and bad heartburn at 15 weeks. And my OB just told me to get ready for "crushing headaches" that tylenol does nothing to help. Even this early in the 2nd tri, I am pretty much resigned to this pregnancy being kind of crappy but hoping the next one is a breeze!
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LOVE it. I'm seriously unhappy that I can't consider being a surrogate. I'd be the worst candidate ever given my history, but I'm genuinely mourning the fact that I'll never be pregnant again.
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Loved it!! The only time in my whole life I was actually confident in my body/myself! I felt amazing!
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I love it as in... I am grateful. But I have horrendous HG and thought I was going to go insane!
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I voted 8 I LOVED it but had very bad edema!!
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I voted 9. I really loved being pregnant & hope we are blessed with another. I had a great pregnancy in terms of how I felt & the perfect little baby I grew, especially given I'm an AMA mama & Drs always wanting to check on something. I did have swollen ankles from 20-something wks & heartburn, but nothing that made me say "I am so over this!". PP I'd rate a little lower b/c I had a sore tailbone for months & a weird itchy rash, but still thoroughly loving this miracle of growing & raising a baby.
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@YogiRunner: 2nd tri is where it's at...I felt great from week 18 or so until 34. The last 6? No THANK YOU. Buuuuut...you get this amazing baby at the end.
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I voted 2x. I was a 9 for #1 - I never felt or got sick, my energy level was barely affected, I didn't have the pee-at-night problems that so many women get. For #2, I put a 4 - I had constant nausea for the first 12 weeks, have been incredibly uncomfortable, super exhausted, constantly in pain.
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@simplyfelicity: Okay this perspective is perfect, thank you.
I'm hopeful for continued improvement in the next few weeks and I'll always keep my eye on the prize.... the baby prize 
Great news is that I'm already starting to feel him/her move around in there! It is so amazing. So that part, well, I love. -
First pregnancy was a 9. Second pregnancy about a 7. Guessing it only goes down hill from here?
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I was surprised how much I loved being pregnant. Evening nausea from weeks 8-13, couple boughts of sciatica, heartburn for the whole second half, sore back and hips in the last month, and I missed wine a lot, but I still loved it! I loved my body more than any other time in my life. I was just amazed to be growing a baby. And I loved feeling movement. I'm not a worrier and my OB was pretty easy going, so it was pretty fun.
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2. I was freaking miserable. I felt like a stuffed sausage the whole time and I hated the feeling of my body not belonging to me.
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I voted 2. It has been pretty miserable both times.
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1. I am so grateful for being able to get pregnant and have children, but I hated being so sick and huge.
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1. I was excited about the baby, but despised giving my body up and being exhausted.
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I voted 5. I don't mind being pregnant. But I am way too anxious about something going wrong.
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Just a 3 for me. It limits me so much but I hate to complain because it it such a blessing and only temporary but it's definalty challenging for me.
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first two I would have voted maybe a 4-5?
last one I would have rated it a 1. SO freaking relieved not to be pregnant anymore and stressed/worried out of my mind. (which is funny because it was the absolute easiest pregnancy - on me/my body - out of the three. but worrying about your baby dying 24/7 for 5 months straight isn't something I would wish on anyone. ugh!)
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There's pros and cons. I felt really good from weeks 20-35ish, but the last few weeks I am sore everywhere and too tired to do anything.
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I had lunch today at the restaurant where we ate on my last day of work before maternity leave, and all the memories of how awful I felt came flooding back and I was practically doing cartwheels with happiness that I feel so much better now. I'm SO HAPPY I'm not pregnant. SO HAPPY.
Mine was nowhere near as bad as a lot of people's so I know it could have been much much worse. But I really like having my internal organs in the places where they're supposed to be. Just a thing I enjoy.
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@stratosphere: maybe you'll get lucky next time and it will be easier? With my first I was nauseated and threw up every day multiple times until I delivered. With this pregnancy (17) weeks I had just a few days of nausea and only threw up a few times.
I hated my first pregnancy. In addition to HG I was anxious, depressed and in so much pain that seemed unmanageable. This time around I have a much better doctor, went to therapy for the anxiety and depression (I had antenatal and PPD/ppa and was terrified of what would happen with #2) and found a team of people to help me manage the pregnancy related pain better. I don't love everything about being pregnant, but it's way better this time around. I'm enjoying it more and having more fun daydreaming about our future baby with my husband.
I wish I had made different decisions about my prenatal care providers with my first pregnancy. I think the depression made everything so much harder and I didn't even know that antenatal depression was a thing until I got help for PPD.
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@FaithFertility: this is what made me an 8, too! I had no idea how uncomfortable that could make things. Her twirling and stretching breech baby moves also were not fun at the end.
My husband said, "You're not very good at getting pregnant, but you're really good at being pregnant."
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I didn't mind being pregnant. I was pretty comfortable with my second pregnancy. No morning sickness. Very comfortable sleeping without the need of a pregnancy pillow. The biggest issue I had was having GD. The doctors were never nice, and I felt like they were just waiting to medicate me even though I was able to control my numbers well with diet alone.
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I loved it, but I'll admit I had a pretty easy pregnancy the first time around. I am not naive enough to think it'll be that way the second time! Haha.
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@YogiRunner: I really hope your OB is wrong about those headaches. I'm still not over the first trimester exhaustion and nausea. When does this magic second trimester energy and feeling great actually begin?!? I feel like I got lied to and now headaches are on their way.
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@TrailRunner: Me too!!! I'm the same, yesterday was rough with the vomiting and exhaustion so I'm like okay... 2nd tri rainbows and unicorns, where you at. The headaches have actually started for me but they are manageable. My OB said I could have a cup of coffee to combat them, and that combined with way more H2O intake has helped.
OH and I got some great perspective this morning... I go to a mind-body specialist every month and she keeps track of how i'm physically doing each time we meet. It's clear that although I definitely still have moments of misery, I am MUCH better than I was a month ago. I just never got the "one day you'll wake up and BAM feel like a glowing pregnant goddess" thing happen to me... improvement is there, just slow!
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I LOVED IT! we are undecided on another LO but one of my main reasons to TTC again is I would like to be pregnant again!
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@akcoffeebean: Oh, thanks for sharing, that gives me so much hope that I'm not necessarily doomed to 9 months of HG the second time around!
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I voted 7 because its been pretty 'easy' for me so far, outside of a couple bad headaches and the heartburn. I guess I just don't like it because I don't like feeling so big! It's messing with my body image (lame I know--body image isn't supposed to matter when you're growing a baby!)
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1...excited about the baby and that's it. I was so incredibly sick the whole time, had gestational diabetes so I couldn't give into cravings and I couldn't walk because of SPD. All three pregnancies were awful!!!
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@YogiRunner: I agree, I am def doing much better, so I try to keep that in mind, but yeah, no rainbows and unicorns yet. Are the headaches at the base of your head starting in your neck? I've had a lot of those lately, but I've never had a headache there before so I wasn't sure if that's what it was.
... I'm currently in the "it HAS to get better by x week, right!?" stage. Still battling nausea, vomiting, extreme dizziness, and bad heartburn at 15 weeks. And my OB just told me to get ready for "crushing headaches" that tylenol does nothing to help. Even this early in the 2nd tri, I am pretty much resigned to this pregnancy being kind of crappy but hoping the next one is a breeze!
I'm hopeful for continued improvement in the next few weeks and I'll always keep my eye on the prize.... the baby prize 
Great news is that I'm already starting to feel him/her move around in there! It is so amazing. So that part, well, I love. 
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