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Yes! The "not having to suck in belly" part!

My hair and skin! I had the BEST hair and skin while I was pregnant. And nails! Now I"m back to dull hair, skin and thin nails.

Not having to constantly watch what I eat has been so nice!

Also - my hair and skin have been great through pregnancy. I guess the hormones dried my skin out a little bit--which means no need to wash my hair every day. And fewer breakouts!

It was the only time in my life my stomach was hard hahaha, sure hard like a keg and not hard like a six pack, but hard nonetheless hahahaha.

I also loved (and will love soon, about 7 weeks) my pregnancy pillow. Best. Pillow. Ever! Couldn't justify using it after the belly was gone though haha

@MamaBehr: LOL at hard like a keg! But I have totally made DH feel my "abs"-- they've never been this firm.

@char54: Yeah-- I definitely thought it would be worse, not better. And it was iffy in the beginning, but once I hit 2nd tri way better.

Same as your 2-4!

I also have a super sensitive stomach, but during pregnancy I also noticed that I felt much better.

I'm not far enough along yet to have noticed anything major, but my sister-in-law had SEVERE celiac before pregnancy, to the point of having to go to the hospital for even minor contact with gluten. (Her husband had to brush his teeth before kissing her if he had a beer.) After she had my niece, it completely went away. It's been 2 and a half years, and she can eat all the gluten she wants.

This one is kinda silly, but I *finally* got a new office chair after nearly four years with a half-broken one -- I told my boss I was having back pain and bam, new chair!

I've been gettin massages every two weeks. Normally I would not spend that much money on something that I think of as extra, but it helps with my pregnancy pains and I feel so much better. So, I guess the perk is that I'm okay and willing to spend some money on treating myself.