Pregnancy Rules! What About You.... Do/did You Love Being Pregnant?

I LOVED being preggo! I felt so beautiful and sexy. The very best part was the outrageous sex! if I could have been pregnant 10 times I would have! But my two wonderful children are enough for me. I miss feeling them move around in my belly. That was cool. And the voluptuous boobs were great for a while too. Did I mention the awesome pregnant sex?!

I didn't enjoy being pregnant. There was nothing fun about puking several times a day, having to pee every ten minutes, back aches, hemorrhoids, and a constant case of the raging hornies with no one but me and b-o-b to satisfy it.

So happy for you, but I hated being pregnant. I thought being pregnant was romantic and exciting and full of happiness and rainbows! Instead, it was full of throwing up, and sciatica, and pre-term labor and a hernia.

It's a testament to being able to get past it that I got pregnant more than once!

So glad my baby making days are behind me!

Dawn

I love being pregnant. I have naturally curly yet thin hair, but it just looks AWESOME when I am pregnant. I, like you, have soft and peely type nails, but when I'm pregnant they look like acrylics!!

I love never having to check if I've got a muffin top I need to hide, never feeling like I need to suck it in...being able to be "fat" and love it and have it be so beautiful.

I love feeling so healthy, vibrant, and literally full of life!

(What don't I like? Hm. During my second pregnancy both of my hips became so loose they almost dislocated and I was in a lot of pain until I got a brace to wear. Besides that? I don't like the wait and anticipation.)

OH!!! Love making endless lists of names and researching meanings, etc. Love making lists of things to buy. Love picking out precious baby things, one at a time. :)

I loved being pregnant with all three of my kids. Healthiest times I've ever been in my life.

I always thought it would be great to surrogate for someone when I was younger, but now i'm too old! :)

All my best wishes for a continued wonderful pregnancy, birth and life to come. <3

There are many reasons we are having just the one child. My pregnancy was one of them. I will NOT go through that again. NEVER. I had to take medication just to keep water down, that was probably the worst part. That, and bed rest. I would go into serious contractions, if I even walked down stairs. I had to get injections to stop contractions from 25 weeks on, and was on bed rest half of the pregnancy. The best part of pregnancy was the moment my son was born, and I wasn't pregnant anymore!!

I loved being pregnant!! Everything from looking so cute in the maternity clothes, feeling the baby moving, fantasizing about the baby and being a moms, yup, everything. There was absolutely nothing I hated about being pregnant. I never had morning sickness, kept fit and active and felt great up until the last week when my son's head was lodged under my ribcage and it hurt to sit on a chair. So then I just went and laid down! Worst part of being pregnant was labor. Hands down.

Pregnancy was not for me. With my first I was sick from week 5 to 36.5 (when I delivered)...I lost 16 lbs during that pregnancy.

During my second there was too many things going wrong to actually enjoy the no "morning sickness". Too meany health problems with both of us to enjoy anything. I spent weeks 30-36 just trying to stay out of labor.

I so wanted to enjoy it...I wanted to be a happy pregnant lady. But in reality all I got was an attitude of "when does this end"...I was really bummed about it.
ETA: Best part though was that it amazed me how I loved my babies before we locked eyes! That love that grows when your pregnant is the best feeling in the world.

I always MISS the hell out of it...When I see someone preggo........But never enough to ever want to start all over.

My youngest is almost four...I went through the waves of emotions that most do after having their third.......I had my tubes tied a month after he was born...Which I then second and third guessed for the first two years of his life.

I had my kids back to back to back.....So it seemed like for about four years pregnant was all I knew...and that was hard to adjust to once you are done doing it.

My pregnancies were pretty much all the same....with the exception being my third because I had been in a bad auto accident(at five months pregnant) and that made things much harder.....

Other then that I had the annoying extra amounts of saliva that made you want to throw up...The back and leg pains and all the other fun stuff that comes along with the joys of expecting...

In hindsight I would do it all over again..say...for someone else....As long as I could send the bundle on their way at the end of the day.....I am done with raising babies...until I have grand kids:)

Watching a little hand or foot reposition.... zooot across my belly or punching out unexpectedly. Really fun when someone else catches the movement and hollers, "hey I saw that" in the middle of a conversation.

I have a super short torso so I bumped out really quickly and I was uncomfortable early on and stayed that way. I had complicated pregnancies and was on bed rest for my second daughter. I had PUPPP with both pregnancies which was one of the worst things I have ever experienced. Unimaginably intense itching and rash that just doesn't go away until after delivery...truly awful. And the sciatica. That wasn't fun. With my second I felt great during the first trimester. It went downhill from there.

I loved being pregnant with my DS. He was my 1st child so I was able to rest and not hussle or worry about anything but myself. I charted each months growth, what I was going to experience etc.

This time around I have a very busy work schedule, we are doing renovations to our home (damaged in storms), and I am at the low end high risk. Needless to say I am not enjoying this pregnancy like I did with my 1st. My entire 1st trimester was nausea morning, noon & night. 3rd has been even more challenging! Can't sleep and I am having a lot of braxton hicks with her and I am just exhausted!

Don't get me wrong, I am truly happy I am having my baby girl! I know when the doctor hands her to me I am going to be so elated! It just seems surreal this time around. I am pregnant, I know I am but sometimes I have to remind myself because of all the hussle, know what I mean?
Happy your pregnancy is going so smoothly! Enjoy it for all it is :)Congrats and good luck!

Neither my first or current prenancy has been easy, although this one is much easier to deal with. That being said... the best part for me is feeling the baby move. Every night I lay in bed and feel him moving around... he is so tiny yet since I am only 17 1/2 weeks, but it is such a wonderful feeling!

The worst in the first was 9 month of nausea (I so know how you felt). This time it is smells... I love to cook (hobby of mine) and I can't! The smell of cooking food turns my stomach. I grill when I can, but weeks like this one when it is raining are really tough. I can't even go to a restaurant becuase the smells are awful! I also have more pain from the ligaments etc. (possibly in part due to my age, but it is what it is).

All of which of course is still totally outwieghed by the feelings of the baby moving (gee right back where I started, but it is just such a miraculous feeling it just amazes me)!

Well, I loved my first pregnancy, not really any issues except heartburn towards the end, but I have the worst L&D ever....EVER....
2nd pregnancy, not good not bad... A lot of uncomfortableness, and some pelvic pain, heartburn, slight back pains, Labor was painful, but fast, and Delivery was pretty easy.... 3rd (just had her 3 days ago) worst pregnancy ever... Morning sickness all first trimester, severe. Back pain, BH from like 30 weeks till 39, slow dilation, siatic nerve pain, RLS, heartburn, extreme pelvic pain, just everything..... Easiest labor, and she came out in her own, only 1 bug push, so nice.. we were all laughing and joking in the delivery room.... So I'm jealous of your 3rd pregnancy. But Congrats...

I loved being pregnant!!! I'm a big workout person, so eating any/everything was great for me... I kickboxed until I was 8 months pregnant. I was super happy, went out more when I was pregnant than I do now, lol....Never sick, didn't put on a bunch of weight, wasn't exhausted... Great time for me...
Labor was super easy! Loved my experience!!!!
Now, if you ask me about the newborn phase, my answer will be TOTALLY different :) EXHAUSTED is all I can say!!!!!! I've always said, I could be pregnant and give birth 10 more times, but newborn phase- no thanks! Don't want to do that again~

I loved being pregnant each time! I loved the baby inside. I always remember the magic of it, the love of it and waiting to see how the little one would be or look. The changes in his/her growth, just holding it inside and imagining the wee one growing was joy to me. The closeness, all of it.

With time you forget about the down side. Although I could name a few they seem so very little now.

The first time was good - everything went well and nothing terrible to speak of. It was new and exciting to see how my body was changing. The second time, it was still a good pregnancy - no complications, but I thought "well, I've got to do it again if we're going to have 2...."

I loved it until I hate it. When my back and feet start hurting and the reflux starts, too uncomfortable to sleep, but exhausted - at that point I'm over it.
But before than, I have magical blessed pregnancies. Huge breasts and ridiculous sex drive to go with them. Sex is so incredible during that time. The heightened sense of smell can go 50/50, but for the most part, I love it. I feel so alive and connected - to my husband, the Earth, to God, to Myself, to my child, to the Universe!

First one was terrible. No morning sickness it was all day sickness was sick from before I found out to the day I gave birth. Second was not quit as sick but still mizerable. But was able to keep much more down so I gained too much with him. I did not enjoy it very much. And we glad that hubby and I agreed not to have any more!!!

I really enjoyed being pregnant-- it is one of those things that is truly amazing I think. Carrying a little person in your tummy and feeling the movements-- that is what I really loved. I had 3 babies, and my last (born this past October) was the hardest by far. I know what it feels like to be pregnant and at about 6mos I kept telling the Dr that I couldn't breathe, walking upstairs was hard, etc and she would smile and say, "your pregnant" like I was an idiot. I'd leave and just think I had forgotten how hard it was, and that I was also caring for 2 little ones while pregnant. But at 37 weeks I jumped in weight even more and everyone was commenting on my stomach size.... not very politely sometimes I might add. Even the Dr was concerned so she ordered an extra u/s. Come to find out I had a TON of extra fluid (polyhydramnios) and even the tech had to gasp at all the 'dark space' on the screen where there was supposed to be a smashed baby in there! All the extra fluid was pushing up in my lung cavity, making it hard for me to breathe. So, that would be my hardest thing! Of course there is the usual nausea, constipation, etc. I also had an increased sex drive all through my 2nd and into the 3rd trimester but my husband wasn't interested... I guess he doesn't have much of a drive anymore and also must be one of those guys turned off by pregnancy. (which also reminds me... a very close 2nd to the hardest part is dealing with husbands when you are on your 3rd pregnancy... I think they feel like you've done it before so it is no big deal and so there is no special treatment anymore. That was really hard for me. If anything I needed more special treatment since you can't nap or relax like you could with no kids or only one kid at home!) Congrats and good luck with these next weeks!

im 30 weeks right now and since the beginning ive said that being pregnant is great because #1 i can eat (pretty much) whatever i want and noones like omg ur gna eat all that #2 i can wear stretchy pants everyday and not be a slob and #3 i have an excuse/valid reason for my bitchyness lol .. theres only a few minor things i dont love about it- in the very beginning i broke out horribly my face was a mess but i got some proactive and it looks great now and the other issue has just come up recently which is waking up all the time to pee and now that im like gigantic being slightly uncomfortable (dropping something on the floor and having to bend over to pick it up isnt exactly fun lol).. other than that iv had no issues so far - knock on wood

I loved being pregnant each time. With the two I have with me now the pregnancies weren't too rough on me aside from the GD with my son. That was not fun but I still loved being pregnant. I gained a ton of weight with each of my two. Pre-baby w/son 97 by the time I had him at 35 weeks along I was tipping the scales, for me, at 196 or somewhere in there. I will always miss the enjoyment of being pregnant but am enjoying watching others in my life go through it as well.

I had such an easy first pregnancy, I didn't even know I was pregnant until I was 5 months in. I had my yearly check-up in the spring and told my doctor about the odd firmness in my stomach, he ordered a blood test and ultrasound. Blood was positive and the doctor guessed I was no more then 5 week. We did the ultrasound and by God, there was a baby, not a jelly bean. My husband(fiancée at the time) turned white. That was 5 years ago and I have a lovely nutcase of a daughter.This one's been easy too, thank God, and I've known since the very first period missed. Only issue is keeping my husband away from my boobs! I love him and have always loved sex, but damn, the girls are so sensitive and he knows it. The wind changes direction and the ridiculous things go all "happy".

Heading into 24 weeks now and excited to feel it moving!

I liked it till the last month when I was swelling in the summer heat.
And I missed my tummy rubbing up against the counter while doing dishes, missed feeling the baby hiccup in my belly after they were born.
You feel kind of "empty" after delivery. It's quickly replaced by the adorable infant, but the physical part of having them inside of you for so long takes awhile to get used to.

Despite the horrible nausea, exhaustion/fatigue, and aversions to all smells and certain foods, I loved pregnancy. I've been pregnant 4 times and I had similar symptoms with all 4, having the worse nausea/vomiting with the 4th.

Funny story about my first pregnancy. I was working full time in a bank when the first customer of the day walked in. It was just me and the branch manager, the other tellers had not yet arrived. My customer was talking friendly to the branch manager so I naturally assumed he and the manager knew each other. My customer mentioned something about pregnancy sex and offering "my poor husband a bottle to Tylenol" for all the headaches he would likely complain about. I had no idea what he was talking about. I didn't experience any raging sex hormones with my first pregnancy but oh, OH, did with the next 3. My husband NEVER complained of headaches. Not once. As pregnancy went along the usual aches and pains (migraines for me, extreme back pain), and with my last pregnancy, I experienced excruciating pain in my hips/pelvic area. I got sick with all of my pregnancies, colds/viruses that seemed to last for weeks longer than usual and with my last pregnancy, I had a terrible cold that involved a horrible cough that persisted a week or two past when my baby was born. All of my babies were born by c-section so the recovery was something I always dreaded. Pregnancy hormones made my nails long and strong and my hair grew fast like weeds. My complexion was always the clearest and my appetite with all 4 was insatiable. Despite all of the nuisances, I loved being pregnant. A wonderful experience that I will hold cherish in my heart.

I loved it and could have stayed pregnant for a year, gladly, except for the anticipation of kissing my little one's face!!!!