are you enjoying your pregnancy?

just curious as to weither you are actually enjoying your pregnancy/being pregnant?

for me its a yes and no
I love the fact Im pregnant and am going to have a daughter but
no because of all the stress this time around with having a previous premature baby, having to see a OB, having swabs all the time aswell as bloods, having SPD

I loved being pregnant up until the last week. Now I'm torn between wanting the baby out and trying to figure out how I'm going to cope with a newborn again

Last pregnancy I loved every second of it.

I loved the fact that I was pregnant - but totally wished the time away, I suppose I didn't really *enjoy* it. I did have a textbook pregnancy, but I couldn't stand people telling me what I shouldn't be eating, that I shouldn't be doing anything too strenuous and everyone thinking they had free reign to give my tummy a rub

I too wish everything goes well for you Tastic - I'm sure it will! And wow, you're 24weeks already!

I am a yes and no person as well!

Yes, I enjoy it because it's my first baby and I love all the amazing stuff that is happening and can't wait to meet this little girl that is half me and half my DP. I also love watching my belly grow, having ms go away, how my dp loves my growing/expanding body, love thinking about my baby and how shes x big this week and is having y developments!! Oh and I like going to look at baby stuff, so small and cute!

However I'm not enjoying people telling me what I should and shouldn't be doing, I'm not enjoying people telling me what I should and shouldn't be eating, telling me their stories and saying it'll happen to me, or I must be crazy (coz I'm 19), etc. I hate how it has given me gallstones/made them worse as the attacks are so painful and not very nice!! And I am missing so much food!! And I hate feeling "fragile" or like I'm not doing enough for my baby.

But I still can't wait to meet this little girl and I know she'll totally be worth it! It's strange to feel this in-love with someone I haven't even met properly!! I feel like I could burst!

thanks everyone!
its amazing how many people do and donot like being pregnancy!

Nicole - I hated how once your pregnant people feel they have a right to tell you there 'story' and how most are bad

Im not an expert infact no way near it, even with this being my 4th pregnancy (lost one at 20 weeks) I feel like a beginner with every pregnancy becuase no two pregnancy's are the same and man have I learnt that one!

Zasha I hope that seeing someone will help you hun. I also hope once you see your gorgeous baby you will be happy with the decision to keep your baby
hugs


Edited by Tastic

I don't like it. We planned it, we want it and we are excited about the baby but I am not enjoying it. You feel tired and miserable most of the time and there is always some niggle little issue making you uncomfortable. Maybe I like beign comfortable too much. For me the miracle of life and carrying a baby is not strong enough to make me 'enjoy' the aches and discomforts. It isn't bad all the time but enjoy isn't a word I would use to describe it.

We planned this baby but I tell ya what I may have enjoyed a whole couple of days of this pregnancy so far, I have had barely a break from MS the whole time, I have had every other pregnancy symptom that you could possibly get and some days I am so sore I can barely walk. This is all made a lot worse by the fact that the other girl at work who has been pregnant has had the dream pregnancy with not a single issue! DP is already talking about the next baby and I just really don't know if I could go through with all of this again. I am really really counting down the days until bubs gets here just so the sickness and stuff stops, (even if it is replaced by sleep deprivation and everything else)

So far this pregnancy has been the easiest of the 3 so I'm stoked I'm getting at least 1 good one Still had the odd day of aches and pains but nothing too bad.
The only thing I've really noticed is that I'm hibernating a lot more than usual and can't be bothered dealing with people other than my immediate family which makes it hard when we've got a flatmate. I feel really bad about that cos she hasn't done anything wrong! Its only because I'm too tired to try and hold a proper conversation and deal with the kids and house at the same time.
None of our kids were planned and its caused plenty of bumps along the way for both of us but neither of us would change them

I'm loving it. Its such an amazingly special time. And I'm also careful that I don't want to wish it away, because although its not all roses and sunshine, it is something I'll only experience once (with this baby anyway) so I intend to enjoy it. It was rough feeling so awful at the beginning, but it was also nice in a way because it made it a bit more real when the baby was so small there was no other signs to indicate that it was even there.

To be fair, I know I could have had it worse, my biggest issue has been the exhaustion of working full time, plus running a farm outside of work time plus renovating our house but I think that would have worn me out any time! But even the aches and pains and the reflux and waking up in the night etc, I just view them as reminders that I'm pregnant, and use the awake time in the night to have a we chat to my bump seeing as I never have time for it in the day.

So my answer is yes, I this pregnancy. It helps that DH is totally into it too, I'm sure.

I'm loving it! yeah i have had a really bad run of morning sickness and i get chronic backpain, can't sleep more than 2 hours at a time, am RH- so always on the look out for spotting, hate people telling me what i can and cant eat, but i wouldnt change a moment of it! i think ive always been maternal so thats a bonus. but im only 20 years old (turn 21 in november this year), this was unplanned (i was on the pill) and DP and i had only been going out a month and a half when i got preggers (found out at 3 months)... but he is loving every moment of it too, is looking after me and knows not to tell me what to eat or what to do. but i get foot rubs and back rubs which i love. we are both so excited! its a first grandchild on both sides so mine and DPs parents are excited too. we are looking for a house at the moment which we hope to be in before our little boy gets here. i would happily be pregnant again in a heatbeat. my brother is gay and has been going out with this guy for ages and has even asked that if it got to "that stage" with the guy he is currently with or another guy further down the path, would i be a surrogate for him and his partner and i could think of nothing else i would love to do for them more than give them a baby they can raise as their own. all the MS, muscle and joint pains, constipation, dizziness and every thing else could not keep me from doing that for them.

would definitely not change a thing.