How long do you wish pregnancy lasted?

aelhunt

Look at the chart below in comments and decide which animal's gestation period best reflects what you WISH human gestation would be.

aelhunt

poofwok

I said human. While I hear myself complain a lot, I appreciate the time I have to prepare for my LO.
Especially for a FTM.

Valancyy

I said human.  I think it's perfect.  I wouldn't mind skipping the whole MS thing though!  I enjoy most of pregnancy.

Raclla

SS
Depends on the pregnancy.
I could have kept DD in forever. It was easy. This kid now doesn't like me.

pmpkn219

Somewhere between Monkey and Human sounds good. I could probably do without the last few weeks when I'm just huge and waiting to pop, but at least 6-7 months is pretty OK (in my experience!)

Poor elephants...

GinnyJ2012

Monkey sounds good to me too, I wouldn't be huge as long. As long as the size of the baby doesn't change, DS was 8lbs 4.4 oz, 5lb tiny babies scare me. I'm afraid ill break them!

kiley820

Well, guess I'm glad to be human. 9 months is cool with me! I've had a fairly easy pregnancy so far and while I'm sure I'll be more than ready come July, I'm thankful to have time to prepare! Right now I feel like August is around the corner and I still have so much to do!!

aelhunt

I picked human, too. I just think longer is agonizing but now having one already I feel I need all 9 months to prepare for another. Sometimes I wish it was cat/dog but not often.

bcbuzzafsu

9 months is too long.  8 months is better.

rockyrollgirl

Cat/dog. Not too short or long.

I hate being pregnant. 

chase16

christel811 said:

I said rat/chicken because I don't like being pregnant.  I can plan for the baby before I get pregnant.

Yup. This. I want this kid out!!

Valancyy

Um...just realized this.  Rats live 18-20 years???

Laura5533

I like the 9 months, but would like to skip first tri and just have second tri last twice as long.  I love feeling him wiggle around inside me! 

Caveat: FTM, and I wouldn't be surprised if I end up wishing I could shorten third tri...

chase16

K&M9 said:

So I mean I totally get WHY our gestational period is set up the way it is-- any shorter and the baby is too underdeveloped; any longer and the head won't fit out of the birth canal. But I sort of wish for the infants' sakes that they could develop a bit more in utero before coming out. That being said, that's probably somewhat related to the fact that this pregnancy hasn't been all that terrible for me and I'm a FTM... I'd probably lean more toward the "GET IT OUT OF ME" side if the case were different. 

It hasn't been terrible for me either.. I've been pretty lucky so far (which is why I never have anything to share for TMI tuesday..) BUT I really just don't like how my body is changing, I hate not fitting into any clothes, (example, I've taken to walking around the house in either underwear and a t shirt or just a t shirt. FI: "Did you read something in Cosmo that said you should walk around like that for me?" Me: No.. But I only have one pair of yoga pants that still fits and they're dirty. I hate clothes right now.") ..I'm just not a fan of being pregnant. I want my body back.

caballablanca

christel811 said:

I said rat/chicken because I don't like being pregnant.  I can plan for the baby before I get pregnant.

Me too. I could make it work in that short of time.

shevaCC

I was thinking monkey would be about right...I'm about ready to have this baby, and don't want to wait until August.

Jules_Shamblin

I think somewhere around 6 months would be ideal. Long enough to prepare but not so long that it feels like forever. Maybe I'm just having an uncomfortable pregnancy but I'm ready for these twins to get here ASAP!

shaylagirl

Another cat/dog. 

If human gestation was only that long, we'd certainly get it all done in the time allotted to us. 

I'm just ready to get this over with so I can have the fun of playing with the WeeNut!!!

abnelsen22

21 days! My pregnancy has been rough and I can't wait to have the baby so my hormones won't be trying to kill me anymore.