Hey everyone! I am a Marine Wife and am 18 weeks pregnant. My husband deployed a few weeks ago and I just got settled back home. I look forward to getting to know other women going through similar situations!
My question is this: Does anyone else feel like being pregnant during deployment makes you wish the days away and therefor not appreciate the day-to-day of being pregnant? I feel like all I do is count down to the next milestone so that we are closer to homecoming. I need to stop and enjoy the little things.
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Hi! I'm new too.
I wasn't pregnant when my dh deployed in 09, but I did have a 6 month old daughter. She crawled for the first time a week after he left and he missed her first steps and words too. So I definitely can relate, just in a different way.
I did do a lot of "wishing the days away" too. I think it's a natural thing to do when we're worried about them!