Secondary benefits of being of pregnant

MoFree

Obviously the best thing about being pregnant, god willing, is that it will result in a take home baby(ies) to love and raise.  There are also so many secondary benefits like:

Not crying or getting into a self-pitying punk when receiving or hearing birth announcements.  I noticed that this w/e when DH's cousin called to announce the birth of his twins

 What are some things you notice no longer make you cry that did pre pregnancy? 

kelnyc

I'm not a crier, but I really enjoy not getting my period. 

Tracyc617

This weekend I found a slight benefit to being pregnant after IF.  My cousin in law is 34 weeks pregnant and she has only seen her baby 2 times!  She has a u/s at 7 weeks and then one at 20 weeks.  I am so happy that I have gotten to see my baby 6 times so far and see how quickly they grow from a bean to a little human.  It really has been amazing! 

kzawisl

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TJ1979

I love the special treatment from my husband and parents.  MH is being so very sweet, and my parents are so excited, they call like twice a week now!  It's so nice to have MH telling me to sit down and put my feet up while he cooks dinner and does the dishes!  (Sorry, not that I typically cry about him not doing those things.)  I do cry about a lot of other things though now - like TV commercials - they're so sad!

kzawisl

Sort of on a side note....I cry at pretty much EVERYTHING ELSE these days, lol!

KaliChick

Tracyc617:

This weekend I found a slight benefit to being pregnant after IF.  My cousin in law is 34 weeks pregnant and she has only seen her baby 2 times!  She has a u/s at 7 weeks and then one at 20 weeks.  I am so happy that I have gotten to see my baby 6 times so far and see how quickly they grow from a bean to a little human.  It really has been amazing! 

Don't get too used to this ... once you become a "regular" OB patient, the frequency of scans drops dramatically.

 

Jackie2200

I love not having hangovers!!  I would totally wash away my IF sorrows with way too much wine on a regular bais and I feel great now....although I would love a nice glass of red wine!

I also love working from home.  I lost my twins on a business trip and told my work that I was not traveling this time around because I wanted to be close to my DH and my Dr if something went wrong.  They gave me a special assignment! It's great!

ELF4321

I am a crier in general, and add in all of the pg hormones, and I cry way more now than I did when we were ttc!    The other day DH and I were laughing about something, and all of a sudden my laughter turned into sobbing and I couldn't stop crying, even though I wasn't actually crying about anything.  

I also tend to cry now every time I look at someone's baby pictures.  Every time someone talks about their baby.  Every time someone sneezes (only a slight exaggeration).  LOL.  Love the hormones   

drubie

I love seeing my husband becoming a dad We recorded the hb on the doppler last night, and he was chatting with me today and said "I keep listening to the baby's heartbeat throughout the day. Is that weird?" So sweet! Plus, he gets me whatever food I want (since so little sounds halfway decent), and rubs my belly every night, talking to the baby. My heart melts!