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Anyone else grieving the end of pregnancy/delivery?

MaybeBabyTimeMaybeBabyTime
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So, I know this is hormonally related but I have come to the realization that I am grieving the end of such a monumental event.

I can't say that I loved being pregnant. I didn't hate it but it wasn't my favorite. I was really looking forward to my delivery and enjoyed EVERY minute of it even though I labored for 28 hrs and ended with a c/section. I wouldn't change a thing about it. Maybe I loved all the attention and care I received from the medical staff and family?

My family came in from out of town and they left today. I feel like its "all over" although I have a perfect little healthy baby boy.

You spend 40 weeks (give or take a few weeks) waiting for the baby's arrival. It comes and then I feel as though you grieve that it is over. Does anyone else feel this way?

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  • mrgnmrgn member
    I hated being pregnant... but somehow I still find myself missing the kicks and being physically connected to my little girl. But, then I watch her do something new every day and I forget all about it!
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  • hriesen4hriesen4
    I only miss parts of the pregnancy (like her kicks and my students rubbing my belly).  My labor was pretty much a cake walk compared to my friends'.  I do NOT miss the swelling of my lady parts that happened after birth or the major amounts of blood loss that I had to get shots for.  I do miss the nurses...oh man, I miss them loads.  The person I miss the most is my OB.  I have my check-up w/ her on Thurs. and I'm actually really excited to see her.  I'm making DH go (he's been to every other appt, why not this one?) and we're getting a fam pic w/ her.
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  • Scooter359Scooter359
    I miss being pregnant. My SO hates to hear this haha. I even miss delivery, and thats probably because of all the emotions and the intense feelings i had at that moment. When I looked over and saw SO crying and could hear my baby, there was nothing like it, and I want to experience that all over again.
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  • MaybeBabyTimeMaybeBabyTime

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    I miss being pregnant. My SO hates to hear this haha. I even miss delivery, and thats probably because of all the emotions and the intense feelings i had at that moment. When I looked over and saw SO crying and could hear my baby, there was nothing like it, and I want to experience that all over again.

    Exactly. I do too. I want to re-live those moments over and over again. It was the greatest day of my life.

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  • Scooter359Scooter359
    imageMaybeBabyTime:

    imageScooter359:
    I miss being pregnant. My SO hates to hear this haha. I even miss delivery, and thats probably because of all the emotions and the intense feelings i had at that moment. When I looked over and saw SO crying and could hear my baby, there was nothing like it, and I want to experience that all over again.

    Exactly. I do too. I want to re-live those moments over and over again. It was the greatest day of my life.

    We have decided this is our only child together. So I think this is another reason I still cry and get upset when I think about it. I look back and think that I didnt cherish my pregnancy enough, or I didnt do something I should have and im never going to get the opportunity to do it again. People always say that youll forget the pain of labor pretty quick, and here I am trying to remember it for as long as possible.

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  • Mrs.S.on.01.19.08Mrs.S.on.01.19.08
    I was feeling like the this for the first 2 weeks PP- it was all hormones.  I was emotional about EVERYTHING those first 2 weeks.   I completely stabilized my emotions after that second week.
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  • mybobblemybobble

    I loved being pg! I had a great pregnancy so I think this is why I miss being pg. I love having my little boy in my arms but there are so many things that I enjoyed while he was inside me.

    I found after I gave birth to him that I was still rubbing my belly like he was inside. Dh even commented "why are you rubbing your belly when he is right here?".

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  • MrsPattersonMrsPatterson member
    I definitely didn't miss it right after DS was born, but now I find that I'm missing it a little.  I miss feeling DS moving in my belly.
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  • Jessalicious01Jessalicious01 member
    I miss it too even though I was so sick of all the aches and pains and millions of Dr. appts by the end. Never though I would miss it but I do. 
    Miscarriage/D&E 10w6d 10/3/14 (baby's heart stopped beating)

    Ectopic Pregnancy discovered @ 10 weeks 5/6/14 (Lost right tube and ovary)

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  • SamsMom91SamsMom91
    Grieving the end of the discomfort? Hell no. Grieving the end of the 8+ months of anticipation/excitement/worry? Definitely. DH says he is too, FWIW.
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  • BlairWaldorfBlairWaldorf member

    I loved every moment of it.  I absolutely cannot wait to do it again.

    I told Nate last night that I spent a year & a half with pregnancy as my total focus & goal & now...I don't really know what to do with myself.  Obviously, I have Harrison.  But I even forgot to put in my birth control this past week because it's been two years since I've used any. 

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