Most: Everything. I loved being pregnant (until about 36 weeks). I loved how everyone was so nice to you, I felt really beautiful when I was preggo, the anticipation of having LO. Life changes! I finally quit smoking and haven't started back up.
Least: Weeks 36-40. God those were uncomfortable and freaking miserable.
LOVE feeling movements (although not at night when trying to sleep) but I DO NOT miss worrying about something going wrong. I def worry less with her no the outside than I did when she was on the inside
I guess if I had to pick - my favorite thing about pregnancy was the excitement/mystery of it all - boy/girl? what will he look like? when will he be born? etc. But otherwise I seriously hated being pregnant
I could go on and on about the things I will miss the least, but morning sickness (the entire pregnancy) is at the top.
I miss everything, I loved being pregnant. But, like PP said, BEFORE week 36, that's when the swelling came, hated seeing my feet look like sausages! The only complaint I really had was from about month 4 on, LO was laying on a nerve that made walking very uncomfortable, but it could have been worse.
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Most: Everything. I loved being pregnant (until about 36 weeks). I loved how everyone was so nice to you, I felt really beautiful when I was preggo, the anticipation of having LO. Life changes! I finally quit smoking and haven't started back up.
Least: Weeks 36-40. God those were uncomfortable and freaking miserable.
Yeah, that was nice. Sometimes I find when I go out alone now it feels weird to not get special treatment!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that was fairly miserable being pregnant. If there's anything I miss, it's (almost) always getting a seat on the train. Also, how much I seriously enjoyed food.
I do NOT miss the uncomfortable sleep, or lack thereof. The first night I was able to sleep on my stomach again I actually woke my husband up to tell him how amazing it was. I may not be getting much sleep with a newborn, but at least it's comfortable when I do get to sleep.
Letting my belly hang out and feeling good about it! Now it's back to trying to hide the pooch...Also, how nice people were to me. I still get a little more courtesy when I'm out with the baby, but not as much. Not parking in the Expectant Moms spots at BRU. I think it's harder now!
The least: The heartburn, only being able to squish my puffy feet into flip-flops when it's cold outside, and flipping from side to side all night trying to get comfortable. I love sleeping on my back again!
I had a mildly complicated pregnancy (early bleeding, morning sickness every single day, a week of believing I had placenta accreta and the finally a diagnosis of IUGR that led to an induction at 36 weeks) but I really loved being pregnant.
I loved just knowing I was growing my child and I really miss the nightly back rubs from DH. Every night I would get on the tub and I loved just watching him move.
I don't miss getting sick every day, no diet cokes and the constant worry of how he was doing on the inside.
Like a PP said, it was great having people be nice to me -- holding doors, smiling, giving me more space to walk at the supermarket. I wasn't showing in a big way until I was about 6 months along, and then I delivered at 37 weeks, so I didn't get much time when strangers would ask me "when are you due?" and tell me about their babies.
What do I miss the least? Freaking restless leg syndrome. It started around week 19 or 20 and never let up. I spent SO many nights in my living room, bouncing on my yoga ball until 3 or 4 in the morning when my legs had finally calmed down enough to where I could get some sleep.
Letting my belly hang out and feeling good about it! Now it's back to trying to hide the pooch...Also, how nice people were to me. I still get a little more courtesy when I'm out with the baby, but not as much. Not parking in the Expectant Moms spots at BRU. I think it's harder now!
The least: The heartburn, only being able to squish my puffy feet into flip-flops when it's cold outside, and flipping from side to side all night trying to get comfortable. I love sleeping on my back again!
All of this! I loved wearing cute maternity clothes and not feeling fat even though I was large. Now I just feel like a sloppy pudgy muffin top mess! Also I'd like to gripe that not once during my entire pregnancy was I able to park in Expectant Moms spots. I used to see them everywhere, it seems, before I was pregnant. Now I think BRU/TRU are the only stores that have them and whenever I went all those spots were taken. I mean, I probably needed the exercise but it's the principle!
This may sound strange but I miss the clothes. It was cute for shirts to cling to you and show your belly. Now I want things huge to cover it all up!
I also miss eating everything in sight. I don't really have time to enjoy food anymore.
Do not miss: not being able to get off the couch without help, being sweaty (I live in FL - yikes), all the hip and back pain, struggling to turn to the other side in bed 10x a night
I miss not feeling guilty about what I was eating and feeling her move.
I DO NOT miss the reflux and vomiting every night if I ate too close to bed or ate more than just a tiny bit for dinner. And even though I still worry about her a ton, it's easier now than when she was inside and I had no idea what was going on with her.
I miss the excitement leading up to meeting the baby. Wondering if its a boy or girl, what will they look like, ect. This more than likely our last and I am going to miss this. My least favorite is heartburn. That alone makes me never want to be pregnant again.
I was just saying to DH yesterday that I miss being pregnant and he was like...."WHAT?!? you were freakin' miserable!" How soon we forget! I miss having LO so close all the time and the way that I looked. I do not miss feeling sick and uncomfortable all the time.
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I miss so much of being pregnant. Being able to eat whatever I want, whenever I want; wondering who DS would look like & act like; & I loved my pregnant body(hate the post baby body though).
I don't miss not being able to sleep..I agree with a PP, I might not get much sleep but the sleep I do get is GREAT! So happy to be able to sleep on my stomach again!
Weeks 38-40 sucked overall too! I was just done with it all..
I miss feeling him from the inside. Knowing he was always with me and safe. I definitely don't miss the ms. Even though I was lucky and only had if for a few weeks. But puking on my way to work was the worst!
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most- obviously her moving, watching my belly move while she moved, like pp said: heartbeats at the DRs i loved watching my belly grow too.
least- i had really bad morning sickness my entire pregnancy. it was horrible. and o auffered from migraines pre-baby but my pregnancy ones were horrible!
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I miss: the anticipation, wondering if LO was going to be a boy or girl and what the baby would look like.
Dont miss: getting fat a$$ and thighs.
On a side note I wish I had learned to enjoy being pregnant... Looking back now that it is over I wish I could still be pregnant. I really was lucky and had it very easy but I never let myself enjoy the experience
I miss almost everything! I loved being preggers and even though we aren't planning to get pregnant for another 2 or 3 years I can't wait to go through it again...(although I might be eating my words since I'll have a toddler then)
I don't miss the heartburn or the last few uncomfortable weeks that I had.
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I miss knowing I couldn't get pregnant! Now that I'm not pregnant I'm SO anxious about having sex and getting pregnant again. Pregnancy was not good for me. I enjoyed many things but I don't miss it in a way that I want to do it again.
I miss watching my belly move when he would kick and jab. I miss sleeping with my hand on belly, knowing he was safe. The first night after he was born, I went to put my hand on belly, and nothing was there. I truly mourned that experience. But now it's a million times better because I have him next to me.
I don't miss the heartburn, peeing every other minute, food aversions, sleeping on my sides since I'm a stomach sleeper.
I miss a lot of things from being pregnant. I loved being pregnant, especially after I started showing because for whatever reason that made it more real. I loved having DS close to me all the time, feeling/seeing his kicks and squirms, the anticipation of who he will look like, wearing clothes that were form fitting and not caring, shopping for new baby stuff...ohhhh, I just loved it all!
Only thing I don't miss is having to pee all the time during the night. But I think that getting up every 2 or 3 hours to pee trained me for BF'ing during the night. haha!
I miss ethe excitement of it all. Pretty much everything except the back pain and getting up at night to pee.
Married 5/31/08 * TTC#1 9/09 - 2/11 after anovulatory diagnosis and TTC for 1 1/2yrs with several medicated cycles and one chemical pregnancy, we have our first bundle of joy!
IT'S A GIRL!
#2 EDD 2/5/13 dx with anti-BIG E antibody, seeing a MFM
I don't take one single minute for granted.
It's so hard to say. I can remember exactly how it felt to hold my baby the first time, all covered in goo. But I really canno tremember how it felt to be pregnant. I wish I could, I had a wonderful pregnancy. I know I don't miss the discomfort, though.
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Re: what do you miss most about being pregnant?
Other than feeling him move....
NOTHING!!!! lol
I did not enjoy being pregnant... The only thing I really enjoyed was the ultrasounds and the day he was born!
Laying in bed, on my side. I would always wrap my arm around my belly like I was hugging my LO.
I DO NOT miss worrying constantly about LO.
Most: Everything. I loved being pregnant (until about 36 weeks). I loved how everyone was so nice to you, I felt really beautiful when I was preggo, the anticipation of having LO. Life changes! I finally quit smoking and haven't started back up.
Least: Weeks 36-40. God those were uncomfortable and freaking miserable.
Ditto the worrying.
LOVE feeling movements (although not at night when trying to sleep) but I DO NOT miss worrying about something going wrong. I def worry less with her no the outside than I did when she was on the inside
NOTHING!!
I guess if I had to pick - my favorite thing about pregnancy was the excitement/mystery of it all - boy/girl? what will he look like? when will he be born? etc. But otherwise I seriously hated being pregnant
I could go on and on about the things I will miss the least, but morning sickness (the entire pregnancy) is at the top.
I just miss having her so close to me all the time. I was never alone
(I mean that in a totally non-needy way).
Miss the least...how difficult rolling out of bed was and how difficult sleeping was.
Yeah, that was nice. Sometimes I find when I go out alone now it feels weird to not get special treatment!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that was fairly miserable being pregnant. If there's anything I miss, it's (almost) always getting a seat on the train. Also, how much I seriously enjoyed food.
I do NOT miss the uncomfortable sleep, or lack thereof. The first night I was able to sleep on my stomach again I actually woke my husband up to tell him how amazing it was. I may not be getting much sleep with a newborn, but at least it's comfortable when I do get to sleep.
Letting my belly hang out and feeling good about it! Now it's back to trying to hide the pooch...Also, how nice people were to me. I still get a little more courtesy when I'm out with the baby, but not as much. Not parking in the Expectant Moms spots at BRU. I think it's harder now!
The least: The heartburn, only being able to squish my puffy feet into flip-flops when it's cold outside, and flipping from side to side all night trying to get comfortable. I love sleeping on my back again!
I had a mildly complicated pregnancy (early bleeding, morning sickness every single day, a week of believing I had placenta accreta and the finally a diagnosis of IUGR that led to an induction at 36 weeks) but I really loved being pregnant.
I loved just knowing I was growing my child and I really miss the nightly back rubs from DH. Every night I would get on the tub and I loved just watching him move.
I don't miss getting sick every day, no diet cokes and the constant worry of how he was doing on the inside.
Like a PP said, it was great having people be nice to me -- holding doors, smiling, giving me more space to walk at the supermarket. I wasn't showing in a big way until I was about 6 months along, and then I delivered at 37 weeks, so I didn't get much time when strangers would ask me "when are you due?" and tell me about their babies.
What do I miss the least? Freaking restless leg syndrome. It started around week 19 or 20 and never let up. I spent SO many nights in my living room, bouncing on my yoga ball until 3 or 4 in the morning when my legs had finally calmed down enough to where I could get some sleep.
All of this! I loved wearing cute maternity clothes and not feeling fat even though I was large. Now I just feel like a sloppy pudgy muffin top mess! Also I'd like to gripe that not once during my entire pregnancy was I able to park in Expectant Moms spots. I used to see them everywhere, it seems, before I was pregnant. Now I think BRU/TRU are the only stores that have them and whenever I went all those spots were taken. I mean, I probably needed the exercise but it's the principle!
This may sound strange but I miss the clothes. It was cute for shirts to cling to you and show your belly. Now I want things huge to cover it all up!
I also miss eating everything in sight. I don't really have time to enjoy food anymore.
Do not miss: not being able to get off the couch without help, being sweaty (I live in FL - yikes), all the hip and back pain, struggling to turn to the other side in bed 10x a night
I miss not feeling guilty about what I was eating and feeling her move.
I DO NOT miss the reflux and vomiting every night if I ate too close to bed or ate more than just a tiny bit for dinner. And even though I still worry about her a ton, it's easier now than when she was inside and I had no idea what was going on with her.
I miss seeing her on the ultrasound and being excited for seeing what she will look like.
I also miss how nice DH was to me
I do not miss the constant worry of if she is alright and if she will survive labor. I love having her here
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I miss so much of being pregnant. Being able to eat whatever I want, whenever I want; wondering who DS would look like & act like; & I loved my pregnant body(hate the post baby body though).
I don't miss not being able to sleep..I agree with a PP, I might not get much sleep but the sleep I do get is GREAT! So happy to be able to sleep on my stomach again!
Weeks 38-40 sucked overall too! I was just done with it all..
Baby Boy #2 is on the way!
I miss having him so super close.
Sometimes, I really want to be pregnant again, just for that feeling....Sometimes is the key word.
I miss hearing LO's hear beat at the doctor's appointments. I really liked being pregnant.
What I don't miss is the food aversions (yay, chicken is my friend again) and not being able to get comfortable while sleeping.
Most: Feeling awesome because I am busy making a little person (and patting his bum through my belly).
Least: Heartburn, peeing every ten seconds and sleeping worse the last month than I did with an infant!
least- i had really bad morning sickness my entire pregnancy. it was horrible. and o auffered from migraines pre-baby but my pregnancy ones were horrible!
I miss: the anticipation, wondering if LO was going to be a boy or girl and what the baby would look like.
Dont miss: getting fat a$$ and thighs.
On a side note I wish I had learned to enjoy being pregnant... Looking back now that it is over I wish I could still be pregnant. I really was lucky and had it very easy but I never let myself enjoy the experience
I miss not worrying about what and how much I eat....I figured I am going to gain weight anyway so who cares....
I don't miss the morning sickness and having to pee every twenty seconds!!!
Most: Being temporarily NOT lactose intolherant and getting to eat ice-cream for the first time in years.
Least: Everything else. I HATED being pregnant.
I miss almost everything! I loved being preggers and even though we aren't planning to get pregnant for another 2 or 3 years I can't wait to go through it again...(although I might be eating my words since I'll have a toddler then)
I don't miss the heartburn or the last few uncomfortable weeks that I had.
I miss watching my belly move when he would kick and jab. I miss sleeping with my hand on belly, knowing he was safe. The first night after he was born, I went to put my hand on belly, and nothing was there. I truly mourned that experience. But now it's a million times better because I have him next to me.
I don't miss the heartburn, peeing every other minute, food aversions, sleeping on my sides since I'm a stomach sleeper.
I miss a lot of things from being pregnant. I loved being pregnant, especially after I started showing because for whatever reason that made it more real. I loved having DS close to me all the time, feeling/seeing his kicks and squirms, the anticipation of who he will look like, wearing clothes that were form fitting and not caring, shopping for new baby stuff...ohhhh, I just loved it all!
Only thing I don't miss is having to pee all the time during the night. But I think that getting up every 2 or 3 hours to pee trained me for BF'ing during the night. haha!
after anovulatory diagnosis and TTC for 1 1/2yrs with several medicated cycles and one chemical pregnancy, we have our first bundle of joy!
IT'S A GIRL!
#2 EDD 2/5/13 dx with anti-BIG E antibody, seeing a MFM
I don't take one single minute for granted.