For STM or everyone who has had their babies already...

Chelsea33833 · January 2014

Do you miss being pregnant? I am being induced Wednesday morning so I keep thinking how sweet it is to feel Mason wiggle around in my belly and how I'll miss that he seems so safe always being with me in his little bubble. Maybe I'm thinking too much about everyone touching him and flu season germs already!

megs12914 · January 2014

I miss it. Noah was six weeks early though and I was on hospital bed rest for four weeks before he came so I feel kind of cheated. I think I have already forgotten the bad pregnancy things. It must be evolutionary so that we still reproduce!

OSUWifey09 · January 2014

I definitely miss being pregnant. That feeling is starting to fade [Mia will be two weeks old on Thursday], but I do miss feeling baby kicks and being pregnant overall. Even after her crazy fast delivery, I've already told H that I'm ready for one more. He thinks I'm a hormonal crazy woman.

quidditchcapn1120 · January 2014

I had a terrible last few weeks with my first- mastitis, double ear infection, cholestasis, terrible head cold, 28 hour induction, etc, etc, etc. However, after that baby was born I got baby fever almost instantly and forgot all the bad things. It definitely is true that you forget all the bad things almost instantly!

waterlily2k2 · January 2014

I miss being pg in 2nd tri. 1st and 3rd tris can suck it.

ac1259 · January 2014

Yeah I don't miss being pregnant....after having DD1 I did but this time I've been pregnant almost the last 2 years, I'm ready to have my body back for awhile!

angiek1 · January 2014

I do not miss being pregnant at all. The joy I get from holding my baby is way better than any day being pregnant. I also wasn't sleeping well so shockingly I sleep way better now that baby is out vs in still.

cnwilbur1030 · January 2014

I miss it sometimes. I mainly feel that way when my DD gets upset/frustrated about having to share momma. She's having a rough time adjusting, and sometimes during her tantrums I long for the days little man was inside and DD was oblivious!!

kteeswei · January 2014

Nooooo way!! I'd like another one but 5 weeks pp still can't fathom ever surviving pregnancy again.

megngregk · January 2014

I'll be honest, I hated being pregnant at the end. So far (2w5d pp) I don't miss it. But I've been too busy to think about it. I do miss when he was just a day or two old and all I had to worry about was holding him to my chest and snuggling him. I already feel like we barely get any cuddle time anymore unless I'm nursing him.

RedSaffron · January 2014

I miss being pregnant to a certain extent. Like when I didn't have to worry about diapers, wipes, breast feeding because she was in me and very portable. After birth and all the postpartum pain, I'm going to wait awhile before even thinking of conceiving again. I might be convinced to be one and done actually.

susieandmarty · January 2014

Still pregnant now and very ready to not be. Dh reminds me how I will think back happily to this time. With dd1 I completely missed it and would feel phantom kicks - which is strange, maybe it just reminded me if kicks but it was weird. I know thus us my last so I'm trying to savor it but in the moment I'm sort of done

tootsscott · January 2014

Nope, I much prefer an outside baby (x2!) and everything that goes with it compared to my misery that everyone called "pregnant with twins"

jwp325 · January 2014

When DD curls up into her in utero positin, I remember what those little knees felt like against my belly. I get a little nostalgic but not too much. I love being able to watch her and snuggle her way more than I miss being pregnant.

HeartOverMind · January 2014

I totally miss being pregnant! Right now, I'm not thinking about another baby, but i know it won't be long. After having a newborn, tthough, I think I want to wait a little longer than I originally thought to get pregnant again.

csandroo · January 2014

I've only been not pregnant for 25 hrs so I don't miss it yet but I have been feeling "phantom kicks" a bit today where I think he moves in me and obviously he doesn't.

runnergrl6675 · January 2014

Not at all. I don't enjoy being pregnant at all. With my first, I would've answered yes because I was so scared and overwhelmed. This time, I'm happy my family is complete and that I never have to be pregnant again! Oh, and I love being able to have a beer.

thegosiers · January 2014

jwp325 said:

When DD curls up into her in utero positin, I remember what those little knees felt like against my belly. I get a little nostalgic but not too much. I love being able to watch her and snuggle her way more than I miss being pregnant.

Sums up my feelings. Also feeling a little sad already as he grows out of newborn sizes into 0-3 months... @megngregk

aessary03 · January 2014

Kind of. I got jipped on both pregnancies. One came 11 weeks early and the other came 9 weeks early so i didn't get enough of getting to feel them kick around

SweetPeaKate · January 2014

I did the first time, but I delivered 10 weeks early. This time I totally forgot about being pregnant when Ollie arrived. I much prefer him on the outside.

BUT I will become more nostalgic as he starts growing out of clothes

housewifebecomesher · January 2014

I felt the same way in the days leading to my induction. All I can share is my experience, and I do miss it in a sense, but having our little girl in my arms is just way better! I miss it more in the sense of being pregnant in general, which makes me want to have more babies! I was really uncomfortable toward the end and feel like myself again so it's hard for me personally not to be glad about that too. I imagine each persons experience is different but I hope for you that you agree having an outside baby is even more of a miracle than the inside time! GL with the induction!

ETA: @carisue143 I had phantom kicks too! It only lasted maybe 48 hrs for me.

worleygirl · January 2014

I don't. I didn't with my son either. I didn't mind being pregnant but I prefer outside babies!

Kbrittonhart · January 2014

I miss it. As miserable as I was pregnant, there are still moments I enjoyed like feeling her move and having DH rub by belly and sing to her every night.

CeeJC121013 · January 2014

Yes, but only the 2nd trimester before I was so uncomfortable. I also miss it because I know this is probably my last kid and I won't feel being pregnant again.

Jmattis · January 2014

I hated being pregnant, so I don't really miss it. However, having and outside baby is so much harder. Lack of sleep, a sore vag and breastfeeding issues are far more difficult and taxing. Good luck in your final days!

blue_elle · January 2014

Nope. I had a great pregnancy, but I'm happy to have my body (kind of) back. The only thing I miss is sleeping and the ability to get up and go anytime.

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wedbliss5 · January 2014

Nope, not even a little.

juliasmama2010 · January 2014

No do not miss it. I leaned forward to pull the ottoman closer to me a little bit ago and was able to do it with ease. I thought back to last week when I would've just sat there without putting my feet up. I'm not thrilled about the weight loss efforts to come but I'm pumped to have my body back! Can't wait til I'm 100% recovered!

rowanthefrog · January 2014

I miss baby kicks. I miss the anticipation of being pregnant and I miss the attention you get a little bit. That's about it. I would rather be sleep deprived and get to cuddle a newborn all the time than those last miserable weeks of pregnancy, any day!

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buckeyebride22 · January 2014

Not. At. All. I hate being pregnant. I'm opposite in that when my babies are here I relax because I can keep them safe. I don't trust my body to keep them safe on the inside. I'm sad this is my last baby, but I know I wouldn't be able to do it again.

joynalanson · January 2014

Nope. I'm enjoying DS and the fact that i can kinda have my body back and sleep on my stomach sometimes. I was very emotionally tired at the end of my pregnancy.

4lilmunchkins · January 2014

I don't miss it. 2 weeks ago I was telling SO I should be embracing the pregnancy since it would be my last, but I was miserable pregnant. The only thing worth missing is feeling the baby move and in the last trimester even that doesn't feel good.

sugarland726 · January 2014

Nope. I had wonderful, ordinary, full term pregnancies. Any of my aches and gripes were run of the mill. I thought I'd need to know during the entire pregnancy that it would be my last one, but now that we are pretty certain we are done, I feel ok with that.

ashybear · January 2014

Not one bit.

jblank03 · January 2014

Good riddance pregnancy! I LOVE not being pregnant! No need for tums, I do things that require some core muscles, walking up 2 flights of stairs isn't a herculean effort, I could go on. I wasn't one of those people who felt a super connection to my baby until he was born, so that might be part of it, but I love when I'm holding him and he kicks me now versus the kicks I got from the inside that were up under my ribs and made me not able to breathe or sleep!

During the last few weeks when I complained about pregnancy pains, DH was all "oh you're going to miss it, you need to stop looking at the bad side of stuff because you'll then complain about dirty diapers and lack of sleep etc", which 1. made me feel like a mom failure already and 2. ended up being completely wrong. I don't mind the diapers, weird sleep patterns and not being able to leave the house whenever I want.

I love just looking at LO and cuddling with him - I can already see how our second child will come about. Noah will get bigger and I'll want this newborn time back. Dammit, I'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about him no longer being this smooshy little baby!

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