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The best and worst things about being pregnant...

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jimper · 21/02/2011 06:48

Apart from the delivery (worst) and the baby (best) what are the best and worst things about being pregnant for you?

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stainesmassif · 21/02/2011 06:57

Best - pot belly disguise. Worst - constant exhaustion.

WaddlingSheep · 21/02/2011 07:13

The best thing is feeling the baby move and wriggle about, the scans and all the excitement and anticipation of having a baby.

The worst thing is when you're 39+2 and you've been having stop/start contractions for over a week and the bloody baby still hasn't made an appearance!

lolajane2009 · 21/02/2011 07:20

worst: exhaustion and morning sickess best: hubby doing alpha dog thing and doing housework.

notheroldie · 21/02/2011 07:27

worst : feeling like I'm slowly being poisoned from day one, with jet lag and a hang over thrown in ( I feel utter crap all throughout)

Best : having the baby shown to me to see if its a girl or boy. (thats like the best Christmas present EVER)

JollySergeantJackrum · 21/02/2011 07:47

So far (32 weeks)
Worst: the effect on my bowels. Constipation etc. is not nice, also my excema has been much worse than normal.
Best: how nice everyone is to me. How every day is different and I can feel the baby fidgeting all the time now. It's all so exciting.

RealityIsKnockedUp · 21/02/2011 07:52

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InmaculadaConcepcion · 21/02/2011 08:08

Best: feeling the baby move.

Also, the second trimester - in many cases, you feel pretty good and you can enjoy your growing bump before it gets too big to be fun anymore (when you can't put on shoes and socks, cut toe-nails, shave legs etc....)

Worst: feeling weird in the first trimester; the teeny bladder capacity; the moments of semi-panic when the baby stops moving.

Oneof4 · 21/02/2011 08:12

Worst: loss of appetite for eight whole months, combined with nausea, exhaustion and not being able to move easily due to back pain.

Best (so far - 40+2 at the moment!): the absolute excitement on my DH's face when we talk about the fact that we will (hopefully very soon) have a baby.

deebray · 21/02/2011 09:42

BEST - the older children (10 & 12) are helping out a bit more, how nice people are when they find out you're expecting, people offering to let you in front of them for the queue to the toilet ... ohh I could come up with millions I'm sure!

WORST - that bit in between your clothes not fitting and not yet needing maternity wear, the constant peeing, tiredness and lack of sleep!

And I'll directly quote RealityIsKnockedUp because I loved the statement "turning into a puking , snarling exhausted hellbeast" LMAO

theonlyhb2 · 21/02/2011 09:48

WORST all aspects of being pregnant!
BEST not having to do anything at all anymore!

nannyl · 21/02/2011 10:30

am only 10+6 so i havent experianced it all yet.

the worst thing has to be the sickness. (I have hyperemisis and have been in hospital)

Best.... um.... not sure i have any perks yet, other than baby, and i guess thats the best thing in the whole wide world

ShirtyGerty · 21/02/2011 10:37

I'm due in 4 days!

Worst: MIL treating me like her surrogate.

Best: Feeling my little boy get bigger and stronger every day.

reallygrumpy · 21/02/2011 10:41

I'm only 17+2 so I may feel differently as my pregnancy progresses but it's taken me 2 years, 1 miscarriage, fertility drugs and a scary first trimester with bleeding on and off to get to this point so at the moment the downsides (sickness, tiredness, maternity jeans that don't stay up) all feel like minor niggles because I'm so grateful to be pregnant.

Hermya321 · 21/02/2011 10:43

Oh lordy,

Best: The first kick that can be felt on the outside.

Worst: Constant pain from SPD, heartburn and ribs being moved about.

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 21/02/2011 10:47

Best: Feeling the baby wriggle around and getting excited about meeting him/her.

Worst: The guilt for how useless a mother I am being to DS currently (he is 2.6).
The SPD, the heartburn, the inability to get comfortable. I am 35+2.

HandDivedScallopsrgreat · 21/02/2011 10:50

Worst: 9 months constant unrelenting nausea/puking & SPD & breathlessness (later stages)

Best: Labour - painful but relatively short lived. The end is truly in sight and you have something wonderful to celebrate!

hatebeak · 21/02/2011 10:53

Worst: having to carry around plastic bags to vomit into, throwing up in public, everything to do with vomiting, really. And the constant fear/paranoia something is wrong.
Best: Wriggling baby, the sense every day is an event, third-trimester libido spike...

EldritchCleavage · 21/02/2011 10:54

Worst: the exhaustion; the intermittent panics that strike when DS wakes me at 3:30 am and I suddenly worry the baby will be ill/will die etc

Best: DH all soppy, more attentive and affectionate even than usual; the joy and excitement in the extended family at the prospect of another baby; the fact my parents are genuinely as thrilled about the sixth grandchild as they were about the first.

Anonymousbird · 21/02/2011 10:54

Worst - heartburn OH MY GOD, almost unbearable towards the end. and the tiredness in the first trimester... bleugh.

Best - I loved being pregnant, apart from the above, every other little bit. The movements, the scans, the general "glow" (after 3 months!), the fact my skin (psoriasis) completely cleared up... and just the general excitement!

ng1412 · 21/02/2011 10:55

Best: Being off work

Worst: Constant worry that something will go wrong, living on my nerves all the time..

EgonSpengler · 21/02/2011 11:02

Worst: All of pregnancy and giving birth. I had a thoroughly rough time and couldn't work from about 3 months in.

Best: My beautiful baby!

Panzee · 21/02/2011 11:05

One of my favourite parts was when the consultant found the heartbeat at 16 weeks. To me that was even better than the scan! I felt like Doctor Who. :o

Of all the 9 months that was the stand out moment for me.

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Bumpsadaisie · 21/02/2011 11:24

Worst - feeling like s**t for most of 9 months!

Best - 20 week scan, finding out that all is OK with baby and realising that chances are baby is going to be fine after all - what a miracle after all those weeks of being "sure" something would just go wrong! (mad woman - most pregnancies are absolutely FINE!)

And of course having DD put in my arms the first time - and the instant feeling of calm and joy (not to mention the pile of toast and the great feeling of having MY OWN BODY BACK THANKYOU!)

Oh and getting all the tiny baby clothes ready before the birth and lovingly washing and ironing them ready! Am only 6 weeks with no.2 and already have the urge to go in the loft and get all the tiny stuff out!

highlandbird · 21/02/2011 11:40

37 + 3 weeks

BEST - all of it, yes, achy hips in the middle of the night and restless legs / constant heartburn are annoying but are a small price to pay for knowing my baby is growing inside me. Standout moment probably the first definite kicks and first time by boyf felt a kick! Oh, and the first scan, proof there IS actually something in there!!

WORST - not able to be as active as usual....but its not forever.

gabity · 21/02/2011 11:40

Worst - Being off work sick for 6 out of 7 months pregnant.

Best - Having a glass of water and managing to keep it down after 2 weeks of no food or drink, felt like I had won the lottery!

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