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IMO The worst thing about being pregnant is.....

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LadyTophamHatt · 22/05/2006 18:00

in the early stages, when you're tired and feel (and look IME)like shite no-one offers you any help because without a bump they just don't know you're PG.
Even people who do know don't offer.

But in the late stages when you feel good, aren't tired (well not as much), look lovely and blooming and are enjoying the pregnancy everyone treats you like you're ill.

I can remember saying to various people "Errrr I'm pregnant...not ill" or "I can actually do that myslef you know....!!??"


I want people to do all my jobs now, I can do them when I big and fat but right now the last thing I want to do it cook, clean and supervise the kids.


Rant over.

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outofmyleugue · 22/05/2006 18:01

bugger im broody now!

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SoupDragon · 22/05/2006 18:01

Ah... the memories.... :)

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SoupDragon · 22/05/2006 18:02

Remember - then you have the baby and no one gives a damn about you any more!

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outofmyleugue · 22/05/2006 18:02

lol yes...

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schneebly · 22/05/2006 18:03

the waiting...9 months is soooo long!

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outofmyleugue · 22/05/2006 18:06

with my first her head was sandwiching a nerve between her and my pelvis ,that was fun!

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PanicPants · 22/05/2006 18:08

definitly the waiting and the worrying

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Kathy1972 · 22/05/2006 18:09

the throwing up. I just want it to stop.

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 22/05/2006 18:15

mine was the other way round LTH - I felt AWFUL later on but no-one other than DH and my dad would help.

the first few months (when everyone knew i was pg) I was told constantly to sit down and rest blah blah blah, and I felt fine! I didnt have the sickness or the tiredness early on, but being pg through a HOT summer with a toddlero n the loose really did it for me!

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Twiglett · 22/05/2006 18:23

the incredibly weird ailments I seemed to develop in each pregnancy .. stuff that no-one warns you about because its not usual

if I get pregnant I think my leg might fall off ... and I'd go to the doctor only to be told 'aha leg-falling off disease, yes that happens to 1 in 100 pregnant women'

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LadyTophamHatt · 22/05/2006 18:24

have you decided on a 3rd yet twigglett....august is approaching fast you knowWink

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moondog · 22/05/2006 18:26

LTH,are you pg now??

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YellowFeathers · 22/05/2006 18:26

The back/rib ache I'm experiencing and probably will do now for the next 11 weeks Sad

Understand what you mean about the early stages though.

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LadyTophamHatt · 22/05/2006 18:27

yes moondog...i am.

thought you knew m'dear.

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Twiglett · 22/05/2006 18:27

you know LTH its really weird .. as soon as DH said oh ok then I thought 'oh do I want to do this all again' and decided I didn't

so I've been adamant I don't want another for 4 months

of course I said to DH, 'we're not having another are we' .. and he said 'well we might be .. lets decide in August'

I don't feel broody and think it will be too difficult (with the turkey baster an' all)

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Bozza · 22/05/2006 18:28

I think I agree with you LTH. Those early weeks - and I think even people who have been pregnant forget just how tiring it is. With DS I used to go to bed for an hour when I got home from work, get up, eat and go back to bed. With DD that wasn't an option but most evenings so me in the bath with DS!

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moondog · 22/05/2006 18:28

No I didn't!!
Hence itchy arse and pyjama comments.

How wonderful for you,remember you saying on more than one occasion you wanted another!
How many weeks are you?
Wonderful news,many congratulations!! Smile Smile

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Serendippity · 22/05/2006 18:30

Sickness and the worrying i think. Oh and the heartburn!

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LadyTophamHatt · 22/05/2006 18:30

it's not difficult Twig, honest....and I really mena that.

Funny because I felt incredibly broody until I saw that BFP a few weeks back. The shock has lessened now but I'm still completely freaked out by seeing that line come up.

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moondog · 22/05/2006 18:31

Not being able to sleep or drink more than a thimbleful of wine (alright then, a couple of thimblefuls....)

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me23 · 22/05/2006 18:31

completely agree lth!
feel too weak to do anything at the moment.

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me23 · 22/05/2006 18:33

ohh and the heartburn later on...

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LadyTophamHatt · 22/05/2006 18:33

LOLOL...moondog I thought you said that because you did know!!

Still very early days, I'm about 7 weeks

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expatinscotland · 22/05/2006 18:52

The oedema. I had it SO badly w/both girls, I had to be monitored intensely. I got awful carpal tunnel, my very skin didn't feel like it was mine for all the fluid underneath, I had pins and needles in my limbs the entire trimester.

Then there was the acid reflux.

And the sinusitis.

And my incredible leaking norks.

And piles.

Oh, and I forgot, I puked the first 16 weeks w/both.

Being pregnant SUCKS.

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skerriesmum · 22/05/2006 19:04

The piles and the heartburn. I think I got piles the first time because I was doing too much in the last couple of weeks though, so this time I'm going to take it easy (with a 3 year old, ha!)

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