Do you miss being pregnant

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I have two kids and they are 2 and 5.

I absolutely love remembering my pregnancies with both of them. My favourite memories are getting the positive test. The scans. Finding out the gender and going to Mothercare to shop.

I actually had the same midwives through both pregnancies but different ones in labour. I really miss the chats. It's funny looking back. I remember being 8 weeks pregnant with my first baby and going to the maternity unit to fill out the forms. It felt so strange to be there because I hadn't had any scans at that point. That's where I met my lovely midwife. She saw me at my first appointment and she was the last midwife I saw after my second baby was born. I actually see her in Asda sometimes.

Aghhh I miss those days.

No way it was awful!!!

Nope I hated nearly every minute of being pregnant. The only thing I enjoyed was feeling baby move. I don't do pregnancy well though, vomited constantly until 28 weeks (despite medication) and then spd kicked in at 30 weeks.

Nope not at all. I'm currently pregnant with my third (complete accident). I feel so bad I considered terminating and I'm so depressed. I didn't terminate, and have another 6 months to go. I honestly can't see an end and the way I feel is scaring me.

I had hyperemesis with both pregnancies so felt shit until about 30 weeks. I also had polyhydramnios with my first so once I stopped feeling sick I was the size of a house. I absolutely do not miss that bit.
I do miss the kicks. My now 6 year old would wake up at around 9am every day and turn and kick. I quite miss patting the bump and saying good morning. I also used to entertain myself by balancing a book on the bump and watching her kick it off. My 2nd used to love lurching across my stomach in the evening once I sat down and I could see his bum shifting. Those were the nice lovely moments that made the other horrendous weeks bearable. I am so done having babies

God, no. I was very slim and petite and I found it so painful. I hated it so much that it's one of the reasons I decided not to have any more children. Also not being able to drink for 9 months! Shudder.

I was in some level of pain/discomfort for the vast majority of my pregnancy - I didn't have any morning sickness, but other issues kicked in at about 6 weeks. Funnily enough, I really really don't miss it - the vast majority of issues resolved after birth.

Yes OP I totally relate to this! My youngest is only 9 months old and I keep thinking back to this time last year when I was pregnant. I am lucky in that despite some first trimester morning sickness and late on back/pelvic ache, I have straight forward pregnancies. With each of my dc, I feel a bit of a sense of sadness usually for the first year about being pregnant "this time last year". I absolutely love being pregnant and everything that comes with it. For me I think it is the 9 month long excitement of waiting for your baby to arrive, and it feels magical to feel them growing inside me.

I must add that I also love having my baby here too and it isn't just about the pregnancy! I find that the strongest sense of nostalgia, missing pregnancy and envying pregnant people increasingly diminishes after that first year and I love watching my children grow and change too.

I wouldn't say I miss being pregnant per se but I was lucky to have very good pregnancies (and despite a very long first labour) I've had good labours and deliveries, with not even a graze

It's just the actual raising children I struggle with

I hated pregnancy! It was bloody horrible, went on for forever and I’ve never been so glad to get sick in my life (severe pe) as it meant the babies had to come out ahead of schedule. I got more sleep with twin newborns than I did for the last three months of pregnancy 😬

I do!

Both my pregnancies were plagued with issues (borderline pre-eclampsia, heart murmurs, diabetes, blood pressure issues, infections, etc...) so I can't honestly say I miss that aspect of pregnancy.

However, I do miss those moments when it was just the two of us. Seeing an arm or leg pop out and stroking it, talking to my bump when doing housework, that sort of thing. I also don't think anything will ever compare to seeing those two lines appear and knowing in an instant my life will never be the same again. The joy of telling friends and family my news. The unique look of fear and joy combined on my husbands face when I showed him the tests. Those exhausting final days of pregnancy where all you want to do is nothing more than eat Jaffa cakes, nap, eat more Jaffa cakes and then have a sudden urge to dust the skirting boards.

I had a horrible pregnancy with my twins. First severe bloating making me buy maternity pants at 3+6, then the nausea/puking and heartburn came week 5, then pelvic girdle pain around 12 weeks, then came the night time leg cramps around 19 weeks and my stomach skin stretching and hurting, followed by gestational diabetes, a very short cervix, threatening early labour and taking lung maturers, obstetric cholestasis, pre-eclampsia, very low iron, breathlessness and suspected lung embolisms (thankfully that wasn't the case). Edemas so bad water was dripping out of my legs. Ending up hospitalised for weeks and in a wheelchair unable to put on my own underwear. Giving birth 6 weeks early because I was so ill.

So, do I miss being pregnant?

No. Absolutely not.

Do I wish to try again and hope for a normal pregnancy?

I really do

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Currently pregnant with my 2nd. Its lovely in many ways but it's also deeply uncomfortable and I miss alcohol! Never again for me.

All the nopes.

Apart from my babies, I can’t think of anything in liked about being pregnant.

No I didn’t enjoy any pregnancies too stressful

No no no no no no no

Etc.

Hated almost all of both pregnancies.

Sick as a parrot. Fat, unwieldy, painful, 5x wees per night.... There was no 'Goddess' in any of that!

Yes loved pregnancies. Hard bits of course but mostly great memories. The baby stage, not so much! Then toddler onwards all good.