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to feel like a goddess for being pregnant?

54 replies

stripeybump · 18/08/2011 14:04

I am just so Grin !

I'm 23 weeks so it's not a 'yay, I POAS and got a BFP' thing.

I just feel like this is the start of something amazing! It's such a miracle, actually making a new human being. It's literally all I can think about and I don't care about anything else - career, hobbies, friends even, selfish stuff like holidays and new clothes, they can all go sing because I'm pregnant !

AIBU? Am I hiding this total elation well enough day-to-day that my work aren't going to sack me, my friends aren't going to ditch me and my DH and family won't think I've cracked up?

I'm just so happy! Does every pregnant woman feel this amazing? It was only sex fgs, but look what it made!

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ReindeerBollocks · 18/08/2011 15:07

YANBU it's a beautiful feeling (once you get past the sickness, exhaustion and emotional hormonal stages).

I was a birthing partner for my best friend last week - I am still in awe of how amazing a labour it was and how women's bodies cope with such a process. That from a woman who has two of her own!

I hope you continue to have a wonderful pregnancy and soon you'll be back saying the same thing about your newborn.

duchesse · 18/08/2011 15:10

I was on the August 2009 antenatal thread with you and often wonder how you and your DS are getting on. Did the doctors ever find out why he was born so early? I hope you manage to find some peace of mind eventually.

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stripeybump · 18/08/2011 15:12

Trillian - google has not been my friend - wtf are Cersei quotes?

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xJessicasMummyx · 18/08/2011 15:15

Aww, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Rest assured, you're not the only one...I was exactly like you and now my daughter is seven months and i'm still the same. She's all I think about and Im so happy in my little bubble with my baby enjoying every moment of my maternity leave. Its hard, dont get me wrong. Had sickness in pregnancy and was pregnant whilst working full time and finishing my degree which was so knackering. Motherhood is harder than I expected, despite being a realist and knowing its not all cuddles and smiles, but YES I was a pregnancy bore and now a mummy bore I guess. I used to rub my bump and just be amazed at what was happening inside me and now I find myself just looking at my beautiful daughter in sheer awe. Enjoy the feeling, enjoy your pregnancy and enjoy becoming a mummy. I think you're little boy is going to be very lucky to have such a positive, loving mummy. Smile

LolaRennt · 18/08/2011 15:17

Nothing wrong with it at all(although never feel that way myself!) but try and keep it to yoruself (not wind up your friends/family/colleagues/fb people) mumsnet is fine though as we get to to choose to click on a thread Grin

congratulations btw i bet you ar eone of those lucky girls who has a perfect bump and everything :)

thebody · 18/08/2011 15:21

how lovely to read such a happy thread. enjoy and congratulations.

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stripeybump · 18/08/2011 15:22

Oh yes I have a perfect neat bump demolishing nachos while still under duvet on sofa

Grin
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MrsArchchancellorRidcully · 18/08/2011 15:49

I am 26w with baby No2 and I LOVE being pregnant! Even though this time round I have tiredness that I never knew as I am also entertaining an almost 3 yr old but I still love it.
It blows my mind to think I am growing a human and when I feel the kicks and wiggles, it's just great.
11 weeks today I finish for maternity leave. Good job too as my mind is not on work, only on the baby and DD.
When not pg, I do love a good glass of wine or 2 and when TTC I think, how will I cope with little or no alcohol, but you just do which (for me personally) always amazes me!!

Enjoy :)

janelikesjam · 18/08/2011 15:50

Yes, it can be like that OP, very nice indeed. Enjoy :)

MichaelaS · 18/08/2011 15:54

yes stripey very close to where you are now but don't worry, it's pretty rare. Also many people don't realise that babies born at 24 weeks now have a much improved chance of survival. Around 50% if they are born in a well equipped hospital with a level 3 NICU. Around half of the survivors will have a moderate or severe disability, but hey the call wearing glasses a disability so its not always that bad (though sometimes it can be). That price of life 23 week program was full of b0ll0cks, and the statistics were based on the EPICure study which is about 15 years out of date now. Anyway, don't want to scare you so keep your legs crossed and stop worrying!

hi duchesse good to see you again! yes DS is mostly fine now, he finally came off overnight oxygen earlier this year so we are FREEEEE (unless he has a cough or cold). He is a properly determined child, very stubborn, can't think where he got that from at all!!!!

Sorry to thread hijack.

InfestationofLannisters · 18/08/2011 15:55

awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Cersei_Lannister

The quote is from a book and of no real account other than that it is true and that Trillian recognised it Grin

minipie · 18/08/2011 16:09

YANBU

It is an absolutely amazing thing and I am really looking forward to being pg myself

Don't abandon the the career, hobbies and friends too much though as you might need them once the hormones wear off in the future Grin

Cattleprod · 18/08/2011 16:25

yanbu - but I'm very Envy that you are so happy and can only see the positive and good in pregnancy. I was like that first time and I wish I could get that feeling back again.

After a few mildly traumatic pregnancy/birth related experiences, reading too many sad stories on mumsnet and googling statistics about stuff I shouldn't be googling, I'm finding pregnancy this time a very nervewracking experience.

IShouldHaveBeenAPairOfClaws · 18/08/2011 16:32

You're very lucky, I felt like shit from start to finish. Got much better when the baby came out though... Grin

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stripeybump · 18/08/2011 16:58

I mean, the physical bits of pregnancy - sickness, exhaustion, insomnia, hormonalness and feeling panicked if it's not constantly kicking me are a bit crap - it's the anticipation of what's to come, producing an actual person!

I feel like a walking womb too, whoever posted that - everything else just seems petty, allowing me to be quite serene. Women have been doing this for years, so I feel like a proper woman, connected to nature. And shit. Grin

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mummytotwoboys · 18/08/2011 17:21

YANBU - you are a goddess the whole thing still amazes me after 3 DC. I am sitting here looking at DD1s tiny little ear - thinking "I made that" Even DS1 (4) can still amaze me. He will say something so intelligent or do something for the first time and I just think "Wow you came out of me!!!"
Congrats!

Andrewofgg · 18/08/2011 17:37

Please let a poor bloody man add his congratulations and wish you all the very best!

superjobee · 18/08/2011 17:45

DD is 6 now and i still get the swell of pride for her knowing that i made that brilliant wee person :) she sometimes sits and goes ''mummy i know you made my ears but will you stop twiddling them please'' Grin she loves knowing i made her and am now growing her wee brother where she once was and asks if i think she left my womb comfy enough for him Blush she's brilliant Grin

magicmelons · 18/08/2011 18:48

Felt like a Goddess last week, was having sex at least twice a day bought myself lots of beautiful lingerie in which to seduce DH as well as some ahem Blush other things. Monday I woke up with acid sick in my mouth short of breath feeling like a pregnant whale I feel the kind of tired that one can't believe it is possible to be still awake and yet so tired.

26 weeks today, i'm hoping to get some of that goddess feeling back.

DH was so pleased he was asking if we could have number 4 straight away after i've finished with no 3, i think i might of agreed .

pigletmania · 18/08/2011 19:10

YANBU. I am 18 weeks pg, and feel anything but a godness, more like a fat bloater as I can't stop eating Grin Better not venture onto the Pizza thread, I might get bashed there.

nickelbabe · 19/08/2011 14:13

I know exactly what you mean Grin

I'm now 25+6, and I just spend hours in amazement at what's happening inside my body!
What's happened since time began to create new life - it's just gobsmacking really!

BoysRusxxx · 19/08/2011 14:28

Awh I feel slightly envious!

I loved being pregnant and it was literally ALL i thought about for the whole nine months. I get very jealous when I hear of someone being pregnant with their first. I dont think you get that excitement with the pregnancies that follow, everything is so new first time and there is soo much to learn Grin

Empusa · 19/08/2011 14:32

"Does every pregnant woman feel this amazing?"

I hope so!

Currently at the "oh dear god I think I'm dying" phase, so hoping I reach your stage soon!

NorthernChinchilla · 19/08/2011 14:44

YANBU at all! I'm at exactly the same stage (22wks +5 with first) and feel soooo happy too.
Partly for me is the fact that this is also a much wanted first grandchild/great-grandchild/nephew, so it gives me great pleasure to be able to bring a lot of happiness into my family's life as well.

Escaped morning sickness, have happy pot belly and am generally feeling full of the joys (only just got back from anomaly scan a few hours ago so this is probably something to do with it!)

Like some of the OPs on here though, I have made a promise to myself not to bore others with it though, and only really talk about it when asked...but seeing as all my Mum wants to do is talk about it, it suits me!

Congratulations and enjoy!

nickelbabe · 19/08/2011 14:45

Empusa - that stage passes in most women. (there are no guarantees, though :( )