Hi all, thought I'd start a new thread to try and bring some positives to light. It's so tempting to complain about pregnancy - nine months of blooming and glowing my a%^&!!
To that end, let's cheer ourselves up by focusing on all the good things (yes, there ARE some!) So here are some of mine - please add yours as well.
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- Let's go straight for the easy one - at the end of 9 months, you get an adorable little bundle of joy who will love and adore you unconditionally and who you can love and adore unconditionally.
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- This is definitely subjective, but I have to admit I quite like the attention that being pregnant gets. People look at the bump and smile at you in the street; strangers are kinder to you and ask questions about the baby. You do get some special consideration at work (I am pretty lucky as they're mostly women where I work). It's also a great conversation topic - I never get tired of talking about it (quite possibly, everyone else does!)
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- Chocolate. Come on ladies, let's be honest, when else in your life are you going to be given pretty much carte blanche to eat chocolate without feeling guilty. We're pregnant, we're going to put on a few pounds. We even need to eat an addtional 200-300 calories in the final trimester - that's a KitKat or a Wispa bar that's purely medicinal. Also apparently there are studies showing that babies whose mothers ate chocolate during pregnancy were happier than those whose mothers abstained. Sounds like a good enough reason to me!
There are lots more, but let's see what else you can come up with! :)