The best and worst things about being pregnant...

[jimper]

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

Best: having great hair, skin and having a belly that covers my urm... belly IYSWIM

Worst: Waters breaking half way through ante natal course. Then giving birth before any where near ready...

worst: the sickness - I too was hospitalised with hyperemesis* and it finally eased by 19 weeks just in time for the

best: suddenly being able to eat and having 20 week scan and being told I could relax since there was nothing visibly wrong and seeing that we were having a son!

• I was called the puking lady by the others on the ward who were desperately trying to ignore the sounds...

I'm on my 5th pregnancy currently 29+3

Best - The BFP moment
The birth - just that moment when the pain subsides and you are presented with your baby. It's so worth it!
The excitement

Worst
Spd
Anxiety
Piles so bad they make me cry :(
Heartburn and acid reflux so bad I can't eat anything
No wine :( (minor inconvenience obv)
The waiting - god the last few weeks feel like and eternity, especially when you go overdue.

All totally worth it though

Worst - Hmmm, can I say that I can't really think of one? Oh ok, trying to keep it a secret in the early months! And the eyebrows people give you when you're not drinking and you have to say "Oh, no, I'm not pregnant, I've just got a cold, not feeling great..."

Best - the massive adrenaline rush when you get the two pink lines on the pregnancy test and realise that your life is about to change forever! And feeling the wriggles of your baby inside. Is it stupid to say I miss that?

Worst: feeling like shit for 9 months (another one hospitalised with hyperemesis couple of times during each pregnancy)
Best: dammit. I can't think of one. Felt terribly smug and excited all the way through 1st pregnancy. Second time around I just felt guilty that I was vomiting and lying on the sofa instead of being a decent mum to ds1.
When I was being stitched up after CS, DH holding ds2, I remember saying "I'm not pregnant any more!" and actually being almost as happy about that as I was to have my lovely baby. Who was totally worth it.

And just when I was starting to feel broody again...

Worst: Morning sickness and feeling faint, breathless and exhausted in third trimester.

Best: Giving in to food cravings. Oo, lovely. Also an overwhelming sensation of satisfaction when I clean and get all the odd DIY jobs around the house done. Have honestly never felt anything so lovely and has been a major feature of both my pregnancies, will really miss it!

Worst: this bit (am currently 11 weeks). The first trimester and constantly feeling like complete shit, crying for no reason, being so tired I fell asleep behind the wheel.

Best: Nope. I can't think of one either. I bloody hated being pregnant the first time round and I'm hating it even more this time. Good thing that it has such a happy ending.

Best: cute baby
worst: being pregnant

worst: the constant worry that things would go wrong yet again.

best: the wriggles, kicks, scans and finally a full term healthy baby for you to continue to worry about for ever more!

Best: Feeling vital and alive throughout pregnancy. Feeling proud that I could really do this. Not catching bugs - have made up for this since birth. Great hair and skin and having healthy sexual appetite in 2nd tri. All the lovely comments from strangers.

Worst: Restless legs every night - hated it! Constant heartburn from day 1 - hated it. All the unpleasant envious comments from people like sister in-law.

There are no good bits :( other than the baby at the end :)

14+5 here, 1st pg.

Best: no sickness (sorry!), talking to my new bump, picking ridiculous names and watching my friend's faces when I announce this baby's going to be called Napoleon, finally having boobs for the first time in my life.

Worst: missing the sickness and it mutating into the worst mardy hormone-fuelled arsiness for the first 12 weeks. Poor DH. Hellbeast doesn't come close. None of my clothes fitting round new bump, having to spend a fortune on new bras to accommodate pregnancy boobage.

Can't wait for the next 26 weeks :)

with DS it was pretty much all good. A bit of insomnia near the end, but I loved being pregnant and having a bump.

with pg#2 it was a bit of nausea then the shock of an MMC at 13 weeks.

with the next 2 pregnancies since (both also MMCs at around 12 weeks) it's been worry, nausea, worry, tiredness, anxiety, worry, stress and then heartache :(

but still trying for pg#5...

Best - random strangers being nice. A lady at my gym told me I looked 'lovely' in my maternity swimming costume.

How come no-one's ever said that when I'm not up the duff?

Worst - people putting your opinion at work down as 'hormonal' or 'baby brain' related !

oh jollster so sorry :(

oh jollster that is crap.

I would definitely put m/c as worst (had 2 and they're not funny).

Other than that I LOATHE maternity clothes with a passion - so, so boring, drab and frumpy.

Also being public property - random people feel they can say what they like to you and even shudders touch you.

Best - nothing other than the excitement of the BFP and the joy of the baby at the end. Being pg sucks.

Best...

Seeing DD1's heart beating on a scan at about 7 weeks, when we thought I was having my 3rd mc after another bleed.

Just being pregnant and feeling special, feeling the baby growing and moving

Swimming while very heavily pregnant- made me understand how it must feel to be a whale

Getting to hold and feed my babies straight after they were born (and being grateful that the births were not as bad as I'd been expecting!)

Worst...

The fear of miscarrying

Morning sickness wasn't much fun

Having a car accident while expecting DD2 and then being told by my doctor to wait for my scheduled scan was pretty horrible.

Worst: Morning sickness and leg cramps/weakness
Best: It all being over when the baby is born. I really didn't like being pregnant.

worst: nausea, severe constipation, breathlessness, grossly swollen legs (so bad I couldn't walk), heartburn, restless legs, insomnia, immobility (I am normally v v fit and walk everywhere), chronic leg cramps, agonising pubic symphasis thing.

best: the baby at the end of it. I was grateful to be pg because I wanted children, but I detested every second of it.

Best---taking the test and seeing a positive
Worst---knowing that the pregnancy is going to end and there is nothing you can do to keep it going.

Glad to see there are others who have hated being PG as much as I did/do. I have always been made to feel very ungrateful when I actually felt like I was dying for 9 months.

I'm changinng my worst (it was being pg) to MCing 2 babies last year.

Best - thinking I will finally have no.4 in Aug.

mslucy if you're after a non-frumpy top I just got this one from H&M and it looks fab with da bump:

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I wore it to a leaving do on Saturday night with leggings, nice jewellery and sparkly ballerina flats and got lots of compliments. Tis only £12.99 too.

Best: Having the energy at 40+9 weeks to paint the kitchen ceiling

Worst: Everybody and their dog feeling like it's ok to touch your bump without being asked

Worst: Constantly feeling tired and grumpy like I've got the worst hangover... also feeling like a bad mother to my 2 year old to give her the attention she needs.

Best: When I have the energy, sex is amazing!!!

Worst : everything

Best: when you give birth and aren't pregnant any more

(can you tell I hated it! I spent most of my 3rd pregnancy in hospital!)