i feel like you can't have any fun when pg, come and give me some ideas...

[CarrieInAnotherBabi]

i can't enjoy my food anymore, as i feel sick, i can't sleep too great, i can't do ice staking as planned at xmas, or sledging really, unless we go to a really small slope and make sure noone crashes into me, can't have a steaming hot bath that i used to enjoy, can't really go on any big rides at theme parks.

any ideas of fun things to do?

Um...... have a baby? Surely that's better than all the other stuff combined and then some more?

(seriously though - good films, books, music? Pregnancy massage? Manicure?)

yeah but its just such a lonnnnnnng time being pg.

massage might be nice,or a good film.

What stage are you at? It's true, being preg does take alot of the fun out of a life you had previously been leading, BUT I started to revel in just being able sit, nice and calmly, eating nice things, pampering myself with nice things and having the best excuse to NOT do things that I don't REALLY want to...much more difficult when your not preg. People expect far less of you because your preg which I stated to and continue to really enjoy and it's ok to just say if your feeling grumpy or under the weather because your pregnant!!! I know these things aren't really FUN as such but they are refreshing!

I love baths, and have continued to languish in wonderful warm to hot baths with glorious products throughout my pregnancy, despite the midwife telling me it can effectively "boil" the baby - ridic.

Also, me and dh have had some lovely, peaceful, relaxing times together with a much slower pace to things, eg, lovely mini spa break in bath, nice days out ambling around craft fairs and quaint villages, decorating nursery was lovely...don't know if any of this is up your st as you sound like you enjoy energetic stuff which I don't really, but looking back at (almost) the end of the rd, this is the type of stuff I've enjoyed!!! I could fill a government sized document with the stuff I haven't enjoyed but thats beside the point!!

Come on, it's only eight months (assuming you find out at four weeks)! I am planning on skating and I would go sledding assuming you're not planning on doing some sort of Olympic sled run? Really you can do whatever you enjoyed before minus contact sports, drinking and eating a few things, surely? Admittedly I'm avoiding skiing but it's really not that restrictive - unless I'm being terribly reckless.

carrie I agree with you it feels like a life time to me too!!!!

Hm, make copious amounts of hot chocolae with cream and marshmellows, and watch films and look at christmas things and baby things.

YM1xxx

I was going to say - if it's your first,
enjoy the silence, going to the loo by yourself, having your dinner while it's hot and unmolested, getting out of the house within 5 minutes without needing to take half its contents with you... but I realise you already have a DD!

In that case... enjoy having a child that can co-operate with nappy changes vaguely, enjoy meals that are vaguely warm, the relative quiet... , being able to get out of the house in 15 minutes..erm...

yeah i already have dd age 4, so have been through this before, thats probably why i can see all the weeks and months streching ahead of me, if i wasn't feeling so sick i think i'd be able to enjoy things alot more, as i do get ALOT OF enjoyment from enjoying food.

if i do go tot he xmas ice stating, im scared i'll have a bad fall or some twat will crash into me.

suppose sleddging might be ok, if we find a quite spot so theres noone to crash into me.

i don't enjoy shopping this time of year, as it feels so crowded

dh has some extra work on atm so he'll get a fair bit o9f extra money next month, so we could have a nice weekend away.maybe i'll look inot that

I know what you mean everyone keeps telling to to enjoy the peace and having quiet days in watching telly etc but tbh it bores the shit out of me!

I went down to the community centre the other day and they had lots of things for parents and parents to be you could try that. Not exactly my idea of exciting but there will be people to talk to and things to keep my mind busy could try that.

How far along are you? Hopefully the sickness will lift soon?

i'm only 6 weeks into it, which is probably why i'm feeling daunted by the montths andmonths that lay ahead. i think i'll feel a bit more secure by 8/9 weeks.

seeing the midwife tomorrow.

Buy nice cordials and mix with sparkly water - a bit fun
Avoid drunk people - god they are dull
Have baths, just not as hot
look for pasterurised cheese, if you go to a deli you will be suprised at how much there is on offer that you can eat

TBF though if you feel that sick, surely sitting down and resting is the best idea for the moment

I admit though it isn't quite as much fun second time round as first as you don't get to belly watch as much as you are chasing after a mini me!

Hmmm, yeah I probably wouldn't do the ice skating or sledging because of collision risk, but I can't say since my morning sickness stopped (about 14 weeks) there's been much I can't/won't do and my social life is pretty much the same. As soon as you feel better you'll probably be a lot more positive.

Nights out/in with girlfriends? Not drinking doesn't make much difference to fun and as long as I have a lift/taxi arranged or can drive home as soon as I'm ready to go, it's all good.

Should be lots of lovely Christmas markets and things coming on soon (which you can browse on your own or with your DC). Window shop for gorgeous baby clothes, enjoy coffee/dinner dates with friends, spend ages on your Christmas decorations and make loads of yummy cakes....

Also you could sign up for some pregnancy exercise classes, chance to meet other local mums as well as get a bit of time to yourself - there seems to be loads when you look into it, I'm quite excited by starting a few this week, but maybe that's just me?

Agree with others that being PG allows you to pick and choose what you want to do - much easier to turn down a boring party now than before, and friends are really sweet and protective of me when I do come out.

thanks for the advice and great ideas, don;t think theres an awful lot i can do while o feel so sick, but hoefully that will pass and i'll be able to shake the sickness off.

then put your ideas into practaise.

Hope you feel better really soon! It is such a great feeling when at last the sickness stops xx

You could do a maternity exercise class from 16 weeks - the one I go to involves bouncing round on a fit ball for half an hour, followed by some toning/strengthening exercises. The bouncing bit always cheers me up (and often makes me feel better if I'm feeling physically dodgy) - it isn't ice skating, I know, but it is fun (and I don't normally like exercise classes AT ALL!)

I think you'll feel differently once you stop feeling sick - TBH when you feel like that, it's not so much pregnancy that stops you doing what you want, it's feeling so awful. It would be just the same if you felt sick from any other cause. Hope it lifts soon.