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Pregnancy

Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

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Favourite bit of pregnancy?

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SausageSmuggler · 13/11/2011 21:09

Because there are so many rubbish elements I think we need a bit of happiness right now.

For me it's this time (i'm 20+6) where I can feel the baby moving but it's still small enough that it isn't booting me in the cervix or the ribcage. Ahh.

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Dolcegusto · 13/11/2011 23:51

The conception.

Crosshair · 14/11/2011 00:01

Around the 22 weeks, felt great and had a nice bump.

PlinkertyPlonk · 14/11/2011 07:51

I'm 19wks and the best bits for me are:

my nails are really strong
my skin is really, really soft - I normally have very dry skin
I have proper boobs for the first time ever
feeling the baby flip around
DH talking nonsense to my belly in a low booming voice. Just as well it can't hear yet, it would be deafened!

cantreachmytoes · 14/11/2011 08:31

Getting a negative test and running out to buy two more to triple check, then coming home to find the first was actually positive!

Finally looking pregnant at around 6 months, rather than just looking fat.

At the time I didn't think I enjoyed it that much. In hindsight it was all a walk in the park compared to weeks 41 & 42 which were really tough.

GwendolineMaryLacey · 14/11/2011 08:39

The excitement of the BFP. The rest of it sucks until the bit where you're at home on your sofa with your newborn :)

helgaw99 · 14/11/2011 08:43

The bit at my 12 week scan where I actually saw that there was something in there and believed for the first time I actually was PG, not just throwing up six times a day for fun!

Awayinamangercooper · 14/11/2011 08:51

Cornishkk I hope he's on the mend, that all sounds very stressful.

samwellsbutt · 14/11/2011 08:57

the bit i hate least is the middle bit when you are able to be active and not throwing up all the time and i love the end and my body can get back to normal. should try and savour this a bit because its my last ever but i hate it sooo much.

kiki22 · 14/11/2011 10:42

For me it's mostly other people i love when DP feels kicks or see's them, and if i mention anything about when babys here like the other night i said 'you can get a cuddle befor work in the morning while i make a bottle' his face goes all dreamy n gets this soppy smile :)

and my niece talking to the bump she's 4 an has full convos as if she's talking to her friend no gagaing real stuff like 'you'll get a bike when your older it's a thing you sit on with wheels...' so so cute

PinkFondantFancy · 14/11/2011 12:29

The time after my 20 week scan when I could stop worrying about scans and feel my little wriggly wriggler move. I've never felt more beautiful than when I was pregnant, I loved my pregnant body.

HugosGoatee · 14/11/2011 13:05

Everyone being really nice to me, like a had a halo that made everyone smile, relax and be all soppy around me

Yummymummyyobe1 · 14/11/2011 14:05

It has to be watching my bump grow and the funny bubbles that I get when bump is very active. I am now 16 weeks but bump has been very active and letting poor mummy know about it since around week 14.

Also hearing the baby's heartbeat for the first time a coupls of weeks ago that was amazing.

smk84 · 14/11/2011 16:08

scans and giving birth, but giving birth and meeting him was the MOST amazing bit. Great idea for a thread Sausage, it's nice to think about nice things !

precariouslybalanced · 14/11/2011 20:37

I'm hoping the memory of it is going to be better than the reality of it . CANNOT WAIT to knock back two (two!!) whole glasses of wine, one after the other, over a meal of sushi, and follow all that up with a cheese plate. Can't believe elephants gestate for 2 years. I look at them with renewed wonder .

CornishKK · 14/11/2011 22:43

Awayinamangercooper - thanks, it has been fairly stressful, he was diagnosed the week I found out I was pregnant. So he's had surgery and is now having hormone therapy with radiation treatment due to start 20 days after my due date.

It definitely gives you a sense of perspective though, we have a lot to be positive about, one amazing child and another on the way for a start.

LAbaby · 15/11/2011 21:38

I loved being pregnant, I miss it now and my baby is four months old. I woke up every day feeling like a child on Christmas day - like something wonderful was going to happen but i couldnt recall what. It would take a couple of seconds for me to remember what was so great then the baby would move and I'd realize. Mind you I don't miss the terrible heartburn! And it is nice to sleep on my back again without worrying.

glitternanny · 16/11/2011 10:09

Like lots of Ladies being confident in clingier clothes, feeling movement, hearing the heartbeat :)

MiauMau · 16/11/2011 11:58

My DH reactions to the bump, finding the gender (a big I told you so on my behalf, felt very smug), knitting tiny clothes which make me feel all weepy in a happy sort of way.

bmm39 · 16/11/2011 18:21

My lovely bump and feeling my baby move around. Plus, people are extra nice to you. x

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