Pregnancy is ...[insert text here] ..

[glossyflower]

...a once in a lifetime experience for me, which I never want to repeat again!

[HotCrossCatPuss]

Desperately longed for.

[Stixswhichtwizzle]

The most amazing thing I ever experienced. After years of ttc, it was wonderful. The birth on the other hand...

[GlitterySkulls]

a necessary evil if you want the wonderful end result.

[LazyMachine]

over!

[Dolallytats]

.....taking way too long yet still feeling very unreal.

[Hai1988]

[Envy] @ lazymachine

Long so very long 23+4 here and bored ofit now just want my lil girl here

[Cavort]

waaaaay too long!

I can't believe millions of years of evolution has decided that this is the best way to produce a new human! We should be able to grow one in a greenhouse or something by now!

[Maggie111]

Absolutely wonderful.

And shit-your-pants-terrifying. Seriously - I'm having a mother fucking baby in a couple of weeks!!!!!!

[Jojobump1986]

According to my MN active threads list:

"Pregnancy is.....

Possibly the most ridiculous injury ever!!"

[dinkystinky]

an unknown journey - sometimes awesome, sometimes terrifying, sometimes sickening - but the destination is well worth it.

[DXBMermaid]

.... like a really loooooong hangover
.... very un-glamorous at times
.... lonely

But, it is also amazing and a very special experience and I can not wait to meet my little one!

[OohShinyChocolateHollowBunnies]

Amazing, a miracle, scary and not what I expected...

But yes to the so bloody long! 40+5 and I just want to sleep on my tummy again!

[gertrudestein]

Saundy that is exactly how I feel!

[Saundy]

That's funny Gert cause yours is the once that had me nodding too, maternity clothes, bras, pregnancy in general = total budgeting fail!

[mildred37]

Looooooooong. Am 30+3 and so ready for our baby to arrive. I am seriously worried for my sanity when I'm on maternity leave....I get really depressed and fed up on days off, and I have no idea why :( I just want my baby boy now xxx

[mildred37]

31+3, not 30....

[sweetiepie1979]

A 9 month hangover that you can't take pain killers for

[SourSweets]

Difficult. Exciting. Every body else's business (apparently).

[atrcts]

A very special secretive journey that only YOU can fully experience - in one sense seemingly lasting forever and in another sense over in a flash, with no two "journey's" being the same.

[StuckOnARollercoaster]

Emotional!
Love this thread and I've found myself nodding and smiling lots but have got a bit teary eyed at lazymachines post... Enjoy your newborn snuggles... I can't wait for mine!

[atrcts]

Haha - not secretive in that it's not obvious, as "everyone knows what you've been up to"!!!!! But secretive as in the little kicks and wriggles that are hidden away deep inside...

[ButteryJam]

... different for everyone, but for me it has been a huge massive challenge

[HavingALittleFaithBaby]

...Exhausting

I thought the getting pregnant was the hard part well it was

...an excuse for everyone to weigh in on how to live your life/man handle you/ask you personal questions. I even got an Oh, an Olympic baby eh?! comment. Ok, yes, it is but still...

[LadyMetroland]

So much harder than having a newborn!

Even having had c-sections both times I still felt infinitely better a week or so after the birth than I did when I was 36wks plus pregnant with toddler to look after.

[ExhaustedMamasita]

... the most amazing thing my body has ever done!