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

[glossyflower]

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

Desperately longed for.

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

a necessary evil if you want the wonderful end result.

over!

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

[Envy] @ lazymachine

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

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!

Absolutely wonderful.

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

According to my MN active threads list:

"Pregnancy is.....

Possibly the most ridiculous injury ever!!"

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

.... 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!

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!

Saundy that is exactly how I feel!

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

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

31+3, not 30....

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

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

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.

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!

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...

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

...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...

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.

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