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

Anyone else think pregnancy is just TOO LONG?

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Lwatkins · 04/01/2007 05:28

I mean - 40 freakin weeks! I'm only 19+4 today and im already dying of bordem with being pregnant! I spent the first 3 months throwing up, and the last two with exhaustion so extreme its been hard to muster the energy to get up and go pee. And where's my 'pregnancy glow' at, mmmmmm? Anything i say or do gets blamed on my damn hormones now, apparently pregnant woman aren't allowed to have real feelings anymore, it's all down to hormones you know. And i spent most of xmas and new years being told i was fat by drunk relatives.
I've given up smoking, drinking, and eat better now and take vitamins for bean, and im trully tired of being pregnant at the mo. Have my 20 week scan on the 8th which im sure i'll love, but what then? Here - get fatter, have some swollen ankles, or how about a pair of leakin tits, could i interest you in a bladder you can no longer control? I mean, all this is yet to come. How in gods name do people last 40 weeks! I know i should be enjoying it, but truthfully, how do you?

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Lwatkins · 04/01/2007 05:30

And please don't come and read this and then post about how hormonal i sound!!! If one more person says that to me - i may crack!

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buffythenappyslayer · 04/01/2007 05:33

lol!!you really are fed up arent you!!

once you get past 20 weeks,it'll fly by!(you can take your mind of how long youve got left by going out shopping for baby!!)

ive only once got to 40 weeks,and that was with number 2,all my others have been early.

with my last one i broke down in tears when i had an ante-natal appointment,i told the consultant if she didnt get baby out of me,then i would!!thats how fed up i was!!i was37 weeks and was induced the following week.(had spd awell,so taht didnt help)

good luck with your scan!

Lwatkins · 04/01/2007 05:33

Or i may develop a sudden nervous twitch in my left eye, and my arms and legs may start to spasm uncontrolably (sp) of their own accord!!

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buffythenappyslayer · 04/01/2007 05:38

i dont think your hormonal at all,its so exciting finding out your expecting,and because you find out early,its seems a lifetime away until you pop it out!

ideally wed find out we were pg at around 36 weeks,that gives us 4 weeks to get the things you need!and before you know it,theres your baby!how perfect would that be!!

Daisypops · 04/01/2007 05:38

LMAO LWatkins! I know how you feel but you just gotta do it. I remember going to see the MW earlie on and seeing ladies with big bumps coming out and saying 'babies turned' I was so

I'm 39 weeks today and have seriously had enough. My ankles are like balloons, I can hardly walk, I can't sleep, I'm fat, white and bloated, haven't had sex since July, my fanjo is unsightly and the other morning I woke up and there was some yellowy stuff on my nighty from my boobs.

But...having said all that I wouldn't change any of it, it will all be worth it when we have our little bundles in our arms.

Lwatkins · 04/01/2007 05:42

Oh, that would be heaven! Oh i must sound like a right awful person. Don't get me wrong - i love my bean to bits already and can't wait for scan, it's just frustrating me at the mo. Maybe i have the holiday blues, and im lashing out at pregnancy - it tends to get the blame for everything! Poor bean, im a terrible mother!!!!!

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Jelley · 04/01/2007 05:43

LOL@ Daisy. That probably doesn't make lw feel better (except at least she knows shes not alone)

Lots of people don't enjoy pregnancy. I did the first two times, but even I will admit the"blooming" bit lasted 20 mins between exhausted but not showing so no one gives you any sympathy, and too huge to move/sleep!

Jelley · 04/01/2007 05:43

LOL@ Daisy. That probably doesn't make lw feel better (except at least she knows shes not alone)

Lots of people don't enjoy pregnancy. I did the first two times, but even I will admit the"blooming" bit lasted 20 mins between exhausted but not showing so no one gives you any sympathy, and too huge to move/sleep!

Lwatkins · 04/01/2007 05:43

You know, maybe people are right about the hormonal thing

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Jelley · 04/01/2007 05:45

The hormonal thing is a great xcuse for just telling people exactly how you feel without it being held against you!

Daisypops · 04/01/2007 05:50

LWatkins, I didn't mean to make you feel worse, just wanted to let you know that you're not alone!

Like buffy says after your scan you can start shopping and maybe like you say you've got a bit of post holiday blues. The weather is naff and the day you meet your bean seems ages away but it will be here sooner than you think. Maybe you could book a 4d scan in between your 20 week scan and EDD, thats something to look forward to?

Lwatkins · 04/01/2007 06:18

Daisy you didn't make my feel worse hun, you did make me chuckle though . Sorry to hear your feeling a bit crappy too though. Im just an impatient ass - always have been! Im sure once im back in bristol, back at uni and back to my old routine things will start feeling better - hopefully, for the sake of all others!!!!

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bumperlicious · 06/01/2007 10:15

Lwaikins
Don't worry, I'm the same. I so petulant about the whole pregnancy thing. Can't do anything interesting like go ice skating, or paintballing, or go karting (like I do any of that stuff anyway?!), can't drink, can't eat this or that, don't have a life because I need to sleep 14 hours a day, none of my clothes fit so I have to spend a fortune on maternity clothes (which by the way - don't you think they should be subsidised, after all we have to have them!) wah wah wah being pg sucks [stomp]! And all th people who say 'but it's the most natural thing in the world' and 'you must be so excited' well, I want to punch them! Am I hormonal? Yes! But only I'm allowed to say it!
Pheeww, that probably didn't make you feel better either, but at least you are not alone

ShowOfHands · 06/01/2007 10:22

Don't worry Lwatkins I know something that will cheer you up. I'm 21/22 weeks and I bloomed yesterday.

Only for 17 minutes mind, but wow what a 17 minutes.

So, er, that's something to look forward to, eh?

In all seriousness, I am quite enjoying being pregnant at the moment. Once I had got my 20wk scan out of the way and started to relax a bit I felt much better. I don't need to sleep at every available opportunity and I've stopped feeling nauseous in a morning. I think I've got 4 weeks tops before I enter a new phase...

Indith · 06/01/2007 10:22

Way way way way too long!

41+2 now. The elastic in the maternity jeans has been totally shot for about a month now but I didn't see the point of buying more. I have the choice between too tight maternity bras or the too big nursing ones that will hopefully fit once milk comes in and compliments from DP consist of being told what a nice big belly full of baby I have!

Oh when oh when will I be able to feel feminine again?

Indith · 06/01/2007 10:23

SOH really! I don't think I want to know what you got up to in your 17 min!

Munz · 06/01/2007 10:23

lol. I remember feeling the exact same at about 26 weeks I think it was - I think PG's should only last 6 months (26 weeks) and thats' all!

twelveyeargap · 06/01/2007 10:37

I felt a bit like that and then saw that programme about animals in the womb. Poor old elephant is pregnant for 22 months! Can you imagine?

I'm terribly impatient to see the baby (am 21 weeks), but trying to remember to enjoy being pregnant as I'm in the good bit now.

ShowOfHands · 06/01/2007 10:38

Indith! Casting aspersions on my innocent character will not be tolerated.

Indith · 06/01/2007 10:52

Moi?

mellowma · 06/01/2007 11:18

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noddyholder · 06/01/2007 11:19

Don't worry it won't be long before the mad frankenstein doctors work out how to make it shorter!

kittylette · 06/01/2007 11:22

thankgod your not an elephant - 2 years!!

2 bloody years!

poor sods

TrinityRhino · 06/01/2007 11:23

I'm a rhino,

kittylette · 06/01/2007 11:24

16 months for you then hun!

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