What's your favourite part of being pregnant?

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Hi expectant ones, I'm 16 weeks pregnant with DC3 - definitely our last - and I want to savour this final experience of having a pregnant body. So please tell me what you love most about being pregnant! Thx

Detest being pregnant. Only good thing is everyone is so nice to you.

Conception

Pregnant with my first and so far the highlights have been the scans (which blew my mind) and feeling movement which is lovely

Nothing - apart from maybe the excuse to lie around and do nothing all day - I was lucky in that I wasn't working (by choice) and had no other children, had just moved into a lovely new house, lots of money left over from the sale of our previous property so no financial worries.

But it wasn't a nice enough feeling to ever do it again. .

Yes to not holding your stomach in, and the baby being all yours. It doesn't cry either!

Today I went swimming and for 30 minutes did not feel like a bloated, beached whale. I'd spend all day in the pool if I could - when I swim and the bump faces down it is the one time of day I don't feel like I need to wee. Does the absence of negative count? I like swimming in the slow lane with the old ladies and not worrying about my fitness or if I am getting a good enough workout to justify the time.

Really, the good hair a bonus and watching my bump move about is delightful. I have the squirmiest little baby and I can tell she is strong and vigorous and I love her fiercely already. I like eating ice cream without guilt. It is all rather extraordinary to build an entire human, even if it is very hard and uncomfortable work.

This is is my third and last as well.

Not having to suck your tummy in after a big meal. Can just let it alllll hang out.

The baby. Pregnancy is hell - I had severe hg, spd and suffered horribly for nine months.

Ds is worth it though :)

After a rough pregnancy with a very abrupt end thanks to sudden and severe preeclampsia at 33 weeks, this time round I'm enjoying every second of still being healthy. Being able to walk, sleep more than 3 hours a night, and eat are an added bonus - my body doesn't feel like it's digesting itself with heartburn, I'm not swollen and grey. Another stint like that would have been miserable, healthy or not, so and to everyone who's suffering.

Love feeling him move, and knowing that he's rolling around in his own little universe in there, knowing nothing else except being warm and comfy and relaxed.
Also love DD stroking/ kissing/ chatting to my giant bump - I can't wait to see them together!
Gorgeous, thick, shiny hair that only needs washed every few days - and after months of dry skin that's sorted itself out too! I am finally a bit glowy, if I say so myself.
Ridiculously comfy maternity clothes - will be v sad to go back into normal jeans, with horrible digging-in buttons and zips!
Never worrying about looking fat, tummy bulging, etc etc - just letting it all hang out with not a care in the world!
Having a great excuse to chill out and take it easy as often as I can without feeling the slightest bit guilty.
Just knowing that it's been a bit of a slog to get to this point, and feeling so unbelievably lucky and grateful to be in this position, having a (hopefully!) healthy, lovely baby.

Am 35 weeks tomorrow and while I'm definitely looking forward to meeting this little one now, I'm trying to enjoy these last few weeks - I know I'll be sad in a way once they're over and he's born!

I like getting my BFP. The 30 seconds before the terror set in anyway.

At 8 months I liked how my massive bump eclipsed how fat I was.

My hair was good.

I hated pregnancy on the whole. And certainly don't wish to repeat it.

Finding out I was pregnant. Telling my DP. Telling our parents. Great hair, great skin and an undeniable glow. Finishing work and just hanging around with DP enjoying looking forward to our baby's arrival. Looking forward to a new life for both of us and our own little family.

Nothing, it's horrible. 35+6 and haven't had anymore than about 4/5 hours sleep a night for weeks and weeks waking up every hour. Everyone keeps telling me to 'get all the sleep you can now ' - if only it was that easy! My husband has been sleeping in a spare room for a few weeks now as I'm up and down so much and spend half the night crying out of sheer tiredness - at least I finish up work tomorrow though!

The first scan was lovely though - felt quite emotional at that

Wasn't a fan of the pregnancy itself but after giving birth to both of mine I did miss it in a weird way. The bit I really like with pregnancy is the actual labour. Not the pain obviously, but the fact that in a few hours I won't be pregnant anymore (yay) and will finally have my baby.
I'm 11 weeks with my 3rd and already fed up

Pregnancy was awful but my nails were fantastic!

Fantastically slow growing leg hair so less shaving (I am so hairy they normally have 5 o'clock shadow!)
Massively increased libido

24+4 and hate it. Can't wait til it's over!

The fact that, at nearly 34 weeks, I'm around 8kg lighter than when I fell pregnant (the process wasn't really that much fun).

My two kids (6 and nearly 4) being excited when they feel baby brother move (I like that too).

That the end is in sight.

The baby at the end.

I won't be having any more DC. When I look back at my PGs, the best bit was waking up in the morning to kicks and wriggles.

I loved being pregnant, I liked having a big bump to stroke and feeling a bit special.
The excitement of seeing your baby for the first time wondering what he/she would look like.
Buying baby things.
I have good memories of lying back and singing to the bump, feeling baby move (in private)

Not growing my usual moustache and chin beard
But pregnancy is suffering and God was not a feminist.

Eating what I want.
Wearing bodycon stuff I'd never wear otherwise.
Not being cold!
Being able to sit at the front of the bus with no guilt (bad SPD and can barely shuffle further back).
Good wishes from strangers.
Lots of fun presents to open!
No bleeding for 9 months (I know... the lochea more than makes up for it...)

How secretly competitive my dps have become with each other about pram research. It's been hilarious. How absolutely delighted they are about getting to be grandparents.