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Pregnancy

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

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What do you miss about being pregnant?

43 replies

7SunshineSeven7 · 29/10/2016 20:00

Nobody misses the aching and the sickness nor the inability to sleep but is there anything you actually miss about being pregnant or that is your favourite bit? Did you ever create the best craving combo food and still eat it to this day?

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dontpokethebear · 30/10/2016 18:25

With all three pregnancies, from about 5 months, I felt very sexy.
I had a lovely bump, lost loads of weight because of strict GD diet and insulin and generally felt fantastic.

I wish we were having another

AgainPlease · 30/10/2016 18:29

Nothing!

8DaysAWeek · 30/10/2016 18:38

Oh he's the beautiful hair. I had horrendous sickness but my skin was always clear and I could go up to 4 days without washing it!!! Now 3 months PP and it's falling out and greasy and my skin is a mess.

Feeling baby move is incredible.

The confidence to say what I want. I just didn't care. I was mostly fed up so just didn't have the energy to be my usual socially anxious over-sensitive self

ConvincingLiar · 30/10/2016 19:05

I loved embracing my usual fatness that I try to conceal at all other times. 14 weeks on dc2 so looking forward to it. Currently just fat I think.

TheWeeBabySeamus1 · 30/10/2016 19:12

I both looked and felt like a bag of shite right through my pregnancy. No glorious mane of hair or glowing skin for me

But I miss the "excitement". The wondering what the baby will look like/be like/what sort of mum I'd be etc. And I miss random people stopping to take an interest - I even liked the bump touchers!

ChocolateBudgeCake · 30/10/2016 20:17

My spot free skin. Strong nails. Sitting down all the time. The baby movements and knowing that someone is with you all the time.

Not worrying about having a podgy tummy. The feeling that my body is amazing and how everything just happens naturally.

Everyone asking how you are and being interested and excited for you.

Having a flat belly button (weird I know but mine is very very deep so it's nice to see the bottom!!)

TequilaBlockingBird · 30/10/2016 20:19

Nothing. Really nothing.

passingthrough1 · 30/10/2016 20:47

Oh everything! I don't wish I was still pregnant because I love the baby more but being pregnant was one of the happiest times of my life. Not sure what it was but I just felt the most "me" ever and was less angry, stressed overnight. I loved my pregnant body, it felt so strong and feminine at the same time.

BUT I had the baby a bit early so missed the last part.. I was just starting heartburn so I imagine that would have gotten worse.

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 30/10/2016 20:48

Absolutely nothing

KatieScarlett · 30/10/2016 20:51

Not a single thing. Both my pregnancies were textbook easy, felt just the same, except fat and tired at the end.

SpeckledyBanana · 30/10/2016 20:52

Nothing. I give thanks daily that I never have to be pregnant again.

motherinferior · 30/10/2016 20:53

Nothing. I loathed every single moment of both my pregnancies.

scrivette · 30/10/2016 20:54

I had horrible pregnancies with sickness all the way through, but I still missed the bump and the feeling of knowing there was a baby growing inside of me.

NameChange30 · 30/10/2016 20:57

Great thread, I must confess to not really enjoying my pregnancy but this has helped me to see the positive side! So thank you

Choccyhobnob · 31/10/2016 15:33

I miss the excitement, not having to suck my belly in, feeling special and never feeling alone, just me and my baby who was a hell of a lot easier on the inside than he is outside!

ChangedDaily · 31/10/2016 15:40

The little kicks, the feeling that my baby was always with me, warm and safe, the libido.

And constantly being treated as a special princess by everybody, just a little bit, not because I was a woman in a man's world (I hate that), but as recognition that my body was doing something extraordinary. The first day I went out without a baby or a bump (when DD was about 4 months old) I felt a baffled sense that something was missing. People were jostling me in the tube just like I was a normal human being .

And being able to live on Magnums and Pret hot chocolate without giving a fuck about calories.

As you've probably guessed I had very easy pregnancies - but nature took her revenge when it was time for the births.

Heatherbell1978 · 31/10/2016 17:46

On my second pregnancy and not enjoying it as much this time around so in general I'm keen to have this baby. But I've gone from washing my hair twice a week to once a week which I love! And my skin is amazing. Desperate to sleep on my tummy again though!

Nikki2ol6 · 31/10/2016 18:09

I'm 31 weeks but I know what I will miss

The kicks!
The feeling of never being alone
The feeling of knowing he's safe in there and nobody can touch him

My hair! It's so thick and shiny!

What I won't miss is waking up to pee 3 times a night
My extremely hairy legs
My aches and pains

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