Anyone else think pregnancy is shit?

[BlueIsYou]

The experience, not the actual pregnant thing.

I know loads of people due near me, and they're all constantly putting updates of how they can't wait to meet their new little person soon, and how amazing pregnancy is and baby kicks etc etc.

They seem to get such joy from it all.

I can't fucking stand it. I'm 30 weeks now and baby is bloody kicking me in my ribs. My stomach hurts to touch, it's a struggle to bend as much and I'm always bloody knackered.

This is a much longed for baby but I honestly can't wait for this shite to be over soon.

What a load of old bollocks.

Sorry, as you all were

Prepares for lots of fab looking ladies to look judgingly upon me with their perfect pregnancies and evil glares of "be grateful"

27 weeks here and I have a bad back, heart burn and I feel like my head is going to explode! Also insomnia is making me cranky. Fun times but all worth it

It is a bit shit.

I am genuinely grateful for being due my lovely rainbow baby in the next six weeks but I am unable to sleep , have upper thigh cramp all day , heartburn all night and am sick of my limited pregnancy diet.

I lost my baby at over 20 weeks last year during the summer so have spent two summers sweating like a pregnant pig and wearing loose unflattering clothing while being unable to tolerate coffee , fizzy drinks and having given up many of my favourite foods.

The stress of extra tests and worry has been immense too.

Like I say , I'm grateful for my rainbow baby pregnancy but I'm also looking forward to having my body back and getting to take my baby boy home from the hospital.

I don't enjoy being pregnant, I can't wait to get this over with and have baby here with us.

I'm very grateful to be pregnant but I can't wait not to be. Felt the same with my first as well. Me and pregnancy don't suit. 24 weeks and I need it to go a bit bloody faster.

32 weeks with number 2 and hating it.

The main reason DH and I will be stopping at 2 children is because I never, never want to be pregnant again.

Agree. It's shite.

30 weeks

Restless legs
Numb ribs
Can't sleep
Can't bend over
Have SPD
Look like absolute shite
Clothes are horrendous
Can't have sex
URGH

(I am incredibly lucky, I know but the last weeks suck!)

I'm currently in the middle bit where I don't feel too bad after months of constant migraines, nosebleeds and nausea. But I am well aware it's merely the eye of the storm and a few weeks let up before the heartburn, dead legs in the night, ribcage feeling like it's breaking and lungs being squashed so I can't breathe properly.

Also hate that I pee myself if I sneeze! 😭

Oh yeh, and those who spout about the mythical pregnancy glow are lying bastards.

I've had an easy pregnancy so far (39+5 now) for which I'm very grateful. At this stage, I just want the little one here safely. But I don't relate at all to the whole "bonding with my bump" rhetoric - it all feels rather abstract.

There is no radiant glow. It's sweat.

I've discovered this week that I can no longer cut my own toe nails. And any socks that aren't trainer socks are becoming impossible.

It's horrendous. I hated every minute of it. Mine finished up trying to kill us both with HELLP syndrome. The baby at the end was wonderful but my experience has put me off having another

Like PP I've had a planned pregnancy that turned out to be ectopic so I'm well aware to be grateful for my baby but I hate being pregnant, it just seems to be one shit stage to the next. I'm 37 weeks and am hoping every minute of every day to go into labour.

I hated every achey, sicky, exhausted moment of pregnancy and have never loved DS as much as when he came at 36+5 and let me off those last few weeks. Recovery from emcs was far preferable.

I hated it the first time and gave birth prematurely, this time we are trying hardest not to have a premature labour but part of me wishes it would just be over.

I tried to paint my toe nails last night 😵I actually started to feel ill from bending.

I'm only 29 weeks!

i do wish there was way to have a break from pregnancy, pop them in an incubator for the last few months? just so you can actually get a proper sleep before they are born! Havent slept properly since 12 weeks!

Mine was in SCBU as he was prem, my 4th night of being a parent I was ordered home and told to get a good meal, have a glass of wine and go to sleep! Bliss 😇

Same here op. I hated it. Kicked inside out for the last 10 weeks.
But after nearly 2 years, I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

I had three pregnancies and hated each one progressively more. DH is on a very long waiting list for the snip and I won't let him near me until he is clear.

My third baby is joy personified. I'm so glad she's here. Babies one and two are amazing people and I adore them. I love being a mother. I love mothering.

I never, ever want to be pregnant (or postpartum) ever again.

I hated both pregnancies. I vomitted every day from 6 weeks onwards, I was swollen, had SPD, heartburn and a bladder the size of a pea. The brand new beautiful babies at the end were worth it, but I wouldn't do it again

This is curing me from being tempted to go for number 3!

I had 2 horrendous pregnancies. 9 months of sickness both times (including being sick during labour). Plus ligament pain. And insomnia.

Hated pregnancy the entire time. Even kicks which start off as being nice soon hurt unbelievably

Fed up of PGP. Had to buy pants which are 3 sizes bigger than I would normally wear and proper pant shaped as my old ones dig in. Have to wear panty liners as it's like an episode of trapdoor down there at the moment. Fanny daggers. Look like a vampire. Fainting in public. Having to spend £50+ on a shit frumpy coat for 2+ months wear. I could go on.

As PP have said though I have a real sense I'll miss it when I'm not pregnant. Totally irrational.

So good to know there are lots of other 'unfiltered' ladies just like me who are having a poo time

Sorry you're all not having the time of your lives. Cute baby will be worth it if it ever shuts up and goes to sleep within the first 6 months

Oh god what am I doing.. we're ttc number 2 and this has brought back haunting memories!
For me the worst bit was the rib pain oh that and he 3 hour labour that tore me from my v to my fucking a.
My MIL got a death stare when I had not long been out of surgery after she tile me she too was sore after birth like me because she had to have one external stitch whilst I'm sat there with a fanny/arsehole that represented a carried bag blowing in the wind, oh that and haemorrhaging badly only to be compared to ONE FUCKING STITCH. She mentioned it recently as I said I've been told to have a c section for the next one, to which she replied with "you'll probably be ok, remember I also had a stitch"

bumble Argh! She had one fucking stitch. She comes across in your post as considering herself quite the Saint for it.

I hate when people try and compare things like that

I hate being pregnant. I'm 17 weeks and the nausea is on the wane but I'm exhausted all the time and have a constant headache. Plus I never really got over my PGP after my last pregnancy 3 years ago so that is undoubtedly on the horizon. DH rather likes the idea of 3 children but there is NO WAY I'm doing this again.

36 weeks here and I'm so done with being pregnant. After 3 years ttc and 4 miscarriages last year I'm very grateful, but hate every minute. And after my Ds arrived at 27 weeks I'm grateful that this one has held on a little longer. But yes, after horrendous sickness (still throwing up most days), severe anaemia and mild PGP I'm ready for it to be over. I've not been able to exercise as high risk - not that I would have been capable - and I've piled on weight and just don't feel like myself anymore. My 4 year old has spent far too much time in front of the TV / Kindle this summer as every attempt to take him out for the day as ended in me lying in agony for the rest of the day, and my poor DH has slept on the couch for the last couple of weeks just to try and get some sleep before work (between my snoring, groaning when I try to move and constant toilet trips he sleeps better downstairs). My highlight of today is that my consultant said I can stop my Clexane at 36 weeks, so as of today I don't have to inject myself in the stomach each morning...

DS starts school this week and after that I will be doing anything in my power to encourage this baby to make an appearance, but after months of taking it easy to avoid prem birth, what's the betting I go over?!