Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Pregnancy

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

Flip

Original poster

not loving it...

10 replies

babyhumphrey · 21/02/2018 19:05

Hi ladies, I'm new to this pregnancy 'thing' - 15wks with my first baby. I'm looking for other girls who aren't feeling all 'ga ga' about it. I don't want to spoil anyone's magic and of course I'm looking forward to meeting our little person but it hasn't been my life-long wish. I have a job that I love, a 'free' life & lots of laughs with my husband, which I love and, I was (for a girl who's always been curvy) feeling more confident with my figure after losing 20lbs. Of course, all that's going out the window now. I am not loving the 'getting fat', the no alcohol, the tiredness and the 100 daily trips to the toilet. I promise I won't moan all the time but it would great to know there are some other girls out there who feel the same... xx

OP posts:

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

ArcheryAnnie · 21/02/2018 19:10

babyhumphrey congratulations on your forthcoming baby, and don't worry - plenty of women don't enjoy pregnancy! There's a lot of pressure on pregnant women to be "blooming" and happy, when in reality it is SUCH a slog. (But you get a baby at the end of it, so worth it all.)

I am long past my pregnancy days, but I remember the early bit, when you don't show, as being almost as bad as the later bit because you get SO TIRED but without any of the sympathy! I had to take a cushion into work as I kept on falling asleep at my desk.

Buglife · 21/02/2018 19:14

I’m pregnant with DC2 and pregnancy is just the means to the end with me, I hate the sickness and tiredness and backache and pains. I like feeling the baby but I would rather be holding it! I much preferred having a newborn.

Bananarama12 · 21/02/2018 19:18

I HATED being pregnant. Did not enjoy one bit of it. I was extremely sick, back was so painful I couldn't walk, heartburn, piles the list goes on!!

MeadowHay · 21/02/2018 19:49

I'm 23 weeks with my first, planned baby and I'm hating every minute tbh. And I'm not afraid to tell anyone who will listen . I had HG and was bed bound with it for almost 2 months then it took another month or so after that to start feeling more human again and be able to actually do much, I was signed off work for about 10 weeks in total and went back on 50% hours for a month after. My acne has flared up and I can't take any treatments for it due to being pregnant so I'm covered in new scarring, I had an anal fissure whilst I had HG, my IBS is all over the place as I can't take my usual medication due to being pregnant, and soon after I returned to work I developed coccyx pain, which the GP says they can't do anything about nor even attempt to relieve the pain due to being pregnant, some days at work it's so bad I have to go and have a cry in the toilets. I wake up many times a night, I find baby moving often a stressful sensation (I have Asperger's so weird sensory things), and I need to pee constantly. I'm super-sensitive so sexual encounters are not great as I can't tolerate hardly being touched before it overwhelms me, and not in a good way. I literally hate it and cannot wait to be not pregnant, and I'm only just over halfway through!!!

Sorry for the huge rant.

GYMBALL · 21/02/2018 19:56

Hello 🖐🏻 36 weeks here ! Have been housebound for weeks now due to severe SPD , no amount of support garments or crutches can help ! Can I please join the club ?

Anatidae · 21/02/2018 20:02

I started puking at three weeks with my first. I was sick multiple times a day, every day, until I delivered. At 28 weeks I developed spd and could barely walk by the end. Now pregnant with my second and even worse sickness and I can feel my hips going again.

Plenty of people don’t enjoy pregnancy- I suffered through it.

You don’t need to put loads of weight on - keep active and you don’t need many more calories a day at the stage. I was lighter after birth than pre conception.

The loo thing is inevitable I’m afraid :)

I never bothered drinking after ds was born - the thought of a hangover after a few hours of broken sleep is horrific 😁

LittleBirdBlues · 21/02/2018 20:13

I'm 18 weeks with my third and I really don't like being pregnant. Sickness, nausea, tiredness, heart burns... It's tough!

I do love the kicks though. And the babies that turn into wonderful humans.

ClareB83 · 21/02/2018 20:15

Being pregnant is not my favourite thing either. Had lots of bleeding in first trimester. Now have really bad carpal tunnel.

I'd lost weight too and find it odd putting that back on and it being 'good', especially knowing with twins I'm going to end up with a massive bump.

I miss antihistamines more than alcohol.

The aches and pains get me down sometimes too, esp when it stops me sleeping.

But feeling the babies move a lot now makes me feel better. And on Friday I'll be 26 weeks when survival rates really go up. So finding small wins along the way.

gryffen · 21/02/2018 20:24

Don't worry lass my gripe with pregnancy is the excess discharge- does my bloody box in.

anotherchangetomyname · 21/02/2018 20:29

Yeah. I feel you! DS was planned and wanted but I wasn't all gooey about it and I was very on the fence about kids. I didn't sing to my bump or rub it all the time etc. I was pretty non-plussed about the whole thing and then didn't like the gaining weight. At about 7/8 months I started to like having a bump as it was really apparent I was pregnant, not just fat!

I absolutely adore DS though!

Flip