I miss being pregnant!!

[NewMum24]

My DS is now 10weeks.
I miss being pregnant. I know it sounds silly but it makes you remember all them precious times you felt him move and kick and all the scans! I cant wait to get pregnant again ( apart from the Labour!)
To all you pregnant ladies give your bumps a stroke from me! and treasure the next few months ( or how ever long you have left) as it will all be so diferent!

Hello - your post made me smile currently sat at PC with 2 weeks left to go until lo here moaning away to myself in my head about how I hate being preggers. Glad you enjoyed it and I've just given him a little pat!

aww bless!!! not long to go!!!

I know what you mean NewMum24. It is such a great feeling, having them inside you, and I really miss it too, as great as it is to be able to give them real hugs and look at them. I just found it so calming to be pregnant. I have had to really good pregnancies, and hubby is so far saying no to a third . All these excuses about money and what not

Looking after your bumps the easy bit the actual baby is harder lol

I found it quite hard because up until the baby arrives it's really just your's & having to share them with all these people was awful. I just felt everything was so safe whilst DD was in my tummy & I could protect her from anything. Although there were times when I was up for the loo in the middle of the night & had to roll over to get off the fifteen pillows in the bed when I'd gladly have done anything to get her out of there . For those of you doing it for the first time really savour it because it is a lovely time even when you're feeling sick & constipated & knackered. One wee kick makes it all worthwhile.

Oh my god, I think your glasses are a bit rose-tinted newmum and Jbck!!!

Being pg is rubbish and the ONLY reason it is bearable is that you know you will have a lovely baby at the end of it all. Nine months of being knackered, not drinking, not doing any proper exercise, feeling like a beached whale... how on earth is that a lovely time???

I'm 11wks pg with no.2 and cannot WAIT until it is over!!!

I loved being pregnant and really missed it for the first couple of months. Every time I saw a big pregnant belly I looked on with , even though i had my lovely boy. Now starting to get it again and feeling a bit broody !

I felt like you when my baby was about 8 weeks old NewMum24. But it wasn't because I liked being pregnant (I had a difficult, awful pregnancy) it was because that by that age DD had become a very easy baby to look after and I stopped being so tired and put my rose tinted glasses on! DD is now nearly one and still an only child. I expect I will get pregnant again in the next year or so but I am so glad I've had a break in between to give my body a chance to get over the first one and to get to know my lovely daughter.

It's very nice that you feel so positively about it all though.

lol Skidaddle - You sound like me! Pregnancy sucks and the only thing that makes it remotely bearable is the massive payoff the lovely baby at the end of all that misery!!
I'm 36 weeks with number 2 and although I would love a large family I don't think I could cope with feeling this sh*t again. SPD, morning sickness, no alcohol, no runny eggs etc. no nice clothes, no being able to run about after my DD as I'm in too much pain. URGH!!!!

Skidaddle utd with no 2 & still love that feeling of knowing this wee person is inside me & sn't really anyone elses despite the sickness, constant weeing & worrying if everything will be ok. I'm a very non rose-tinted glasses person. You may just be unlucky but for all it's downsides I still loved being pregnant & felt very special.

i loved being pregnant sooo much that i have had 4, i also couldnt imagine never being pregant again!

Just read your post againactually , I'm swimming twice a week, walking a lot, never felt like a beached whale till about 38 weeks first time & even than I only put on 15 pounds my whole pg, I missed pate & peanut butter more than drink. I glowed for a lot of the time despite MS till 6 months, my hair & skin had never looked so good & an existing health condition was better than it had been in years, yup I definitely enjoyed it.

I was told I could not do any exercise last time due to back and hip problems so I was a beached whale. This time I have again been told not to do any exercise, haven't put on much weight but still have a huge bump making doing the simplest thing totally impossible! Some people are lucky and really take to pregnancy, have to say I detest it. All my family joke about how "pregnancy doesn't agree with me" as for the Glow of pregnancy - what a myth IME!!!

I know how you feel newmum24.. I am 32 weeks pg with number 3 and sad that this will be my last as I will never feel a baby kick and move inside me again.. DH keeps laughing at me when I say this.. but he is booked in for the snip later in the year.. #
I love being pg.. even my first which ended inan 8 week stayin hospital to ensure her safe arrival.. every movement made everything worth while and haveing a healthy baby..

I am looking forward to getting my body back though and partying..

I will give bump a stroke from you though..

ah bless you. Im due tomorrow, and I have had a few dreams this week about not having a bump and its been really weird looking down and seeing my feet. Plus of course the small matter of a child that needs looking after, and who, in my dreams of course, I always seem to forget to feed! Im told this is totally normal... well I hope it is.

I have so enjoyed my pregnancy, I can understand where you are coming from. Have just given my enormous bump of joy a little pet from you xxx

NewMum24 - you are not alone
I felt like this, too. With my last pg I found this which summed a few things up.

"The day is almost here. The day I will say goodbye to having you all to myself and the rest of the world will say hello. I want to meet you, to see your tiny face and toes and nose. But sometimes I wish I could keep you to myself forever. There is nothing like the miracle of bringing you into this world. Every day of this pregnancy has been filled with triumphs and fear, an emotional and physical roller coaster that at this moment I am sad to see coming to an end. I can remember the anticipation of the arrival of your older brother. Oh how I could not wait for that pregnancy to end. The day after the delivery, I looked into the mirror and I was hit by an unexpected, overwhelming sadness.
?My? baby was now ?Everyones? baby.
You become used to the two of you as one, it is hard to adjust to being on your own again. I felt lonely. That experience has made me cherish every moment of this pregnancy with you. I wish time could stand still for just a little while so I can engrave this feeling and the beauty of you in my body forever on my mind. I know in a couple of days, I will wake up thinking ?did I feel the baby kick?? and then I will remember that you are no longer there inside me.
Don?t mistake me, I can?t wait to see you, hold you, learn your unique personality, but I am torn with these emotions. We will always share a special bond that only we experienced. The details will fade over time but I will never forget the joy of carrying you."

oh my god thats finished me off. dp is about to get home from work and will think Ive been watching pet rescue again.

Juuule you shouldn't have done that we're all hormonal. Totally sums up how I felt.

Sorry - it is lovely though, isn't it?

juule you made me cry!!

only 11 wks but know its my last and treasuring every moment, thank you for summing up everything ive ever felt about being pregnant/mum.

thank you do you mind i copy and paste it.

Hope you're not too upset. Feel free to copy - I copied it off somewhere on the net, too

Juuule, that even made cynical me who hates pregnancy well up

Jbck - lucky you with your glowing hair . I also swam and walked regularly through my last pg but the thing that really gets me is that you can't do any strenuous exercise - I have already given up football which I love, will have to stop doing sit ups/weights next week, and know I won't be able to cycle or run past 6 months or so... I know it is only a short time and OF COURSE it is COMPLETELY worth it but I just find it soo frustrating!

Much better to take your positive attitude though I agree

That's quite a sweet quote but I think any bond between you and your baby in pregnancy is definitely one-way - how can your baby have any concept of your existence, beyond the walls of the uterus that surround her/him?

I liked being pregnant but I don't miss it. I'm delighted to be able to see and hold my baby, and get to know her as a little individual, rather than as a bundle of kicks and wriggles. She was very quiet a lot of the time in utero too - now I find it much more reassuring to be able to see for myself she's OK when she's sleeping and I haven't heard her sighing and snuffling for a while!

Also I hated the extra attention that being pregnant brought me - the comments on my body, the way that people talked to me, as if pregnancy had made me drop 50 IQ points.

I do agree that pregnancy is definitely the easy part though! So do enjoy it while you can in that respect at least - lazy afternoons, leisurely bubble baths, early nights and long lie-ins.