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Easy pregnancy all the way through

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Jaydemeehan33 · 12/02/2020 20:45

Hello ladies, I'm 31 weeks pregnant on Friday and I literally have had such a nice and amazing pregnancy.. I only had one week at the very start of my pregnancy when I was sick, I've literally had nothing else no more sickness, heartburn, stretch marks normal skin (although it's quite dry due to being a bit low in iron) is this normal or am I just being silly because I expected pregnancy to be so much harder? Has anyone else had easy pregnancies with perfect babies and it's just a dream pregnancy? 🤩🤩

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Lindor2828 · 12/02/2020 20:59

There's still plenty of time for it to get more difficult!

But if not then great, plenty of women have "easy" pregnancies, maybe you're just very lucky Smile

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Jaydemeehan33 · 12/02/2020 21:08

Haha that is very true.. I could be speaking to soon 😅

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cookielove · 12/02/2020 21:09

I have heard easy pregnancies means not so easy babies Grin 😂

wonderstuff · 12/02/2020 21:11

Sounds lovely. I met a woman when dd was tiny who'd had an amazing pregnancy, amazing birth and had a baby who slept. I'm sure it happens.

Aimzxo · 12/02/2020 21:11

I had an easy pregnancy, no sickness or anything like that, just struggled from 35 weeks onwards with sleeping and getting about as my bump was so big and I now have a very happy content baby girl xx

GoneFishingAgain · 12/02/2020 21:13

I had easy pregnancies, loooong (48+ Hr), difficult labours and varying degrees of work babies - from sleeping through at 6 wks (breastfed) baby to hellish reflux, non sleeping baby. Everyone is different and every pregnancy, birth and baby is different.

b0nnieN · 12/02/2020 21:16

My first pregnancy was amazing, no morning sickness, hardly tired that I was still out and shopping on my due date. Felt generally very good! Had an awful delivery; 40 hours in labour. The pain and complications 😫 then 6 months later I needed further surgery because I didn't heal properly from the delivery. However son is an angel; no issues with breastfeeding, slept well, weaning on solids was easy, potty trained within 3 days... I hope my 2nd is half as easy.

So there's definitely high and lows 😂

Lunafortheloveogod · 12/02/2020 21:16

Remember don’t get too gloaty.. you’ve still to get the little fucker out Grin.

My granny also follows the easy pregnancy hard baby logic... maybe that was to cheer me up while I had hg n spd with ds.

pumpkinpie01 · 12/02/2020 21:33

I had a very easy pregnancy with my 4th never tired , only vaguely sick for 12 weeks, skin was glowing , loads of energy. I remember helping out at a catering event 3 weeks before I had him on my feet solid for 6 hours dashing about absolutely fine. I kept thinking I can't have easy pregnancy, easy birth and placid baby I can't be that lucky ! And sure enough although I only had a 4 hour labour quite a few things went wrong that really wouldn't be expected for a 4th baby. So enjoy the pregnancy and fingers crossed as you never know ! Hopefully you will get all 3 thou 😀

Megan2018 · 12/02/2020 21:35

Easy pregnancy, easy birth here- and I was 41 😊

WhenTwoBecomeThree · 12/02/2020 21:36

I had a pretty easy pregnancy except having the worst heartburn so could hardly eat anything, but then I had a really quick labour and I went in to shock a bit with the amount of pain so quickly, but my baby is quite placid and relatively easy (and a very good sleeper at 2 months!)

MamaMama20 · 12/02/2020 21:53

I had an easy pregnancy all the way through, except the odd bit of heartburn in last few works which wasn't even worth complaining about.
Cant really comment on the birth side of it as I had a planned c section - (even that was ok, as is the recovery). Only had DS 3 weeks ago and already miss being pregnant! Enjoy your last few weeks

Sunshine1235 · 12/02/2020 21:55

I had a very easy first pregnancy, on my third now and it’s definitely much harder this time around

HerculesMulligan · 12/02/2020 21:58

I have horrendous pregnancies but both of my DC slept through from 6 weeks, so I'm happy with that karma.

undomesticgodde55 · 12/02/2020 22:00

I literally hate you right now as I’m coming towards the end of my second trimester waiting for the “glowing” to start Angry just kidding I don’t hate you but I’m very jealous sigh

blueshoes · 12/02/2020 22:06

I had 2 very easy pregnancies throughout. I would not know I was pregnant apart from the growing abdomen and baby movements.

They were both horrendous babies: could not be put down, did not sleep for years, cried a lot.

Melaniesunflower · 12/02/2020 22:09

I had an easy pregnancy, no sickness, stretch marks, just tiredness. Not so straight forward labour, but now have the most laid back 14 month old, who has always been a joy to be with....

PrincessHoneysuckle · 12/02/2020 22:14

I didn't get stretch marks until 37 weeks Grin

OccasionalNachos · 12/02/2020 22:17

I had a very easy pregnancy. MN and a lot of online forums will always attract horror stories that skew the average experience. Congratulations & enjoy being OK!

onetwothreeadventure · 12/02/2020 22:31

I had a really easy pregnancy on my first, I was only tired at the start and end, everything was textbook. Lots of my friends had straightforward pregnancies too. It definitely happens!

Firstimemam · 12/02/2020 22:32

Mine was easy, it got hard from about week 36 - you still got some time to go! Update us when you're 40 weeks pregnant 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Jaydemeehan33 · 12/02/2020 22:37

Love these replies 🥺🥺 thanks so much ladies I could literally read these replies all day 🤩🥰 so crazy how different every pregnancy, labor and baby is lol hopefully everything will remain good for me! (fingers crossed)

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oldfashionedtastingtea · 12/02/2020 22:37

One of my friends had 3 easy pregnancies and 3 easy home births without anything stronger than paracetamol.

She hardly ever talks about it because it's hard to chip in when someone is talking about a difficult pregnancy or birth. There must be more people like her but listening to someone saying that everything went fine isn't memorable I guess. A gyneacologist once told me that most women cope well with pregnancy and birth. We just don't talk about it as much as the traumatic stuff.

BettyMacDonald · 12/02/2020 22:40

I’ve had 3.

First two I barely knew I was pregnant apart from getting a bit uncomfortable towards the end (37 weeks +). Straightforward births, first in hospital, second a home water birth. Pretty easy babies too. No reflux etc.

Then I had my third............

Difficult pregnancy. Awkward birth. Took about 6 months to get to 4cm then he decided he would get born and I went from 4cm to baby and placenta in just over an hour. (Also at home. Second MW didn’t make it in time). Velcro baby lived in a sling for 6 months. My back still hasn’t recovered. He’s 4 now. Still awkward as fuck but bloody adorable.

Congratulations OP. Wishing you a lovely calm and straightforward birth and a super chilled baby!

Lucylivesinamushroomhouse · 12/02/2020 22:40

First pregnancy was a dream, after feeling a bit tired and sick in first trimester I sailed through it, was parkrunning past my due date and performing in musicals at 34 weeks, straightforward birth too. The newborn phase was a complete shock as it was soooooo hard.

Now have 3 kiddos. Every pregnancy was harder, but every birth has been easier 🤷‍♀️

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