What are you missing most.....

[Mimi1977]

Heavens anyone would rather be in any other position but ours and being pregnant is (for most) great (exluding the piles, the heartburn, constantly getting up for a wee...!) but is there anything you do miss but need to avoid? For some reason I seem to want the stuff I can't have more when I'm pregnant. My top three are:

*Soft Boiled Eggs
*Hot Baths
*Wine!

Only about 9 weeks so know I'll soon be adding sleeping on my tummy to the list!

not being an insomniac
not having to wear one of the same 5 tops everyday
white wine on a Friday night
not having to be a contortionist to shave down below

I have brie baguette for breakfast and sushi for lunch so I suppose on that front I am a bad mummy to be

When #2 comes out I think I will miss being able to focus all my energy on keeping ds happy

I totally miss my clothes. I had hundreds of lovely pieces of clothing before & now I'm restricted to the same few tops every other day & 4 pairs of pants/maternity jeans.

How disappointing maternity jeans are.
I know they're meant to accomodate my bump but they're all uncomfortable, unshapely, unflattering on the legs & mumsy. And terrible shades of navy/royal blue!

I'm told it'll be a while before I can squish myself into my pre-pregnancy clothes.

I'm only 23 & oh how I miss my skin tight, bleach denim, torn knee jeans & heels!

Oh, and I miss my bikini area being groomed. I had an internal & took my mum along as we were going for lunch after & when she saw the state of me down there she said, "blimey beth, you're smuggling Don King in your pants!" I just can't be bothered!

ditto on all fronts littlebeth (every pun intended!). i miss being able to see my fanny in order to groom it! i also find waxing hurts more in pregnancy weirdly, so might have give the immac a go - would be nice to be hair-free for this birth i think!

also ditto on the clothes thing - all my nice stuff is in big storage bags under the bed, while the wardrobe is 'filled' with the same 3 pairs of maternity trousers, and same 5 tops.

i also miss being able to sit down without planning how to do it first.

ho hum, 35 weeks today, can see light at the end of the tunnel

Wine
champagne
strong vodka martinis with olives.
repeat.

sigh.

Frankly, I have ignored almost every piece of advice, as when I started researching things further there was no consensus and things were so conflicted and I got told different things by different midwives and I got sick of it all. I do not have mouldy cheese, do not have pate and have drastically limited alcohol (i have a shot glass size of white wine evey Wednesday and Sunday.DH thinks I am paranoid... i am!). I never ever drink a drop in public though, not since I went to have a sip of wine at a party at New Year's and got it smacked so hard out of my hand by another guest that the bloody glass broke. Prawn and mayonnaise sandwiches were a craving for most of the second trimester. Last weekend we went to a very boozy bbq (have you noticed how boring it is when everyone but you is tipsy?) and I refused even a sip of DH's beer. A male friend said 'oh you are not having anything at all?' i said I was not and he said - as he Guzzled His Umpteenth Glass 'Oh well, 9 months is not very long is it?' I could have punched him.

my baby is 3 months old now, but do remember. i also was a bad mummy to be, but what i missed most was people's boundaries. some touch your tummy and ask personal things; others will helpfully point out everything you're doing wrong. women who had not had children in 30 years ruined my tea break when i was trying to have a coffee

Having a social life..........
I have turned into a miserable old cow who hates being in the company of anyone having a few drinks and letting their hair down because I can't.
I hate talking to people who are drinking because you are not on the same page, so whats the point.
I am usually the life and soul but can't stand going out anymore.
Restaurants are just full of food I can't eat and drinks I can't have......so again why bother.

rant over.....

Good news for ladies avoiding sushi, prawns and other shellfish/mussels! They are all ok to eat while pregnant, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (with a few provisos).

Check out www.eatwell.gov.uk/asksam/agesandstages/pregnancy/#A219865

Hope this cheers a few of you up!

Rowing on the river in the sunshine (tummy too big)
Wine
Blue cheese
Tummy sleeping
Hot baths

I eat rare steak. Don't like runny eggs but I still eat the left over cake mixture - just make sure I get British eggs. For me, the tiny risk is outweighed by the de-stressing effect if I only do it occasionally. Ditto a tiny glass of Baileys once in a while!

I miss licking the mixing bowl (raw egg) - forgot this morning and had 2 seconds of finger-licking bliss before swearing and scaring the decorator!

sorry cross post Bongo

Tea. Hot drinks make me feel sick.

Sushi
rare steak
pate
salami
parma ham
blue cheese

I am ignoring the egg thing (except when in a restaurant). Salmonella is rare and I understand that it doesnt cross the placenta (unlike listeriosis) so it just makes you vomit. No change there then

Also - can anyone tell me - can you eat runny cheese which is pasteurised? You can get taleggio (my favourite cheese) from Waitrose pasteurised and also camembert and brie etc. I have read conflicting views about it. I did tuck into some pasteurised taleggio a few weeks ago but the guilt wasnt worth it. I want a guilt free noshing session!

Weirdly not missing alcohol at all. And I am normally a booze hound (as my hubby so politely calls me)

Just got the BFP for Number 2 but I've had 3 MC's so not counting my chickens - vacinated or not- for a while yet. Just dropped in to remind myself of what I hope to be happily missing in the months to come.

When I had DD I got Gestational diabeties at 20 weeks, oh how I missed
chocolate
cakes
biscuits
fruit in large amounts.

I'm scoffing sneaky dairy milk now until someone tells me I can't anymore!

What do they say - absense makes the heart grow fonder. My sister brought me a huge box of Thorntons Continentals into hospital after I had DD. I tell you chocolate never tasted so good

I would kill for a Pimms and Lemonade in the back garden now that the weather is getting warmer.
Oh well, only 10 weeks to go.

Myself - I miss myself...only 7 weeks to go, but I really miss the fun person I used to be before I was all consumed with pregnancy and tiredness (and when I could have a beer or two!!)
Oh and festivals - summer is approaching and this is the 1st year I haven't been to a festival in about 8 years!!!

Totally right about the tea. I still have 2 cups a day but it doesn't taste nearly as good. On the weekends I don't drink it at all. And I used to drink 5 cups a day minimum.

I miss being able to run for as long as I want and I miss doing stomach crunches.

I must admit, I am still eating sushi from the one place where I am confident it is nice and fresh. I do feel guilty when I do though. I thought I read it was ok as long as the fish was frozen before hand.

What I miss the most?
Not throwing up EVERYTHING I eat.
Having enough energy to function.

The rest is pretty inconsequential by comparison.

Agree with missing yourself. I definitely missed the normal me

there's nothing wrong with having a warm/hot bath. not sure why there's scaremongering on this thread over this. As long as you're not scolding yourself it's pretty safe to have a bath during pregnancy!

Pate, salami, and all the wonderful soft/moulded cheeses...... (sigh)

I'm desperately missing going for a run, sleeping on my tummy and being able to rub cream into my feel.
Only 2 days to go though!

Chicken liver pate is my big one, and that second glass of wine (I've had the odd first small glass since 12 weeks).

I still eat runny eggs, I looked up the chances of getting salmonella in the UK, given all the chickens are vaccinated - they're miniscule and then only that there may be a trace on the shell. So I wash my hands after handling them, then enjoy a nice fried egg!

Cold beer
Walking faster than the local pensioners
Pate
Really could murder a beer...

Fitting into my clothes!