Feeling Like An Oddball... Posted: 07-06-07 13:33pm
everyone keeps saying to me that i must be
so glad that i'm not going to be pregnant
anymore soon and that i must be so
impatient to get the baby out and i'm not
even 40 weeks yet. all the women i talk
to say they hated being pregnant and
couldn't wait to get the baby out. i keep
hearing the phrase "9 months of hell" and
i can't really relate. i'm just feeling
like an oddball because i don't mind being
pregnant at all. in fact, i think i'm
going to miss it when i'm not anymore.
don't get me wrong, i can't wait to have
my little baby, but i don't mind waiting
until he or she is ready to come out.
maybe this will change when i get closer
to (and maybe beyond) 40 weeks. i'm sure
some of you are rolling your eyes and
thinking "oh just you wait" lol. but i
almost feel bad for not feeling bad, you
know? maybe part of it is that i'm a
little bit scared of being a mom and
having to share my baby with the world.
it's so much easier sheltering and
protecting your baby when they are all
safe in your tummy i guess. or maybe i've
just waited so long for this to happen and
i'm so happy that it's happening with the
love of my life that i want to savour
every single second of it. i dunno.
i just needed to share that with anyone.
i'm a little hormonal i guess and feeling
all sentimental. i just know that it's
all going to go by so fast and before i
know it my little one will be all grown up
and i won't be the most important person
in their life like i am now. i'm sure
others must feel kinda similar, otherwise
we wouldn't ever get pregnant again i
suppose.
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oh_mommy
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Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 3683 Location: vancouver island, bc canada
Posted: 07-06-07 13:34pm
i didnt mind my pregnancy till i was 40
weeks, then i was just so uncomphy i just
wanted to meet my little guy
I feel the same way as you. For my first
two pregnancies I absolutely loved being
pregnant. Sure there were some discomforts
but there is nothing like feeling your
little one move and grow inside your
tummy. I thought my second pregnancy was
going to be my last so I really tried to
take it all in and really try to remember
what it felt like to be pregnant because I
knew how fast I forgot with my first one.
It was really sad for me because I kept
thinking this is the last time that I will
ever be pregnant, and I will never have
this feeling again. Well SURPRISE I got
pregnant again!! Now I am 17 wks and all I
keep thinking again is that this will
definitely be the last time that I will be
pregnant. I really do love being pregnant.
I feel bad for the women who have really
tough pregnancies because to me there is
nothing better than being with child.
Don't get me wrong near the end I do look
forward to it being over but only because
I am excited to meet my baby not because
of the pregnancy. My mom always tells me
that I would have 20 kids if I could, but
my dh would never go for that. He is
getting fixed right after this one is here
So needless to say I was very sentimental
during my second pregnancy because I
thought that that was it for me and now I
am all sentimental again for this
pregnancy because there are no ifs ands or
buts about it this is really it for me
this time. For each week that my pregnancy
progresses I keep saying to myself ''I
will never be this many weeks pregnant
again''. I'm really sad about it but I
know that I should count myself lucky
being able to conceive three times and go
on to have great pregnancies and healthy
children. Some women never experience it
and I feel for them terribly.
Anyways just wanted to tell you that your
not alone. There are many women who just
love everything about being pregnant.
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kaerbear
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Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 1557 Location: ,
Posted: 07-06-07 18:45pm
thanks so much. i feel better now. i was
just thinking about it and i guess i'm
pretty lucky in that i've been off work
and i don't have other kids to take care
of so i can just take care of me and baby.
it must be harder when you have all of
that to deal with. i had a scare in the
middle of my pregnancy and i'm sure that
has affected my attitude towards it as
well. i just know that you can't count on
life going according to your plans and for
all i know this could be my last pregnancy
as well. i hope it isn't but you just
never know. i just feel really happy and
content with my situation and i don't want
to take it for granted when i know there
are probably others who are not having
such an easy time of it. i just talked to
an old friend of mine who told me that her
husband just left her with three little
girls to take care of so he could go find
himself. you just never know what life is
gonna throw at you so you have to really
appreciate the good times. ya know?
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AyaMiyaki
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Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 7982 Location: Floating on a cloud, United States
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Posted: 07-06-07 18:47pm
There are a few girls on here that have
enjoyed their pregnancies right to the
end. Our lovely .beckster is one of them!
Unfortunately I didn't enjoy mine, and am
not really looking forward to getting
pregnant again. I wish I had your take on
pregnancy! I definitely envy you!
i wish i enjoyed mine as much as you seem
to be! i was too busy feeling sorry for
myself through all the puking, and the
million other horrible things i don't even
want to write out or remember right now.
i always loved the little movements
though, i really miss those kicks! even
though i was excited for my little girl to
come, i did spend the last day before
being induced crying, looking through
pictures, and mourning the phase of my
life i was leaving behind. not because i
wasn't excited for her to come, but i
really understood that an era of my life
was completely over, forever, and i wasn't
ready. that is probably just because i
was 17 when she born though. in a way i
wanted to prolong the transition into
motherhood for as long as i could, so i
understand how you feel... but only a
little bit.
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sick_mama17
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 960 Location: , England
Posted: 07-07-07 00:33am
I loved my pregnancy. It was a really
stressful time with all this other stuff
going on, but I enjoyed being pregnant.
It was only near the end where I got fed
up having to go pee 10 times in the night.
Oh and I had really bad stretchmarks that
were incredibly itchy and sore. It looked
like the skin was going to tear
open...seriously.
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