Does anyone miss being pregnant? (with apologies to those who still are)

[renaissanceed]

Most days I find it hard to believe that I was just recently pregnant. I felt pretty good and never got that "I'm so very done" feeling I had with DD and now that it's over, I feel like I never had time to really experience the pregnancy.

My baby is two weeks old and it's been a whirlwind of activities over here and it seems like it's always been this way. When I look back on when I was pregnant, it seems so peaceful and relaxing in comparison. Makes me wish I had appreciated it more.

Sigh. Not sure what this is really about. Just feeling melancholy.

[GinaRae]

This time of year seems to suck the time, spirit and more away from everything too! Non-stop go-go-go.

[melissakc]

I felt this way with my first. My labor was so sudden with her that I never had a chance to say goodbye to my pregnancy. I remember sitting on the bed in the hospital after she was born kinda stunned and sad that I wasn't pregnant anymore. You get so occupied by the drama and the demands of labor that I think it can be hard when you realize you're suddenly not pregnant anymore. It's also tough when everyone goes from asking you how you are doing and giving you help out in public to ignoring you completely and only talking about the baby. Last time I was like, HELLO?! I STILL EXIST!

This time I'm not missing being pregnant, but I had a totally different perspective about when it would be over this time. I wasn't counting on 40 weeks and I knew it could be over at any time. But still, I'll probably never be pregnant again and that is sad.

[drnmd1216]

Yep, I miss it like crazy and I had the most miserable uncomfortable pregnancy ever bc of the twins and their sizes. I actually feel like I didn't get to enjoy my pregnancy much at all just bc of all the worry and discomfort I had to deal with the entire 38 weeks. I swore I was done having kids up until their birth, but now the amnesia has hit me again and I miss it like crazy and we have talked about having just one more pregnancy (a nice relaxed singleton pregnancy without all the high risk factors a few years down the road).

[sorteep]

In a weird way I understand... I was uncomfortable a bit in late PG but not a lot... I DO miss feeling him move inside me... esp knowing I will never feel it again (which is a GOOD thing) but still I did treasure the PG moments but I still feel like I did not enough,, does that make sense?? I was also expecting another week at least of PG and went on time so I was not actually mentally prepared to birth.. weird , I know.. ahhh birth does stir up some weird emotions, doesn't it?