What Do You LOVE About Being Pregnant?

[lisamarie]

I know there are so many not so fun things that occur during pregnancy~between the yucky glucose tests to insomnia.

But.......there are so many amazing and WONDERFUL things, so what are your favorites???

Probably my #1 fav. is hearing her heartheat:heartbeat. That is the most joyous sound that I never get tired of.

And of course feeling her move and feeling little baby toes through my belly.:baby

There are so many others, but now its your turn~

Lisa:grouphug

[TreeLove]

feeling the first "butterflies" and knowing him (or her) before anyone else

sitting in the sun in the springshine, with my belly uncovered

[chellemarie]

Um, I know everybody's probably going to say the movement and the miracle of it all and watching your belly grow and feeling so full of life and stuff like that...

But for me, it's the sex. I don't mean finding out baby's gender, either.

Why can't sex be that incredible when I'm not pregnant? Are there drugs I can take to make it that incredible? I'm really bummed that this is my last pregnancy (and that I'm in the last few days of it) because this is it...no more mind-blowing preggo sex for me. :crying

[XM]

I definitely LOVE feeling my baby move inside me. There is just nothing else in the world that comes anything close... and when Mike and the baby 'play' together it is too sweet (although I get pushed and poked quite a bit...).

XM

[wwhippetcrazy]

I agree with the movement of the baby and I love what you said TreeLove...knowing the baby before anyone else...that is soo special.

I love the way Evelyn get's excited when my belly is hanging out...she yells BABY and runs over and gives my belly a kiss...very sweet.

I just feel healthier too when pg...and "I feel Like a Women" :p
(we need a music note smily :) )

Jen

[dotcommama]

I second the vote for feeling womanly - I love the big belly and motherly curves.

Ok and the sex isn't bad either :wink

[mamarsupial]

so many good answers!

* movement: i also LOVED watching my belly and having it appear as thought i'd eaten an amusement park ride for dinner.

* fighting with dh about baby names: we've already started with #2, and we laugh so hard we cry. "how about sandor?" "what, like BELT sander? what are you going to call his sister, drill bit? why not something normal like bernard?" hee hee hee :p

+ pampering myself: just blended up two special, yummy pregnancy teas for myself. made myself a belly oil after splurging on some heavenly essential oils. our whole house already smells of pregnancy - rose otto and jasmine. mmmm. dd is constantly asking to smell them "nose, nose! happy nose!"

+ sense of self and of connection: sending so much energy inward, and having an excuse to do so, yet still feeling connected so many other women, my mother, my grandmothers, etc.

+ oh yea the sex: dh was a little dissappointed that we were pg the first month of not not trying...so we missed out on the months of trying like we had with dd. then i reminded him about pg sex and he perked right up (no, not like THAT! hee hee).

[galadriel]

EVERYTHING!!!!! (So far... it's been 33 weeks of joy!) I very occasionally get a sore ligament or some mild heartburn-- but if I wasn't pregnant I'd be pulling muscles gardening or spraining my ankle playing basketball, so it all works out!!

I've never felt so useful or so close to the pulse of the universe.

[jessikate]

Originally posted by mamarsupial


* movement: i also LOVED watching my belly and having it appear as thought i'd eaten an amusement park ride for dinner.



I just have to say I found this hilarious, and appropriate to my situation, too! :LOL

But what else do I love about being pregnant? The idea that my body is growing this new human without any instruction or outside help (medical visits excluded). It just awes me that something weighing 8-9# is going to come out of me soon.

Of course, the cynical part of me says that what I love about being pregnant is not having to change litterboxes.

Happy happy,
JK

[SpiralWoman]

what I am loving @ the moment is my husband's super helpfulness! It is hard to describe, but it is just a change in his attitude & his expressiveness. I really like that we are getting closer & closer- after being together for 10 years, I didn't expect this! He is being so sweet & thoughtful, it is very touching. Or maybe I am just noticing him more bcz I am more emotional, I don't know.
blessings, Maria

[velveeta]

Yay! Maria!

My DH is so helpful, too. And very attentive! :D I love feeling like a really, really pretty lady. I am not kidding -- I finally feel confident about my wider than average hips. They are *perfect* for being pregnant!

I am looking forward to feeling better, digestively speaking. But, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how I look, and I love feeling my little person right there with me.

I love talking to my person, and telling him (her?) all about how he got to be in there. Before this baby, I had a whole story that I always used to tell my dogs (still do) about how they came to be my dogs. It begins with God thinking and thinking and then deciding that he is really going to make the cutest and sweetest dog possible. Then God has to decide where the dog should live (and that is with me!). And then God decides to wait a whole year to make another cute dog (this time a girl), but he is too excited and can't wait, so 10 months later, my girl Ginger is born!

And then God sees that we have so much love, we need to add my DH. And then the love between me an DH is so big that it calls out to this baby to come and join us, and... here we are. :love

My dogs *love* hearing this story, and I think the baby will, too. I like telling it!

:love
Jean

p.s. I gave you the abridged version. The real story is lots longer and funner!

[SpiralWoman]

hey JVZ - you are too cute! Does anyone call you Jeanie-Bean? At this time, I think it is irresistiblty cute but I think that the hormones are making me a pretty bad judge of what's appropriate!:D
Off topic- but what are you planning to do with the dogs during your home birth? We have a 100 lb lab who is the most gentle of big gentle loveable dogs, but we're just not sure if we want him in the house during, just not sure what to expect from him or us, KWIM? We have some people who adore him & he loves staying @ their house with their lab, so putting him there 1-2-3 days wouldn't be a problem. Just wondered if you had thought of it.
Sorry off topic, probably should have pm'd u- feel free to reply on the may mamas thread. -Maria

[Megieblue]

Gosh! Am I the only one? I really don't like anything about being pregnant - except the outcome! I LOVE my babies!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM! But really don't like anything about pregnancy.

[mamabeard]

well, for me.. even tho i feel sorta guilty for having them.. the two ultrasound that i've had really wowed me.. so incredibly amazing to see this tiny little baby, with its little legs, big eyes, sweet little hands, swimming around inside me! inside my body! made it so much more real and amazing for me..

the psychic connection is cool too (starts moving around when i get nervous cuz i haven't felt hir move for a while, or when i start talking about hir to someone..)

..and sending love and humming little songs, knowing sHe probly hears me and feels me..

..daydreaming about meeting hir..

:heartbeat

[fourlittlebirds]

I get that "pregnancy glow". I feel very in tune with nature, intuitive, sensual, sexual. Feeling and watching the baby move is really fun. Probably most of all I love being able to be proud of having a big belly, rather than embarrassed, like usual. :p

[StarMama]

Knowing the baby... seeing him on the ultrasound... especially the 3d one! Feeling him move inside of me, having the special attention from my Dh cuz he's giving me AND the baby attention :D

[mamaley]

I love:
checking out my growing belly in the mirror, and showing it off. :)

how my son comes up and says "belly!" and then hugs and kisses it. And how he pinches at my belly button and says "pullll baby" (that's how he thinks it comes out)

When my dh talks to the baby and tells me he can't wait for me to get bigger.

Feeling those movements!

Looking curvy and feeling womanly

Feeling ecstatic without warning (although the opposite happens too)

Talking baby names with people, especially dh.

[Viola]

I haven't answered this because I don't really have anything other than I really enjoy being pregnant. I don't have the ecstatic feelings that I had with my first pregnancy, but I'm generally positive and I have that "I am woman hear me roar, I carry life inside me" type of feeling.

And I have a greater sex drive.

Oh, I just thought of something else: normally I walk around holding in my stomach, but when I put on maternity tops, I just relax the ab muscles and let it hang out. Awww, what fun. But then I decided maybe I'm relaxing too early as the time will come when I have no choice, so I'm still trying to use a little holding in.

[onediaperinmama]

megieblue... I'm with you for the most part. I puked all the way through my last one & experienced very low energy, fatigue, zero appetite, and NO sex drive whatsoever! Here's hopin' this one is better!!

I do like the attention I get... but boy was I miserable. My right leg fell asleep wherever I walked, couldn't sleep, peed all the time... lol... and I'm excited to do it again?!

I like feeling the baby move & I love it when they're finally here!

[miranda]

I also really enjoy feeling the baby move and LOVE it when my dh or dd spend a while watching and feeling the movement. I also feel really lucky that my dh thinks that I'm about ten times sexier when I'm pregnant than when I'm not ( not that I'm always in the mood, but it makes me feel really beautiful )

[mamapenelope]

:D :love :D :love :D :love :D :love :D :love :D :love

Oooh, I love so many things about being pregnant!!!

:thumb I love feeling my belly get rounder, and waiting, waiting, in these weeks (12-18) for that movement...I feel it every day, but I still have to be laying down or really concentrating. (I'm almost 15 weeks now).

:thumb I love the connection I have with my girlies, the lessons I teach them about childbearing and what great, hard work it is, what a serious undertaking, what joy. I am so proud to hear them express so much awe, and so much knowledge, of pregnancy and birth and mothering.

:thumb Dreams! Technicolor dreams, all the way. I just wish I knew how to make them all *positive* dreams. The good ones are sooooo good. Am I the only one who has orgasmic dreams while pregnant? Dang, I wish I could put those dreams on order when DP is on shift, LOL! :couple

:thumb The sex, YES. Wooohoooo for pregnant sex. Woohooo for a partner who helps me feel sooooo goddess-like and curvy and gorgeous and loved. Damn, I love that man. :love

:thumb Thinking about baby names! I'm a baby name fanatic and we're tossing new ones out every day. :D

:thumb Waiting, waiting to find out what this little person is all about...hair, or no hair? Chubby, or skinny? Long, or short? Wrinkled or smooth, red birthmarks (all of my babies have them) or no birthmarks? Boy, or girl? Waiting!!! (No peeking here!)

:thumb I do love hearing that HB, and I"m going to miss it this time. We heard it once ourselves and let the midwife find it once...and that's it. no more doppler, no U/S for us. I have to admit, there's a part of me that's going crazy :nut not knowing if this is a boy or a girl! But the surprise was so amazingly special w/ my first DD...I don't want to know, really.

:thumb Waiting to tandem nurse w/ my ds and this new soul. I know it will help ds transition more smoothly. I am so happy we made this decision and managed to get through the "OUCH!" months.

:thumb Going through tiny baby clothes, diapers, shoes...folding them, holding them, washing them, thinking of who will wear them. Being given so many gorgeous and loved things by my other Mama friends and feeling so connected.

:thumb Anticipating birth! I love labor, and I love having babies!

:blah Doh! There I go again! :blah

love, mamapenelope

[applejuice]

I loved every moment of being pregnant!

I :love feel that it is a special time in my life that "is " and never will be again.

the child is special ...the pregnancy is special.... There is a kraonos of all of it that just make it so very special in our Universe of time and space.:thumb .

There is just nothing like pregnancy.

Men simply do not understand and never will.

That is why they need to stay out of OB. Pregnancy and birth are simply too special and joyous to be put in an operating room and sent a bill for services rendered$$

I am sad that I had only four.

[Summer]

I think it's kind of funny that most of the posts in this thread were written by first time moms. :love

I know that I wrote long, beautiful letters and journal entries about being pregnant when I was expecting our first. This time I'm a lot less enamored of the situation. I'm less comfortable and more impatient, but I think that's the way it goes for second and subsequent pregnancies.

But... I do like the way I look pregnant. I like the extra attention from people in public. I like feeling the baby and having that secret, special relationship all too myself. :)

I'm eager for the baby to hurry up and get here, though. :)

Sometimes I wonder if my first son took his own sweet time in arriving because I was just so thrilled to be pregnant that I didn't want to "let go". He was 2 weeks late and induced.

[familykiss]

Summer

I agree with what you said as well. This is my second pregnancy and while I have savoured baby's little kicks and celebrated my body, I am very eager for baby to arrive. My thought is that you already know the kind of fanatical love for your child and want the new one to come asap so that you can set your eyes on the next little person that is going to steal your heart.

Aaaahhhhh, nuthin' like being a Momma!!!

[mamapenelope]

How funny!

This is my fourth pregnancy and I am so much *more* in awe, I think, more in love with the process. I agree with everything applejuice said...there is something precious, fleeting, and so very unique about each tiny moment in each pregnancy.

It's so glorious. I adore being pregnant even more now than I did eleven years ago when our daughter began her journey to this life.

:thumb

love, mamapenelope

[Viola]

Am I the only one who has orgasmic dreams while pregnant?

I have them when I'm not pregnant. I've only had 1 or 2 during this pregnancy, even though I've had a lot of sex dreams. Although when I wasn't pregnant, I had a few orgasmic dreams that were just kind of generic dreams, nothing to do about sex. Maybe I'm just weird. :)

[mamapenelope]

(quoting Amy)
I have them when I'm not pregnant. I've only had 1 or 2 during this pregnancy, even though I've had a lot of sex dreams. Although when I wasn't pregnant, I had a few orgasmic dreams that were just kind of generic dreams, nothing to do about sex. Maybe I'm just weird.
(unquote)

Dang, girl! Maybe you're just LUCKY!!!! (I always worry, because of the level of *reality* of the dreams, that I've been thrashing and rolling, or moaning, or what-have-you, while the kids can hear me! Hasn't happened yet, and let's hope it doesn't! Both my girls are big sleeptalkers, so I worry they inherited that from me. :p )

love, mamapenelope (feeling the little bean moving as I type...awwwwww, so amazing!)

[applejuice]

My DH is ill, and we are getting everything in order.

We cleaned the garage, and DH and I found a huge box of baby clothes and another huge box of toys. What memories!

DH wanted to throw it all out. He may as well have told me to cut my arms off!

I pretended to throw it all out, but it is at a friend's home until I can get it back. (Unless they throw it out also.)

Time and age have made sure I cannot have more children. I would love to save and give these to my grown children for my grandchildren. I have given away many things over the years, but I have saved some things.

Pregnancy is truly the most powerful condition a woman can have. Inviting and nurturing a new life into the world is such a strong position that I cannot understand why many intelligent women choose a career over a child.

[LambQueen]

It's already been stated above, but I love feeling the baby move. That fluttery butterfly feeling that comes and goes.