What's it like to be pregnant?

Question

what happens while you're pregnant? what was giving birth like?

Answer 1

It's kinda crazy. It still amazes me even after giving birth 3 times.
You gain some weight when your pregnant. You get moody for sure, you'll be crying over telephone commercials, then 2 seconds later laughing at the america's funniest home videos with the tears still streamed down your cheeks. Your hormones are all in a rush most of the time, so no one better 'try' and pi$$ you off. It's heavy at the end and hard to breath since all your organs are pushed up into your upper body. Sleeping is like hell, can't lay on your stomach and laying on your back is like sleeping under a cinderblock on your stomach...always laying on your side and of course the constant pressure on your lower back, plus the unnatural curvature from the baby pushing on your lower spine hurts too. Then you get energy deprivation because your expending energy to grow this little life.Not to mention having to wear the ugliest clothes that always seem to get smaller everytime you wear them. Of course giving birth means the end to that, but it also means the most unspeakable pain. It's like constipation x's infinity. While you try to sh!t out this baby, you can literally FEEL your spine bending the WRONG way because the tail bone is bending OUTWARD to allow the baby out.

Answer 2

I hated being preganant it was uncomfortable and everyone thought it was their right to put their hands on you and pat the baby. Unfortunately I suffered with pubis synthesis problems (where the cartelidge softens in the pelvis too much) so by the end of my second pregnancy i was on crutches. As for giving birth the first time was absoloute hell it hurt and the stinging was hell it literally felt like i would rip in two and that some sadistic sod was pouring a gallon of salt water on the wound. However i did do it again (i must be mad!!!) the second time was much easier and no where near as frightening in fact I was sat on the toilet shouting that this **** wouldnt come out when the midwife came running shouting stop pushing it the baby not a ****. Hope this helps because not everyone does find it a wonderfull experience but I love my children and I am glad I had them even though i hated the preganancy and birth process.

Answer 3

At first I felt tired all the time, which felt like it was for no reason as no-one could see I was pregnant, and the morning sickness was not very nice, but I kind of felt fragile like I should protect my stomach in case the baby got bashed about too much. Then as you get used to it you realise that you are quite able to be normal and its great when you start to show, and the tiredness goes. When you feel the baby move inside its exactly how you would imagine it feeling, but near the end kind of tight and restricting. At the end you just want so bad to see the baby, I think thats why pregnancy last 9 months (you dont care how it will get out you just want it out) it feels like it will never come. Birth is like passing a canonball ! the contractions are like period pains but 1000 times worse, pusing the baby out is more painful but its constructive and you know it will be over soon. Then all is forgotten when you see the baby, (forgotten until you go into labour the next time!) You never feel that amount of emotion with anything else, - its like a saying I heard once - ' You wil always love your children more than they love you' and if you think about it, its true.
my babies
1st =9lb 10oz 2nd =8lb 14oz 3rd =8lb 15oz 4th =7lb 12oz
Just remember women often go on to have more than one

Answer 4

I'm 27 weeks pregnant with my first - so can't comment on the birth bit.

Pregnancy can be HARD. Lots of nausea and sickness, going off all your fave foods, certain smells making you want to heave, tiredness, raging hormones turning you in to a weepy mess or a b1tch from hell, obviously the weight gain and sore boobs.

It can be hard because the general consensus today is that women should just carry on as normal in their pregnancy barring any really awful complications - that they should continue working etc etc and as everyone has things differently in pregnancy you feel under pressure to keep going even when you really feel you need to lie down and rest - and those who have simple pregnancies just make you feel guilty about doing so by going on about how they worked right up till their due date etc!

I've got a bladder infection right now (brought on by pregnancy) which is really nasty and making me feel very ill. There have been times in my pregnancy when I have not felt "pregnant" but just "ill"!!!!

Feeling your baby move is incredible but slightly scary when its your first time as it reminds you that you have a real little person inside you!

The thought of birth is, for me, pretty terrifying. I've read so many accounts of horrible births, and its not just the pain but the other things that can happen in labour - shaking, sweating, vomiting etc (I have a vomit-phobia!) - all in all I'm not reall ylooking forward to my labour, but I'm praying I will get through it realtively OK. I know people who had simply uncomplicated labours with no nasty side effects and some who had a terrible time. It depends on the individual I think and I hope I'll be one of the lucky ones!

Answer 5

When your pregnant, you hvae several large mood swings that can happen in the blink of an eye. You can throw up by just eating several foods, and you have to take pills that give nutrition to your child.

Birth is painful, but joyfull. A lot of blood is involved and many things make you cry. THe baby, it's beautiful, yet ugly. Your body, it's form.

Birth is a blessing. Prengnacy is a blessing (if your over 20!)

Answer 6

It's like a roller-coaster. It has it's ups and downs. The hardest thing is what it does to your body. By the end I was just so huge I had a hard time getting around. My back would constantly ache. But even through all that it totally made it worth while when I would feel him move. When I finally had him I was in labor for 34 hours. Even though it was super long it wasn't bad at all. I just felt like I was having cramps all day at home and when I finally went to the hospital they broke my water gave me the epidural. I didn't feel anymore pain. So not every labor story is horrible. I can honestly say I had a good experience.

Answer 7

I've been through it four times, it's no cup of tea. The pregnancy part is different for all women, nausea, excessive pissing, fatigue, more or less desire in sexual activity, I didn't get fat...but I ate like a horse. The last few months are the most uncomfortable because you can't get comfortable at night to sleep and your feet can swell and your back starts to ache. I worked up to two days before my due date and I stood at work all day. It was fun...
Words cannot describe what giving birth is like, like I said about pregnancy, it's different for every woman at every pregnancy. I had my first three children with little or no drugs, but my last pregnancy I angrily demanded an epidural. It's a beautiful thing. I'm speaking of the epidural. Childbirth is, too.

Answer 8

For me it was like "OK, now you have to get serious about what you eat, money, planning", especially since I knew I was going to be a single mother (my choice-happily!); I was never really sick, but rather had a kind of catharsis where this "baby" was growing, and I couldn't wait; I remember the sonograms, feeling kicks, letting him listen to music ; eating plenty of salads, proteins; my craving was "French" vanilla ice cream; or macaroni and cheese; only drank once (5 beers in 1 day about 6 months into pregnancy); gained 10 pounds in 1 month; they thought I might be having twins or the baby would be a 10-11 pounder (neither was true, 1 boy, 7lbs 8oz), but did need a C-section 1 week prior to schedule (water broke and luckily the day before results came back that my "area" was too narrow and would have had a very difficult birth without the "C"; He was a bit jaundiced, and we were in the hospital for a week, but hey, I learned to breast feed properly (a nurse grabbed my boob and thrust it into his mouth after getting annoyed-thus allowing me to continue feeding this way for about 9 months after), he was normal weight even though 3 weeks early from original due date (Friday the 13th, April, 1988); He just entered College and I still remember it as if it were only yesterday; good memories!

Answer 9

I didn't particularly enjoy being pregnant at the time but looking back it wasn't so bad. It is amazing to feel the baby move and incredible how your body takes over. I had a natural, drug free birth and whilst I wouldn't say it was enjoyable it certainly isn't that bad. It is pain with a purpose, which makes it all worthwhile.

Answer 10

The hardest part was trying to drive my (very small) two seater sports car in the ninth month, and I didn't like the feeling that if I ever fell onto my back I would be stuck there forever, like an overturned tortoise! For me, the birth was fine - very little discomfort, and I found the exercises I'd learned at prenatal classes extremely helpful.