How would you describe the feeling of being pregnant?

gradchica27

Fuzzipeg wrote: »

In a labour where a baby is laying back to back with the mothers own back "the labour tends to be more protracted and can prompt a c-section". Midder texts.

I for one agree its a nightmare, i even had the attending obstratician appologise for all I went through. He had not realised the size of my baby this was in the years before scans and things.

How can someone disgaree with another womans experience of pregnancy?

Yep. This was first baby. 24 hrs of labor, epidural made me lose ability to move my legs but did not numb a dang thing. My mom said she didn’t know humans could make the sounds coming out of my mouth. Amazing I went on to have 3 more kids. And 2nd baby was not the 8 pounder estimated, but 11 lbs. 11 lbs of giant baby with shoulder dystocia and an epidural only turned to 50% bc I waited until I was 10 cm to get it. A miracle I even thought of having #s 3&4.

But pregnancy in general was not horrible for me.

1st trimester: hate smell of coffee. Exhausted. No amount of sleep is enough. Hungry. Freak desire for iceberg lettuce and blue cheese dressing. And crushed ice. Every time.

2nd trimester: back to normal, just feeling pudgy, then enjoying little belly. Maybe a bit tired and some heartburn.

3rd trimester: when will it end?!? Hips hurt all the time, can’t sleep on any side, raging heartburn and gallbladder pain.

mengqiz86

I’m in my first trimester (8 weeks) and not feeling much of anything except some mild fatigue which I mostly just dismiss as me being lazy I am working out as usual - my runs felt sluggish but my pace hasn’t slowed. Just did an hour of rigorous tennis with the husband.. always so much more energized after a workout!