Ok ladies... a question....

[khashka]

Have you ever been pregnant? What was it like? Did you love it or hate it or what?

Khash.

[Sugar Smack]

1. Noooo, no, no, and no.

:hi:

[Mutley]

2. Noooo.

:hi:

[Sugar Smack]

3. Wanna hang out?

:hi:

[supernova]

6. Can we make it three?

:hi:

Never been preggers, either.

[Mutley]

23. Sure.

:D :hi:

[NMMNG]

4. No

I decided when I was a teenager I did not want to ever be pregnant and I've stuck to that ever since. When I was around 16 I proclaimed I wanted a hysterectomy because I had such horrific cramps every month(I always have, and in fact they've gotten worse over the years) and I had no need for a uterus as I was never going to have children :rofl:. My mother told me that no doctor in his right mind would give a teenager a hysterectomy. I'm still never going to have children, though I no longer want a hysterectomy.

[miss_american_pie]

5. Yes

Three times, two kids.

I can't begin to explain what it was like. Parts of it were incredible, parts of it sucked. The miscarriage was surreal.

I'd do it again, but I had relatively easy pregnancies. The deliveries were a bit much, though.

(edited because I just remembered the pregnant sex dreams. Those were nice :) )

[China_cat]

7. Yes.

If you've never been, you can't imagine. If you have, you know what I mean.

[raptor_rider]

8. Have 3 weeks left for myself

Pregnancy is an interesting experience to go through. Been through one complete, hence my daughter. I have had 3 miscarriages though, and those sucked, physically and mentally, but I got over them. The heat is getting to me, otherwise, it has been a pretty easy pregnancy. Little guy reminds me when I need to eat, he throws fits on the inside if I go past a certain time and haven't eaten yet. Husband and I do not know if we will have another one. I keep saying let's just see how the labor goes with this one and how we handle the lack of sleep for a few weeks. My labor with my daughter was a quick and easy one, no drugs. I hope the same with this one.

[LaraMN]

9. Yep.

Three times. Far and away the coolest experiences of my life, although I wouldn't want to do it again. Often uncomfortable, sometimes painful, but amazing nonetheless. My kids' deliveries are my fondest memories. The experience made me far more reverent of my body, as a female. I both loved and hated being pregnant, alternately. It was a crazy experience!

[LaurenG]

10. Yes 2 times

The first one was a bit nauseating (morning sickness) and scary, I was way too young to enjoy it.

The second one was fun. I laughed a lot and talked to my son at length about how it was here (on earth and outside the womb). I craved blueberries, oranges and Cheeto's. He has the most wicked sense of humor and those are three of his favorite foods. He and I were buddies before birth and have remained that way since. Pregnancy the second time for me was cool and I never felt upset about it at all.



He now has a son of his own and I noticed that he treats his son with much love, respect and humor and he talks to him constantly about the way things are here.:) :hug:

[RebelOne]

11. Yes, twice. It was miserable. I hated it.

[tigereye]

12. yes

tired at first and throwing up, superwoman in the second trimester (best I have ever felt!) and tired and draggy at the end.

It is very cool to feel a baby inside of you, though, the kicking and hiccupping and spinning around. It's kind of cool. There really isn't any other sensation like it!

[omshanti]

13. Yes, once, planning to do it again.

And I loved it for the most part, except for the crazy hormone swings in the first trimester. I LOVED not having a period! Anyone who has been pregnant can tell you there's nothing like feeling the baby move. It starts off feeling like a little butterfly and ends up feeling like Mohammed Ali's in there!
Funnily enough - a totally unexpected outcome of being pregnant is that I learned to love my body and be accepting of all my physical imperfections.

Edited to add that the "superwoman" Earth Mother Goddess feeling is wonderful too, knowing that your body has created and carried a small being to term.

[NewWaveChick1981]

14. Well,

yes, when our birth control method failed. I was sick constantly and could not keep anything down except for saltine crackers and ginger ale. My husband and I chose to terminate the pregnancy early on because it was the best thing for us. It wasn't an easy decision, but it was the right thing for us to do. I've always been pro-choice, but having been faced with that decision myself, I am now rabidly pro-choice.

[Sugar Smack]

18. Bless you, my honey.

:hug: x 1,000.

[NewWaveChick1981]

19. Thanks, Sug!

:hug: right back! :) That was in 1999. I had no intention of ever getting preggers, but it happened.

[Midlodemocrat]

15. Yes. Three times. I loved being pregnant.

I felt the healthiest I have ever felt when pregnant. It was amazing.

[southlandshari]

24. Once here, and my experience was the same

I was blessed with a very easy pregnancy and was at my healthiest those nine months. In fact, I actually lost weight in the beginning because I was finally eating right and laying off the alcohol. I worked right up to the day my daughter was born, never had morning sickness or weird cravings.

It was wonderful!

I wish I could do it again. Who knows...

:D

[MuseRider]

28. Me too.

Had a brief run with morning sickness, only a couple of days with the second and none with the first. Loved it and apparently I was built for delivery since my sum total of labor was only a couple of hours, maybe 2 1/2. I was lucky.

[Fleshdancer]

16. Yes. I'm not a fan of pregnancy

I lost control over my own body and it made me feel very vulnerable. I hate feeling vulnerable. So many changes are happening physically and it comes at you so fast and there's nothing you can do to stop or change it. Then one day you look in the mirror and you barely recognize the reflection staring back at you. Obviously I deal with body image issues. ;)

I was lucky because I didn't have any complications and my morning sickness was 2 weeks of minor nausea. However, I felt physically uncomfortable from about 6 months to the final 10th month. I dealt with postpartum depression (crazy hormones + no sleep = disaster) and didn't really feel like my old self again until my daughter was 2.

I enjoy being a mother most of the time (we all have are bad days) but I don't want to be pregnant again. I've only met one other mom who didn't like pregnancy either...most women tell me they love love love it. :shrug:

[nutsnberries]

17. yes~

5 times.

one miscarriage, 4 beautiful children. :) :) :) :)

i loved being pregnant each time, although it was harder with the last 2 for a couple of reasons.
first, i had my hands pretty full already, and second, i was several years older.

although I was very happy and physically felt mostly good throughout all of my pregnancies (nauseausness in the first trimester with all and lower back pain at the end with all, starting a little earlier each time)... I don't ever want to do it again. Next motherhood for me will be granddddd motherhood and hopefully not any time soon.

there's always something going on around here...yesterday my 9-yr-old son chipped one of his front teeth doing something i told him not to do one minute earlier. Today we've been to the dentist for a baseline xray and some preliminary toning down of the rough edge. Luckily everything looks good so far and the dentist said teeth grow until you're 14-18 years old. This kind of chipping (thin and straight across) usually fills in. it could have been soooo much worse... dentist told him to consider himself lucky.

:)

[LeftyMom]

20. Yes.

I didn't even realize I was knocked up until about three months in. I felt really good until about 8 mos, at which point I was very tired all the time, very very sore (I had tore a muscle in my shoulder and couldn't really take anything for it while pregnant) and ravenously hungry 24-7. Two months of discomfort later, I finally had the kid.

I can't really complain. I never had morning sickness, while really long my labor was not a complicated one and there was never any worry that I wouldn't have a healthy kid (though at one point my midwife was concerned I might have two healthy kids, so I had an ultrasound I'd have otherwise skipped.)

[lizziegrace]

21. Yes

hated every minute of it. I wouldn't trade my daughter for anything in the world and the fact that I even ended up pregnant (failed birth control) told me she was meant to be in my life. But, I'm glad it was only ONCE.

[progmom]

22. Yep, I have.

;)

Besides the constant worry that everything won't be ok, it was wonderful. I had a relatively easy pregnancy though. I was incredibly lucky.

[Heidi]

25. No.

It's great. I love it.

If your next question is, "What do you want for Christmas," my answer is, "Menopause." :D

[Shell Beau]

26. I had an ectopic pregnancy which is dangerous, so it was scary.

At first, I was really excited about being pregnant. But when I found out that is was a tubal pregnancy, I became scared. It was a tough situation, but I can't wait to get pregnant again (hopefully a good pregnancy)!

[Heidi]

27. Shell Beau, if I could,

I would will to you all of the pregnancies I've never had and never wanted. Good luck and good health to you, gf. :hug:

[Shell Beau]

29. Aw, thanks!

:hug: