What's it like to be pregnant?

I'm curious

I want babies in the future, after I graduate from college, and get a nice job, 1 or 2 babies. If possible, a girl and a boy. That would be perfect..

I'm wondering what it's like to be pregnant, does it change from begining to end, what's good what's bad, all that..

 

I can tell you about the beginning....

Everyone tells you all the joys of pregnancy and children....They leave out the meat of the matter.

You pee all the time, smells drive you crazy, you're crying for no reason, pissed off for no reason, bloated, constipated, gassy, irritable, can't sleep, having weird dreams, your sinuses get stopped up....and then, when you see that first sonogram, everything is worth it....and you forget about all the discomfort...

 

ugh sounds like hormones are going crazy huh? That sounds like my first 3 months on the pill, when I was 15.

But yeah, I guess it's worth it, if you know you're having a little piece of you and the one you love more than anything in the world.. it's such a beautiful concept I think

 

Ooooh, good thread!!! I always wonder this stuff, but never really asked anyone. I can't waaait to have kids of my own. I spend so much time reading the parenting forum. ahhhaha. Is it weird that I do that and I'm 15? lol.

I want to have kids young, because I've read late teens/early twenties is the prime time to have them in life, but mostly because I just really want kids. (Not that I intend to get knocked up by some random guy as soon as I'm 18 or something..aahhah. )

Sorry I rambled so much, but.. Great thread. ahah

 

well, i'm miserably uncomfortable. i haven't slept through the night in months. i feel like my brain is turning to swiss cheese. i can't remember simple words and soemtimes when i hear myself trying to explain something, it's liek the twilight zone. i'll hear whati just said and thing "what the fuck just came outta my mouth?" i'm very sensitive, tired, weepy over stupid things. but mainly the loss of my mind is killing me the most.

and yet, there's that sweet little baby in there kicking the crap outta me and it's all so sweet.

 

oh yeah, and i've started getting nauseated again, i've got 26 days to go!

 

Ahhhhhhhh oh gosh KC I'm so excited for you!!!

I'll just be excited for you and HippyFreek and EarthyMama for now..

 

Be excited for us? Does that mean you'll babysit?

 

according to my sister it was horrible. she always had an ache or moan she was complaining about and repeatedly said "I JUST WANT THIS DAMN THING OUT OF ME!!" LoL. needless to say, she did not have a fun time being pregnant. At all. Never once could I have called her "glowing" LoL.


But yeah, luckily for her, she delivered Michael James safely on Wed (the 26th) at 7:29pm. He was 8lbs 1ounce and there were no difficulties in the delivery. Aha, sorry for all the details, if you cannot tell, I am well chuffed to be an auntie finally


And Im so excited for you KC and HippyFreak!! Good luck and best wishes with the rest of the pregnancy and the delivery

 

Mayhaps.

 

You guys might have some problems with that.



Wanting kids is a disease (and a disorder) you get when your young.

Meg, I've been told the best time for women to get pregnant is late 20's early 30's like 28-31 about.

Women aren't fully mature mentally until their low 20s, and guys aren't until their mid 20s, 2 years later than girls on average. Why would you have a baby with a guy whos probably going to split? You'll just have to lock him into a marriage, but it would be hell for him.

Wait until your 28 to have kids. You'll have enough to worry about without kids in your early 20s anyway. If you wait until your late 20s early 30s you'll be mature enough to handle the kids (kids are a pain, most of the time) and you'll have enough experience with men that they guy your with will stick around after you have kids (unlike those 21 year olds). The guy your with when your 30 will probably be 34 or so, and he is much less likely to get a divorce and leave than if you were 20 with a 22 year old.

People are biased in this country as to how good it is to have kids. I'm sure you've read its better to have them young, but thats a false image, its made up.

 

In the early pregnancy I have noticed very sore breasts and highly sensitive nipples, even held my tits when walking down the stairs at times.
I've not really suffered from nausea, but I had bad, bad heart-burn and even after I had eaten something, I still had a feeling of having an empty stomach.
Not hungry, but somehow so...hollow.
And yeah, the senses are hyper-delicate, smells are far more intense and you easily get a disgusted feeling inside, it's all really vivid somehow and the psyche...well, you overreact and feel like one of those furless, weird doggies in a winterstorm at times ...at least I did.
But I think that were the rather difficult circumstances.
Looking back and only at the pregnancy itself, I felt great and had loads of energies, tho I dunno how it would've been later, being pregnant 6, 7 or more months surely is quite a....weight to carry, methinks...but a nice weight !!

 

Ummm, nevermind.

 

my sister had a bad pregnacy she was sick until 8 months, bad back, fat stomach - with the one before she didnt look like she was pregnant at all!!

she was moody, bitchy but when she had him it all went away and everything was back to narmal. I've always wondered whats it like being kicked? like what does it feel like?

 

You'll realize how long nine months really is ~ it is a LONG time!!!! The anticipation and discomfort make it seem even longer. For me, both pregnancies, heartburn was unbearable and I'm lucky my husband didn't leave me because of the bitchy-ness. But all in all pregnancy is amazing! When you feel that little baby move inside you ~ * ~ words can't even describe!

 

Wanting kids is a disease and disorder?

Sorry to steal the thread for a sec, but Green, WTF? How the hell do you know so much about women, men, relationships, or childbearing at 15? How do YOU know when a woman is mature enough for pregnancy? How do you know when the OP will be able to handle kids?

You complain about your father trying to tell you how and when to date and marry, yet turn around and do the same thing to others....it's a bit fucked up...

And I just have to add, women hit puberty and are able to reproduce around 12-13 years of age. If it was somehow unnatural (like a disorder) to want kids before 28 then our bodies wouldn't be ready or able until 28 for pregnancy.

 

well, it IS true, healthwise and maturity wise, that 26-28 is the ideal time to start having children. you tend to have your shit more under control, and you're still in fine physical shape. however, that doesn't mean wanting kids is a disease or disorder. that's just silly. i think green is just having the typical young male's reaction to the concept of children. i hated kids until i was about 23 or 24, after having had to raise my little brother and sister from the age of 10.

 

here we go!! i found the perfect picture to describe how i feel!!!! i made it my avatar.


http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126574

 

LOLOLOLOL I know how that feels like

 

Okay, I have to say that Green, you're just messed up.

Adolescence is a term made up by western culture. Until we settled into this fine land, teenager wasn't a word in the dictionary. Once you were 13, you were of age to do whatever. I don't necessarily agree with that, but in the scope of things, our longevity is a luxury that we've only recently come to know.

Having children at a young age is perfectly normal and natural. It might be scoffed at in this day and age, but as far as I'm concerned, I have all my life to get my degree and settle into a career, but my prime years for childbirth are a very short span. Why should I have to wait until guys my age are mature? makes no sense.