All I can say is 'hearing you loud and clear on the mega phone' BUT....focus on the 'prize' you get at the end of the journey. Your precious bundle will make every bit of pain and suffering worth while. I'm CERTAIN of that.
Hang in there, think positive (but feel free to have a moan - I sure have!) and try to enjoy the ride
I so, so, so could have written this post when I was pregnant. I was really miserable when I was pregnant, especially the first....ooooh, 6 months or so. It is seriously hard, and impossible to understand that it might be worth it in the end when you have never experienced the awesome love you will have for your bubs when you eventually meet them. I thought I might smack the next person who told me "it will be worth it in the end"....I thought that would be absolutely impossible given how completely and disgustingly horrible I felt. But, amazingly, they were right.
Just get through each day as best you can. It really can be very hard. Be nice to yourself.
One of the best things someone told me when I was so unwell and miserable was that you might go through all this difficult stuff, but as soon as that baby is out, your body really does start to heal. I was so scared I would never be well again, that I had done some permanent damage to my body and I would never feel like my 'old self' (at least physically) again. But you really do heal. Of course you have to get over the birth stuff, but eventually you do feel physically 'normal' again. This shall pass!!
Yep, and sometime within the first 4 weeks of bringng bubs home you're gunna say the samething about motherhood
BUT, at sometime not long after that, you will realise why we do it.
Big Hugs xxxx
**high five** to that.....and you don't have a toddler to run after LOL.
I had a friend with a couple kids once say, "what I love most is being pregnant"....I was like WTF!!he,he.
I hope you feel better soon. I'm over half way & didn't think I could feel worse than the last time but hey, what do you know! I'm still throwing up & am eating the same boring stuff every day. Oh & it's only August but already 30+ here & I want to be drinking big cans of UDL with lots of ice LOL!
but YES in the end it's all worth it, even though things will never be the same again. And each day brings a new challenge its a good one filled with lots of joy.
Hey Kate, I hope things improve for you soon (by beginning of 2nd tri hopefully!). I am sure the end result will all be worth it. But I understand having to deal with other's expectations of how you should be feeling about being pregnant. You can feel whatever you need to feel. It is your pg and your experience.
xx
Kate - IKWYM hun. The constant need to wee gets to me too! It's very frustrating when I am out somewhere. Don't worry about getting stretchmarks - they fade.
Don't pretend to be happy if you're not darl. Ask those 'excited' people to help you out and take your mind off your ms for a while by talking about non-pg things!
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