Halle Berry wants to be pregnant forever

Uumm...I am only 8 weeks pregnant & I am counting the days... This baby has robbed me of my ability to eat (I literally have no appetite but have no nausea either) and I have to force myself to eat...it sucks. And I haven't even gotten to the "fun" days of pregnancy but to each her own.

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Jennifer, I had the same thing with my first; it passes. I got yelled at during the first trimester by my midwife for losing weight; I then got yelled at during my third for gaining too much weight. =) The first trimester is the worst, followed closely by the end of the third. The second is pretty cool.

With my daughter, towards the end of the pregnancy, her head was down on my left side somehow so that when I walked for any distance I got terrible cramping in my hip and leg muscles. To the point where I had to, embarrassedly, use one of those motorized carts to shop. Plus I got restless legs at night that drove me crazy.

That being said, I still wanted to enjoy the last weeks, because when they're inside you, they're -quiet-. She blew that by showing up three weeks early. =) I am about six weeks along now with my second, we'll see how this one goes...

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I had great pregnancies with both of my kids. I never got really big, and could still sleep on my stomach (almost!) the night before I delivered.
I had c-sections with both, but my son was born almost 4 weeks early because we had a two vessel cord that was not nourishing him anymore...he stopped gaining weight.
Anyway, the day of the surgery, I begged my OB to let me stay pregnant for a while longer....one because I wasn't ready for surgery and two because I was afraid of what might happen to my son.
Everything worked out fine in the end...my son was born healthy, although small (4lbs. 11oz.).
But sometimes I see pregnant women and long for that feeling again....although I then come home to my screaming kids and long to NEVER have that feeling again!

Val
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I had pretty uneventful pregnancies will all three of mine, and mostly easy labors, and am thankful for it. But with each of mine, I had different discomforts, and was NOT one of those "feel great pg" women. I felt nauseas the whole time I was pg with my daughter.With my first son, I had such awful heartburn that even drinking water left me in pain and I didn't want to eat anything. And with my third, I had pubis symphysis dysfunction (I don't think I spelled that right) where the bones in my pelvis separated too soon, and it was excruciating to even roll over in bed.

But even so, we're still thinking we might have more, knowing I could be hit with all of those at once with the next baby.

I'm always happy for these women who say they feel great while pregnant, and certainly a little jealous!

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First its morning sickness, then heartburn, then my pelvis is dislocated and clicks when I'd walk... Oh yeah, swollen feet, aching hips that won't let me sleep for more then 2-3 hours at a time without needing respite, constant bathroom breaks, hair where I don't normally have hair (it goes away 5 months after birth), and a desire to sleep all day long. As my mom puts it "Being pregnant is like having the flu for a very long time." I like the baby, not the process of growing one.

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I'd say it's some new affliction/indignity every week. Yes, the middle trimester was closest to normal, but there's been something off or pesky -- from inability to breathe to freckles and skin tags in odd places -- all the time. I don't *hate* pregnancy, but I do contemplate biting anybody who says "isn't it wonderful??"

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I can't think of a more physically miserable time in my life than my two pregnancies. I didn't get a pleasant middle trimester; I didn't get a pleasant anything. I loved the idea, the dreaming, the look of feet pressing on my belly, but I've never felt worse in my life. We're making sure it can't happen again because I'm not sure I could handle it.

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One of the main reasons we're talking about permanent sterilization at the moment is because of how much I dislike being pregnant. I love my kids to death, and I would never regret having them, but for me, pregnancy was awful. There's no specific reason why, I didn't have horrible morning sickness or anything...I mostly despise having my body change, and gaining weight. I have trouble with my weight so to have no choice but to gain (15-20lbs in my case) is really frustrating and stressful for me. Maybe I'm a whiner, but I did not like it and do not ever want to do it again! Oh, and yes, I am jealous of the happy pregnant women who go around saying how much they love being pregnant. It's even worse if they tell me stories about eating everything in sight and being yelled at for not gaining any weight since I have to watch every morsel I eat when I'm pregnant. It seems like I gain weight faster from eating the same amount of normal foods pregnant, which is no good.

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My sister and I are lucky enough to be pregnant at the same time. I'm 25 weeks, she's 15 weeks. She's had more nausea and exhaustion than me, but still wears her cute low-rise jeans without looking the slightest bit pregnant. The funny thing is that she's older by 2 years. I sware I started showing at 8 weeks and have already gained 24 lbs. Everyone seems to think that my baby is going to be big... I don't think that is going to make labor any easier. My pregnancy otherwise had been pretty uneventful up until this week, when the baby decided it would be a good time to start doing marathons on my stomach. I didn't mind the light dancing on my bladder.. stuff's supposed to come out that end. The upside down kicking is going to be a lot harder to deal with.

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YOU ARE ALL GOING TO HATE ME BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THOSE WOMEN WHO THINK THAT BEING PREGNENT WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL THING IN THE WORLD. I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER AT 17 (I WAS MARRIED SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR NASTY COMMENTS TO YOURSELF). BESIDES THE CONSTANT HEARTBURN I WOULD SAY I HAD A FAIRLY EASY. I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE IN LOVE WITH MY BODY THEN WHEN I WAS PREGNANT. MY MOTHER WOULD INVITE ME OVER EVERY MORNING BEFORE SHE WENT TO WORK FOR FRESH STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM (SHE SAID THE STRAWBERRIES WOULD ENHANCE THE BABY'S COMPLEXION) AND BY THE TIME MY 2ND CHILD CAME ALONG 7 YRS LATER MY HUSBAND WAS A LITTLE BETTER AT TAKING CARE OF ME. HE ALWAYS OPENED MY CAR DOOR AND HELPED ME OUT. HE WOULD BEND DOWN AND TIE MY SHOES WHEN EVER THEY CAME UNTIED AND EVERY TIME WE LEFT THE HOUSE HE MADE SURE MY LITTLE BAG OF ORANGES (WHICH I CRAVED CONSTANTLY THROUGH MY ENTIRE PREGNANCY) WAS PACKED. MY HUSBAND WOULD MASSAGE ME WITH COCOA BUTTER EVERY NIGHT AFTER I SHOWERED BECAUSE HE KNEW HOW MUCH I HATED THE THOUGHT OF HAVING STREATCH MARKS, AND HE WAS CONSTANTLY TAKING PICTURES OF MY EVER GROWING BELLY. SO I GUESS THE EXPERIENCE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE SURROUNDING YOU. THIS TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE MAKES ME WANT TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!

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you can be like the lady who has 17 kids , every 9 months

she's pregnant ........not good for health or body .......

why get pregnant , practice .........

many women can afford babies , cost to much .

many children doesn't get food , clothing , no college .

2 children is enough ...........

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