What I Miss (and Don't Miss) About Being Pregnant

Now that I am no longer pregnant, I often find myself looking back on when I was pregnant and thinking about how things were when I was.

When I gave birth I was so over being pregnant! There were so many things that were driving me crazy. But there were a lot of things that I loved about being pregnant too! I decided to make a list so if I get pregnant again I will be able to compare and contrast with my next pregnancy.

So thankful these parts are over:

1. Being huge

2. Having to wear fat pants

3. Looking into the mirror and finding more stretch marks

4. Aches and pains

5. Being exhausted all the time

6. Not being able to see my feet

7. Heartburn

8. Not being able to walk long distances

9. Not being able to lift heavy stuff

10. Not being able to eat sushi

11. Planning 24/7

12. Stress

13. Worrying if my baby is okay

14. Worrying if we will make it through delivery

15. Being kicked while I was trying to sleep

16. Sore boobs

17. Swollen ankles

18. Doctors appointments every 10 minutes (ok that is an exaggeration lol)

19. People staring at me like I am a pregnant teen when I am really 21

20. Not being able to bend down

21. People treating me like I am not ready when clearly they know nothing about me

22. Bleeding (had this for over three months in 1^st trimester)

23. Being super hungry all the time

24. Craving things

24. Not being in prime health

26. Feeling like my body is weak

27. People treating me different

28. People acting like I am sick

29. Gaining weight

30. Extreme gingivitis

31. Taking vitamins and other pills

32. Worrying every time I get even a tiny symptom of a cold

33. Nausea

And some things that I actually miss about having my sweet boy in me:

1. Knowing where he’s at at all times

2. Being able to eat a lot and not worry about weight

3. The excitement

4. Sleep

5. Writing in my belly journal every week

6. Taking belly pics every week

7. Not having to walk to work

8. Being able to take it easy and not feel bad about it

9. Having insurance

10. My hair not falling out

11. Great skin

12. Felling my baby kick

13. Planning his room

14. Buying baby stuff (not that I still don’t do this, just when you are pregnant it is really a lot more fun because the excitement)

15. Talking to other pregnant people

16. Going to ultrasounds

17. Not thinking I am fat and stressing over losing weight

18. More food on WIC

19. Being relatively free (life is different now with a baby I do LOVE my life and I am not complaining about responsibilities but it was nice to have none)

20. Not worrying about getting pregnant

Looks like there were way more annoying things about being pregnant than good things lol. I don’t think this will stop me from wanting another baby in the future though. I love my baby so much that I am 100% sure I am going to want to have another one in a few years. I really hope that Anthony and I are able to make it to where we can financially afford to expand our family! I am very hopeful that God will help us with that and continue to bless us with a growing family.