What is the worst part of being pregnant?

United States
June 28, 2007 2:57pm CST
I think everyone has one thing they would skip if they could. What is that one thing you would pass on?
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• Australia
28 Jun 07
I would pass on the morning sickness, I struggled with morning, noon and night sickness for nearly all of the nine months with my first and second child. I also Had really bad heartburn, I would have to sit up in bed to sleep. I sufferd from shooting pains up the backs of my legs, from knee to bottom of backside which would strike at any time and especially in the last few weeks before giving birth. This was almost crippling sometimes even worse when you are out shopping. I have a total of 5 boys and i believe that all of these things were worth it
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@cynddvs (2948)
• United States
28 Jun 07
The worst part for me was the heartburn. I had never had heartburn in my life until I got pregnant. I would get it so bad I would have trouble sleeping at night. I had to keep a constant supply of tums with me.
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@angelface23 (2494)
• United States
29 Jun 07
the feet swelling up thing. Near the end I couldnt even wear shoes. i had to get a pair of terry cloth flip flops. My feet still hurt but at least I could walk.
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
29 Jun 07
There are a couple things i'd skip for sure :- 1) The major heartburn i had, it went on for months & the only thing i could do was take these chewable tablets but even then once the tablet was gone it would come back again! 2) Waking in the middle of the night in tears, yelling in pain after the terrible calf cramps i would get, my partner thought i was going in to labour more than once coz i woke up yelling, the pain was excruciating! 3) The time it took for the pregnancy to finish, i had a scheduled Cesarean but the time seemed to go by so slowly & carrying that much extra weight wasn't good for my already 'damaged' back.
@lynnz78 (75)
• Malaysia
29 Jun 07
morning sickness; i got it till my pregnancy reached 5 months old. Not only i vomitting in the morning but also late at night. The most worst part was i lose my appetite; i only drinks a lot of water and only can eat fruits; which 80% of it will be vomitted too. At the end i end up in admitted into hospital for 5 days; only then i'm feeling ok, started to eat and gain back my energy...
• United States
29 Jun 07
I would give up the morning sickness (or in my case, the all day sickness). I couldn't drink my favorite drinks (orange juice or apple juice) because they always made me sick. Ironically, my son's favorite drinks are exactly those taht made me sick! But if I could have given that up, I would have. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed being pregnant!
@lillake (1630)
• United States
28 Jun 07
The nausea of the first few months. I hated that sickly feeling, always on the edge of throwing up, feeling sick from the slightest smell, taste, or textture. Ugh. Get rid of that part and the rest could be fine.
• Indonesia
29 Jun 07
i think the worst part of being pregnant we usually afraid the after pregnancy because some women afraid to became more weight after pregnancy, i think this is natural because when pregnant we all know that the mom's must eat a lot because of their child, and after pregnancy our body must have some time to balance the weight so i think this is the worst part of being pregnant..
@guss2000 (2232)
• United States
29 Jun 07
The thing that I didn't like the most about being pregnant was having my stomach touched. That got on my nerves! I didn't like the ending of my pregnancy either since it ran into complications. I'm hoping for better luck next time!
• Canada
29 Jun 07
was sick the for 8 months straight, for both my children, could not barely eat or drink. was on intervenus for 8 months to feed me waas worth every minute for my beautiful children
• Canada
29 Jun 07
the worst part of my pregnancy was the whole pregnance, I had hyper emisis vomited the whole 9 months was in the hospital for 8 months straight on intervenus to feed me, was like that for both my beautiful children