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    Default Was pregnancy a good time for you?

    This is a question for both male and female parents.

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    I wondered, because I know there are women who love being pregnant, who feel their best during the pregnancy, but some are very sick, some get depressing stretchmarks, while others complain that they don’t have enough support from their partner… There are men who say their partner is very complicated when pregnant, irritable and difficult to satisfy…

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    Can't speak for myself but my mother said she enjoyed her pregnancy. She said it was a pretty normal thing and that she was excited but also a little anxious as the doctors told her beforehand that I was likely going to be born ~2 months premature (and I was). She also had a strange craving for anchovies of all things.

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    I've had good experiences with both. My second has gone so quickly, maybe because I have a toddler to keep me busy. Another difference is you do worry how the dynamics will change with a second baby especially if your first child is your whole world. I guess you want to make sure they get the same attention and the first child doesnt feel replaced when the new baby sibling arrives.

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    I’m happy to hear about these very positive testimonies. But, as for me, pregnancy was a nightmare.

    First of all, I discovered I was pregnant only after 3,5 months of pregnancy. In the meanwhile, I was very sick and no doctor suggested that I could be pregnant! One doctor thought I have stomach ulcers, so I even got a very painful gastroscopy… Then it was rather ok until 7 months of pregnancy, although I felt very bizarre, couldn’t sleep well and became very noise-sensitive. It’s then, at 7 months of pregnancy, that I got a serious bronchitis, as well as a rare form of hepatitis which can be lethal for the foetus (intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy) and I became very yellow and suffered from intense itching (pruritus). I was hospitalised and the delivery had to be provoked a bit before the date. And that provoked delivery was really horrible, I suffered a lot.

    And now, my husband wants a second child, but I’m really afraid, I don’t know what to do.

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    My first pregnancy ended up in miscarriage at 4 months. This was an extremely painful experience for me.

    My second pregnancy was fine. No morning sickness. I could “feel” I was pregnant, but it took a week and dozens of pregnancy tests before it was finally confirmed. I think I was more soft and cuddly during this period.

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    I was pretty sick during my whole pregnancy.
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    My pregnancy was like floating on a cloud , just kidding I obviously don't even remember but happy to have been born- sorta. But wow, I imagine pregnancy must be so painful, traumatizing, but at the same time when it's over relief and pure emotion. You're all powerful woman to get through it!

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    And now, my husband wants a second child, but I’m really afraid, I don’t know what to do.
    I'm sorry to hear that. But I mean it is your choice if you want to go with it. If you don't definitely talk to him and express the pain your first experience was, maybe even consult a psychiatrist/medical professional about the situation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ylla View Post
    I've had good experiences with both. My second has gone so quickly, maybe because I have a toddler to keep me busy. Another difference is you do worry how the dynamics will change with a second baby especially if your first child is your whole world. I guess you want to make sure they get the same attention and the first child doesnt feel replaced when the new baby sibling arrives.
    Update to this, I was worried about nothing, it's true what they say that your heart doubles when you have your second baby, our toddler is obsessed with his little brother and it was so good for him. also I bounced back quicker after my second, less weight gain and easier experience because I knew what I was doing. With my first I started being underweight with low BMI, so my midwife advised I gained weight so baby can grow and be healthy. But for my second pregnancy, I followed my instincts and didn't listen to advice as much. I had a pandemic birth with no birthing partner, we couldn't get childcare for our toddler so hubs couldn't be there. But it was great, the maternity wards were peaceful, midwives more attentive and better postnatal care in general. It made me think that visitors should always be limited in the future. I think it's definitely my last baby, my husband wants more kids but I think 2 is enough.

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    I haven’t experienced such a thing but I would like to tell my mother’s pregnancy. She had a traffic accident with my father before their marriage, nothing happened to my father, he was unscathed but my mother broke her backbone and had to live with spinal implants for months in the hospital. She recovered later and started walking again, then my parents married and my mother got pregnant to me. She could give birth with her broken back and even more, when I cried a lot in my childhood because all of my friends had siblings, she decided getting pregnant again, even though her doctor didn’t suggest it. I think pregnancy or let’s say everything about motherhood is holy.

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