Does anyone else really not like being pregnant?

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I never wanted to have a baby, but I wanted to be a mom. I wanted to adopt and just love them that way. My husband didn’t want that so we decided to try and get pregnant. It took a while and then it finally happened. I was super excited that we were finally on the path!  Then I was nauseous and vomiting for 15 weeks. Finally get past that and my brain starts letting me down. I can’t multitask any longer. I can’t remember people’s names. I’m hungry all the time but nothing sounds good to eat nor do most things taste good. Then I get a stuffy nose for no good reason other than “yup, pregnancy is weird.”  Now I have a cold and can’t take anything, just found a cavity out of nowhere, and really want to be done with this whole thing!  
Am I alone in this?  Because I want to love this kid but I can’t seem to get past how much I hate being pregnant because I just don’t feel like me anymore.

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I’ve always wanted to have kids and I’ve always been excited to be pregnant... and now that I am pregnant I don’t want to be again 😫 it’s not easy and it’s not fun, but it helps to remind myself that I chose this and the pain I feel is the power I have to grow a human.

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I HATE being pregnant.
I'm on baby #2 and I'll probably have 1 more because I LOVE being a mom. I love it so so much and it is so worth every terrible pregnancy thing.

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It's only temporary, make the best out of the situation.

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No, you're not. And I wanted to be pregnant!
But I've hated most of my pregnancy only finding it tolerable due to me carrying me child. But honestly, I have to forget pretty hard about this to ever wanting to go through another pregnancy 😂

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Love babies, hate being pregnant. It’s a necessary evil. Lol

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Yes!!! I have hyperemesis and im 16 weeks and have lost 58 pounds due to constant throwing up. I haven’t been able to keep anything down and i throw up water. 
I had to get a PICC line for fluids and we are looking into IV nutrition if i cant keep food down by my next appointment... 
I struggle bus through the whole pregnancy. I love feeling the kicks and things. Thats what gets me through. But I honestly hate being pregnant, it is so hard on my body and takes me months to recover. Getting fixed after this little one is born.

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Pregnancy is hard on your body. Some people have a harder time than others, and it can be really hard to deal with daily when it’s a long process. It will pass—the mom brain is real and probably will get worse before it gets better when you have your baby, but you’ll sort of forget how difficult it is when you have your baby. I had my son last year in March, and I hated early pregnancy. I’m 12 weeks this weekend with #2, and I had already forgotten how generally unpleasant the first trimester is. I can’t wait until the second because there are more joyful moments and less discomfort. Know you’re not alone, but know that it’s worth it!

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Same! I only wanted to adopt, but due to the insane cost, we opted to TTC. I’m 15 weeks 1 day currently, and am looking forward to being done with pregnancy. I hope we can foster/adopt for our next child

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I havent even had many bad symptoms other than I feel like I'm losing my mind with the hormones and I don't really like being pregnant either. I cant wait til it's over LOL but everytime I feel my little man move I know it's all worth it. I love him so much already.

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Don’t worry, not everyone absolutely just glows and loves and adores their pregnancy! It’s just less common to talk about because it seems ungrateful or un-maternal. 
I was told I would never carry so not to bother risking my health (lovely surgeon with a great bedside manner 🙄); we sought a few other opinions a few years later - miscarried our first and currently 38w dearly awaiting our babe. So very much wanted and desired by both of us, but my god it’s not been a dream by any means. 
 
Hyperemesis the whole time, a 5 hour daily commute for work once I switched to ‘light’ duties, all my family and friends interstate so it’s up to my poor husband to pick me up off the floor every day! Mentally being this sick for this long has taken a massive toll and it’s really frustrating when friends who had lovely pregnancy experiences are so snide to tell me ‘wait til the actual hard part starts’ 🙄 bitch please I’m actually looking forward to labour, and having this baby on the outside! 
Just know that it has a finite period, your body is doing a phenomenal thing growing a whole entire human inside your already full-formed and limited-extra-space body! There are some good resources on sites like beyondblue to do a little check-in on your mental well-being if you feel it’s getting too much and your OB doesn’t offer occasional surveys or assessments (ours does, which is how I learnt about perinatal depression in the first place!) 
As you can see from the comments here along not everyone breezes through, so take comfort in that there’s more than a few of us feeling the same 😊

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