My vagina & 9 other things I miss most during pregnancy

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  Posted by LoreleiM Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:55am PDT

  I am in my ninth month. I really miss being able to see my feet when I'm going down the stairs. I also miss wearing my jeans. I haven't worn them since week 10. So its been 26 weeks since I've been able to wear them...ah, how I miss them so. I miss wearing my cute lacy thongs too. Hello granny panties (just wait, you'll understand when the insane amount of discharge and hip fat kick in). I miss being able to take ibuprofen when I feel like my hips are going to grind so much in there that my legs will surely fall off if I take just one more step (you'll probably get that too). I miss being able to see my downstairs while in the shower (or anywhere). I can't see to shave my bikini area anymore so I have a crazy 70s bush, which my husband says is like having a pregnant 70s playboy model in his bed. I can't reach to shave my legs anymore (so my husband does it for me) and I can't reach to put socks on (husbands job as well). My feet are just swollen enough that I can't put on the shoes I bought just before my pregnancy, which is okay, because I can't reach to tie them anyway. Thank goodness its summer, so I can wear flip-flops, or I slip on my DC's. I miss sleeping on my stomach too, and on my back. Speaking of sleep, I miss sleeping all night. I have to get up at least 3 times to pee and I also usually feel so hungry in the middle of the night that I have to get up and have a snack or my stomach will surely eat itself. I guess that is practice for when I bring home a newborn. All that said, however, I will still miss being pregnant. However much I want it to be over, it will be sad for me too. I'll miss feeling her move inside of me and knowing that I am growing another human life.

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  Posted by Mari P Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:32am PDT

  wow LoreleiM, you make me cringe yet yearn at the same time for the experience! lol.. good luck!! :}

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  Posted by KG Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:06pm PDT

  ummm im sorry did u say ur not even in ur second trimester yet... wow u sure do alot of complaining lol im in my 8th month and let me be the first to say it dosent get any easier... lol Margaritas r the thing i miss most too... great minds

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  Posted by Photogirl Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:06pm PDT

  Wow! I totally relate! I would say you get used to it, it doesn't get easier. I am not one of those glowing, bubbly, sappy preggo women. Yet everyone wants you to be, uh sorry not my personality. I was supper stoked to learn that you can have a drink if you have just feed or expressed all your milk when breastfeeding.

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  Posted by amy Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:22pm PDT

  you can have one drink. and you can have sushi too, just not too much, because all fish contains a bit of mercury. People need to chill out with the things you can't do when you're pregnant. Inform yourself before you deny yourself.

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  Posted by gigi Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:08am PDT

  OK, so aside from Margaritas, what I missed most when I was pregnant with my son 5 years ago was Fresh Mozzarella. I was told I couldn't eat it because they use unpasteurized milk to make it. I went out one night with my hubby and he ordered a salad that had Fresh Mozzarella as a topping. I stared and watched him eat it very (shall I say viciously) intently. He finally had one piece left. He cut it into quarters, I'm talking smaller than a penny in size pieces, and gave my one tiny, little piece. I swear I almost orgasmed at the table, it was so good. I will also have to say that around the last week of my pregnancy I couldn't shower without someone being home to help me in and out of the shower. Feeling incapacitated and vulnerable really irked me. I am a grown woman, I should be able to get in and out of the shower by myself!

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  Posted by BlueWaterBaby Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:51am PDT

  1. Alcohol, 2. Wanting Sex, 3. Motivation/Energy 4.Not being the DD everytime we go out! 5. My Jeans/shorts 6. Less attention 7. Sleeping comfortably 8. Bending over without grunting 9. (although some like it) I miss my normal size boobs, 10. Vacation days for me, not going to the doc.

  Like the poster said, I'm not all downers, I have alot of things I love as well.

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  Posted by Hope Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:29am PDT

  I still have got about ten weeks to go and i cant wait to wear all my clothes again without struggling how i look, although im also scared whether i will get back to my normal figure since av added so much weight. I also want to be able to go up and down the stairs without struggle, all in all cheer up pregnant chicks since its a good feeling to give a new life, Chao

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  Posted by Karen S Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:46am PDT

  Why can you not wax? And, especially at this stage of the game, it's not exactly risky to rollerskate or bike -- i mean, if you want to eliminate all possible risks you'll also have to not drive or ride in a car and not go down any stairs.

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  Posted by cynthia Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:22am PDT

  Where does one begin? There is such a vast littany. I miss my 26 inch waistline which I have not seen since 1988. I miss all of the super hot men at my feet, and other areas. I miss my very nice career, and my parallel careers in luxury sales. I miss my elegant little apartments that were weekend love nests of erotic bliss. I miss my life.

  I miss my life and my youth and my beauty and my wanton sex life; until I realize that I started a business out of the necessity of not having the glamour option any more. That I have raised two great kids, one of whom is on a full scholarship and is an incredible musician, the other of whom has a very deep loyalty to people, and a profound sense of right and wrong, is smart; and knows what she wants. She is a good kid in every sense of the word. A devoted daughter.

  These are the choices you make in life. Life is not a fantasy. It is beautiful and relentless and as real as it gets. It will challenge you in ways you cannot imagine, and you will rise or fall on that challenge. You will make good choices and poor choices, and the bittersweet of the poor will shock you and it will instruct you and you will stay taught. You will do what you have to do.

  If you have children, it is your sacred trust to raise them to adulthood and give them the best choices that you can. You somtimes have to deal with a dead or dying marriage, somone who just doesn't have it for you; because what you show your children they will carry into their futures.

  You want them to say "Mom did the right thing...Dad did the right thing"

  You want them to know, they need to know that you loved them so much that you waited for them to be right in the world, and that they came first in your heart and in your mind.

  That is what being a good parent is. Are you ready for that america?

  Would I make the same choice again?

  I cannot say. But I can say this: when they both go to college this fall, I am going to one of those sex island excursions and have a very hot orgy. Oh yes I am.

  Would anyone like to join me? Oh yes! You know where to find me!

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