The other side of pregnancy..inspiration

[keripi]

This probably doesn't belong in this forum but I wasn't sure where to post it. For those of you who are now on the other side of pregnancy, can you tell us all the wonderful things about being finished.
tastes..
smells..
feelings..
etc.

This would be a great inspiration to me!

[bandmom]

I second that motion!!!


Heather
11 wks pg

[Hilary]

I love that I can drink all the water I want. Whenever I want! I am never dehydrated!

And my little boy makes each moment of HG hell worth it. I would do it all again for him.
It is worth it. Absolutly

[_Laurie]

After HGing, I have a love for life that I think I never had before. Every detail that was so horrific during HG is now wonderful to me. I remember at one point in my last pg after weeks of being on TPN and not keeping a bite of food down, asking Robin (my HG buddy) if I would ever want to or be able to eat again. I really thought maybe I wouldn't (and this after 2 other HG pregnancies). She assured me I would. And I would love food again. She was right. After I delivered all 3 times, food never tasted so good, smells were never as aromatic, and I just appreciated more about life in general. (Like Hilary, I LOVE water. It's way more important to me than it ever was before). I never want to lose that appreciation; I always want to "relish" life like that.

HG will come to an end. And life will go on, better than ever because the best part of all is that you'll have a new little one in your arms. And that little one will make every moment of HG (as terrible as it is/was) totally and completely worth it.

What you're going through right now is SO hard. But a year from now, you'll be where I am, with a 9+mo old and you'll be encouraging someone else that HG really will end. You will enjoy life again.

Big hugs!

[teddi]

Moving this thread to Stories of Hope and Humor ! It's a perfect thread for that folder.

[jen1473]

I CANNOT WAIT until I can enjoy eating again. The daily ins and outs of choosing what to eat, when, how, etc. is so awful. It really does feel like it will never go back to normal.

Glad to hear that I will be ok again when I get to the other side. I've already done it twice - but I agree that I am still questioning whether it will be ok again after a 3rd.

This is a good post - I hope others chime in to give us HGing girlies something to look forward to!

[MichellevsHG]

Good thread!

When Maddie was first born, my mom asked me if I thought she was worth it. I was upset, because I didn't think (at the time) anything was worth 24/7 and BUT then one day I coo'ed to Maddie and she smiled back at me. She smiled! Oh how my heart melted and I cried! It was at that very moment that I knew she was worth every puke, weepuke, Zofran , hospital IV, PICC, and anything else I had to endure to get her here - and I've been thanking God for not listening to me on the worst of my HG days.

I love her smell - that baby smell, even if they have spit up on them, they still have that baby smell. *sigh* I love that her smell doesn't make me sick.

Eating. Even though my appetite hasn't been back too much, I've promised to never eat and take its taste for granted. My mom cooked us dinner for a week after we came home - all of my favorites. Gosh, they tasted so good. It took me forever to eat!

And touch . . . my Dh and I can sleep in the same bed now and I'm not just because he "moved" or the sound of his breathing made me . We can lay in bed and he can hold me and I don't feel sick. I didn't know how much I missed that until now.

There is an end to HG hell and you get to keep the best prize of all.

(oh and its been said many times before - HG babies are the cutest ever!!)