My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that looked like the Michelin Man.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pregnancy changed my body; it changed the way I walk.
When you're pregnant, you go out and buy every single book; you have this stack of books on your nightstand, but there was nothing that was preparing me for anything even remotely resembling what my life was going to look like.
I don't have those great, strong, glowing pregnancies.
The difference in my body from pre-pregnancy to post-baby was night and day. I didn't have the strength, I didn't have the flexibility, I didn't have the stamina, I didn't have the mobility. I felt like I was handicapped.
I watched Ricki Lake's documentary, 'The Business of Being Born,' and that led me to call a midwife, and not an ob-gyn, when I found out I had conceived. My delivery was not easy - they call it 'labor,' not 'a vacation!' - but I was incredibly grateful that I did it that way.
I had friends of mine tell me they had a baby, and I didn't even know they were pregnant.
Pregnancy and motherhood are the most beautiful and significantly life-altering events that I have ever experienced.
I truly loved being pregnant and feeling what was going on inside my body and watching it change. It's difficult to recoup, but still amazing nonetheless. I would have another one.
I found out I was pregnant seven days after my wedding. I was on honeymoon with my family.
I've had great pregnancies, and healthy, beautiful children.