Anyone kinda forget being pregnant?

It's only been 3 months for me and I have to look at photos to remind myself that I really was pregnant. I mean, it's so weird! I had an uneventful pregnancy, but baby A's water broke at 34 wks and within 2 1/2 hours of it breaking, I had babies. It all happened so fast. And to top it off, labor started quickly, so my Dr. didn't think transporting me to a larger hospital with a NICU would be the best, so I had my babies at my local hospital and within about 2 hours of birth, they were transported. They weren't in distress, just grower/feeders. I did get to see them in the OR for about 30 seconds apiece, then again in thier transport cases before they shipped them. Then it was 2 days before I got to see them again. It was not the birth experience I had hoped and dreamed of, and now it seems kinda like none of it really happened. So, how do I explain the cute little babies in my house... I can see my incision scar, see the stretch marks and I know they are really mine, and I remember the surgery, but it seems all so surreal. Anyone else experience this or am I going loony!?

 

Sorry you had such a traumatic birth experience! I think that the more times goes by the more and more fond I grow of the memories. I bet that if I looked up my posts at the time when I was pregnant I was probably pretty miserable, but now I just remember how it felt to have them moving inside of me and miss it!

If I want to remember I was pregnant all I need to do is look at my tummy, it will never be the same! LOL

 

Nevaaaaaah! Seriously though, the 'trauma' of it sort of fades over time, but I was not a good pregnant person, and my twin pregnancy was miserable so I won't soon forget that!

 

I'm with Becky, I was absolutely miserable & I know I won't forget it any time soon. Time does dull the memories a bit though. And I remember with my other 3 kind of forgetting what it was like in between.

 

YES!!!! i am totally experiencing the same thing! when our girls were only a few weeks old i kept telling my husband that i DO NOT want any more kids and that if i ever try to say anything different he needs to remind me that i've said that i don't want any more...now i miss being pregnant and i really think i might want to try for (hopefully) one more :bump:

so i'm not the only CRAZY one out here! ha!!!

 

I had an uneventful pregnancy, so the memory of just how big and uncomfortable I was is starting to fade, but I had mine vaginally, and it was hard, long, and painful. I don't think I'll forget that soon; also the memory of holding them right when they came out was unbelievable, and I probably will never forget that. Of course whenever I start thinking that being pregnant wasn't really that bad, I just look at my poor tummy.

 

I'm sorry your birth experience was not what you hoped for!

I haven't forgot yet, and my DH's vasectomy failed so we ended up pregnant again. I'm 29 weeks right now.

 

I think you are supposed to forget being pregnant and delivery so that you will convince yourself to do it again. I remember thinking with my first DD that there is no way I want to go through delivery again. And low and behold a year later we were trying to baby number 2 (and 3 )

 

Rachel, I think this is true. My mother and friends have said this to me over and over again, saying because if you hadn't, you'd never do it again!
I was fortunate that my pregnancy was uneventful, so there really is nothing spectacular to remember about it. If DH and I could have afforded raising another child, I think I would do it (maybe I have forgotten more then I think!).

 

Agreed! The "sting" has faded, but I will never forget the long fearful months in the hospital. I thought about trying again for a girl, but I never want to go through that again, so I think I'm going to settle for 2!

 

I can't forget. I was on bedrest for 77 days...34 of those in the hospital... I lost 3 whole months due to my pregnancy. But looking at my girls it was so well worth it and I wouldn't change a thing!

 

I agree you are meant to forget it. Every time I mention it, my DH says "Don't you remember how miserable you were???". I do, but I still want to do it all over, just one more time!

 

78 days in the hospital here! :wavey: Like you, it was worth it, but I don't wanna do it again!!! :lol:

 

I totally feel the same way. After I had my girls I was sooooo happy to have my body back and eat all the foods I couldn't while I was pregnant. But now when I look at other pregnant moms I have such nostalgic feelings!

 

Wow!! :shok:

 

lol _ i relate to how I look at my little ones and am amazed. I cant help but be in awe... that I created these little humans! They came out of my BODY! How they fit I still dont know!