Comments on: My pregnancy superpower

By: Marnie

Marnie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:22:18 +0000

I didn’t get any stretch marks. I also gained only 38 pounds when I was pregnant with the girls and within the first week I lost 31 pounds. My thighs were actually smaller then they are now shortly after delivery because the girls were just taking everything I ate in the last trimester. I couldn’t keep up with them. I’m also proud that I grew two big, healthy babies (6.2 & 6.8 pounds – and no NICU stay at all).

What I wish I could have….YOURS! I would love to be able to sleep that long while I am pregnant – or anytime for that matter. I keep a Sam’s Club size jar of Tumms next to the bed for my nightly heartburn. Fun stuff…

Great post!

By: estraven

estraven — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:08:22 +0000

In the twin pregnancy, the superpower was health. Little to no sickness, no stretch marks, easy nodrug delivery at 38 weeks (100 minutes from sitting in front of the tv to holding newborn #2 in my arms). All of this in the evening of a completely normal workday.
NB there were no further normal workdays for a long time after that.

In the single (and first) pregnancy, I felt like an athlete on doping drugs. I could take longer hikes than usual, carry extra weight, run faster.

What I would mostly like to have back is a special form of that extra energy, which surprised my husband in a VERY positive way, quite as much as the big boobs. We would have to soundproof the bedroom, I guess.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:58:41 +0000

My husband can sleep that much normally! ha ha He is the one really missing sleep since our kids arrived.
My pregnancy super power was being able to work full time then move to a new house up until the babies were born. They came 12 hours after the last item was moved into the new house. My other super power was having a lighting fast labor (drug free) and fast pushing out for a first kid. The second one was uncooperative, however, giving me a double whammy labor (vag & c/s).

By: Maria Parrott

Maria Parrott — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:41:27 +0000

My secret pregnancy superpower was going in to pre-term labor at 27 weeks …I was 4 centimeters dialated and 75% effaced and keeping my twinkies in utero until 36 weeks gestation without being confined to a hospital bed (thank God). Yes I do believe in mind over matter and a whole lot of prayers.

By: Mommy, Esq.

Mommy, Esq. — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:17:17 +0000

My superpower was that I could work crazy work hours while in my third trimester – only symptoms were mild heartburn and featloves. My other superpower was being able to put off my thank you notes until the couple of days before my scheduled C-Section.

I WISH I had the no stretchmarks superpower. I’m a big fan of candelight interludes with Husband now.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:02:56 +0000

I had an amazingly hard pregnancy,about every complication in the book and a delivery that almost killed both my baby b and I. She turned and there was no time for a c section and i had to have her breech vaginally,and her shoulders were stuck in my pelvis.i had surgery at 22 weeks to save my pregnancy and wound up having them at 32 weeks. in light of all this my babies were in two different hospitals and all the doctors and nurses that we came in contact with said they had never seen preemies as small as ours flurish like they did. so my superpower is that i have little miracle fighter babies! Of course the super power i would like to have is an uneventful pregnancy,seeing as how i was on 10 weeks of hospital bedrest and had 4 babies under4 at home before the twins. We are doing great now and my little fighter babies are as fat as ever they stay latched to my breasts! sometimes i feel like a milk cow and wonder if their gonna slaughter me when i get old….lol.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:38:22 +0000

Wow, that is some sleeping!!!

Hmm, I never threw up. Nor did I get any stretchmarks. Those might be my superpowers. That, and the fact that I had good sized babies who didn’t need NICU time. Yay!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:37:06 +0000

My pregnancy super power was the ability to smell coffee from miles away (which made me gag!)! That was the worst smell to me– and half the time I smelled it and no one else did. ha! I’m happy to report I’m back “on” coffee and am in love with it again. Also… no stretch marks with my twins! Well… I’ll be honest… I have a few on my booty… but I can’t see those unless I really try, so they don’t count– right??

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:26:18 +0000

Wow, it’s amazing to read how much strength so many other MoM’s had! My pregnancy superpower was having a vaginal delivery. I did have an epidural. My pregnancy was awful…lots of sickness and bed rest at the end. Recovery was worse. But, I was thankful I also was able to eventually breastfeed both exclusively, which helped take off the pregnancy weight. Now, I’m in physical therapy trying to get my body to line back up as it should. It’s great to be reminded of what turned out well through the whole process and to focus on that instead of all the hard stuff!

By: BoulderMommy

BoulderMommy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:47:29 +0000

My pregnancy superpower was my skin (clearer than it’s ever been since I was 10 years old) and my hair. My grandmother told me I looked like a little girl again. Then I had the babies, and between sleep deprivation and the hormonal roller coaster the hair fell out and the skin was worse than it’s been since I was 14. Once I quit breast-feeding the skin calmed down. The superpowers I would have liked? Going a few weeks longer (had them at 34.5 weeks), being able to keep exercising and gaining less weight (I’m still 10 pounds over the pre-preg mark 27 months after they were born).