did you feel like pregnancy was going to be easy? or did you know it could be dangerous and hard?

i just want some input from other moms. i see a lot of people online saying nobody talks about the difficulties that come along with pregnancy and childbirth, and that was not my experience at all but i know it is different for everyone. i know some people have ‘easy’ pregnancies as in no health problems with mom or baby, but even then it’s a huge challenge emotionally and physically.

for me i knew pregnancy is tough and childbirth is tough even before i considered getting pregnant. i knew what i was signing up for and all the problems i could face. i did end up having preeclampsia but i was expecting it, i sort of knew it was going to happen just by gut feelings. that being said, i grew up around a lot of mothers. my own mother seized and had an emergency c-section at 33 weeks with me.

it’s just been something i’ve been thinking about. did you have a misconstrued idea of pregnancy and childbirth because nobody likes to talk about the hard parts? or did you know what you were possibly getting into? idk if this makes sense.

i’m aware women are told their whole lives it’s the most amazing thing ever and i do believe it is amazing if it’s something you want for yourself but i also know it can be the hardest and most difficult thing you will ever do simultaneously. and that’s exactly what it was for me, it felt like a miracle and a beautiful thing but my BP was also 180/120 the night i was induced, lol.