pregnancy

I remember being 9 months pregnant and feeling miserable. I enjoyed the idea of having my little baby boy inside me, but other than that I could leave the whole experience behind. For starters, I consider myself fairly lucky at how smoothly my pregnancy went. Of course, I don't think it was all luck. I am a fairly healthy, active person which I am sure contributed to it being a non-complicated pregnancy. But, it is also luck because I didn't ever have morning sickness so bad that I vomitted. I did have a couple weeks during the first trimester of queeziness and a few nights of not feeling like eating the dinner I had cooked, but other than that I felt healthy and normal. I did have a craving for pickles that lasted about a week, but other than that no other cravings I can remember. I never had issues with smells like I have heard some people have. One of the worst things about my pregnancy was that I started leaking colostrum at only 5 months pregnant. It wasn't a huge amount and it was only at night while I was sleeping, but it was enough to be annoying, especially since I still had 4 months to go...
My pregnancy was easy going until the last month. That is when I was sick of being pregnant. It wasn't the size so much, as it was the discomfort I started to feel. The last month I had this terrible pain in my groin area. It felt like a really bad pulled muscle, but it was a muscle I never even knew existed until it started being painful. It was terrible pain that i felt whenever I lifted my legs. For example, lifting a leg to get my pants on was so painful. Same thing with the motion of getting out of bed, when you pull your legs to the edge of the bed. That was especially rough in the middle of the night when I needed to pee, but did not want to go through the pain of moving my legs. Like many women, I also experienced swelling in my legs, hands, and pretty much everywhere on my body. I did not realize how swollen I was until a week after delivery when I saw how skinny my feet looked compared to when I was pregnant. The last month was also rough because I went 8 months with no stretch marks, only to find myself getting them with a few weeks left to go. They showed up on my upper thighs, butt, and I have a cluster just above my belly button. (Luckily now they are all relatively invisible except for the belly button ones). :(
Also, the last week of my pregnancy was rough because Ben chose to come 6 days late. So, everyday past my due date was horrible.