by Sara McGinnis posted in Pregnancy

Ask a few pregnant women to tell you what pregnancy is, and you're bound to get a wide range of answers. Some, caught in a magical moment of awe and wonder might reply that it's miraculous, but the ones who've just peed for the fifteenth time that day are going to be a bit more frank.
Moms in the BabyCenter Community have been filling in the blank on the prompt "Pregnancy is _____," and their responses range from sweet to get-this-baby-out-of-me level over it.
Pregnancy is...
jmiloud: Making me feel fat and old lol.
emilysocal: Basically like puberty 2.0 lol. "Your body is gonna go through some changes and you're gonna have a few awkward stages, probably accompanied by a plethora of new stretch marks and a hell of a lot of pee." tifne22: Spending 25% of my day trying to poop!
burtneybob: Forcing myself to find a sliver of motivation to do anything!
Shantal2009: Feeling like an inadequate superhero who can create little people but her kryptonite is a full bladder.

ElleJax: Peeing, standing up and realizing you immediately have to pee again.
mdbnov: Feeling like a beached whale stuck on the sand when trying to move around in bed.
NikkiPiks: Pregnancy is a "journey." Not just that meaningful inspirational journey but "journey" because having to go anywhere from lying down on the couch is a goddam journey and a half. I've never been so out of breath having to go get a snack from my kitchen which is ...