How do you cope with hating pregnancy when it’s supposed to be such a beautiful experience and saying otherwise is taboo and deeply stigmatized?

In addition to the physical changes to be endured, there are all manners of reasons pregnancy could be a terrible experience for someone. For some women, it was the unsolicited advice they get as well as the unrelenting spotlight when pregnant that makes them hate that phase.

Some women hate being at the centre of attention and pregnancy keeps them there. They hate being told what to do. They don’t like talking about being pregnant like other women do. Even though they are happy to be pregnant and can’t wait to hold their child, they don’t like being described as the ‘pregnant woman.’

There is serious pressure to perform pregnancy in a way that is socially acceptable, and talking about how awful pregnancy can be is not part of what people expect or want to hear. Some women are hesitant to talk about their dislike for pregnancy experience because of the much conversation around their miscarriage and infertility.

For some women, it’s totally a taboo to say you hate being pregnant because you are reminded that some people would give anything to have a child. But the experiences of some women who had experienced difficulties with pregnancies are also real and painful, and it’s isolating for them not to be able to open up about it.

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Mrs. Josephine Okunleye is expecting her first child and has been open with some people about how physically and emotionally tasking her pregnancy has been. It has proven difficult, though, when she tries to prevent it from being the subject of every conversation. People tell her to be grateful to God for being pregnant immediately after her wedding.

“People get frustrated when I say, ‘Actually I’m not really enjoying it, but I’d love to learn more about what’s new in my life. Fortunately, being honest about my experience has also helped me find people with similar feelings about their own pregnancies, as well as unexpected allies, including a friend who went through IVF.”

In addition to getting real about hating being pregnant, women who go through this feeling need people and support around them. It is important that they navigate through pregnancy with a positive mindset even when it’s making them miserable.

Pregnancy brings many feelings with it and women are not bound to feel a certain way. An important part of pregnancy, especially with all the hormonal, bodily and emotional changes they will experience, is being free to feel however they feel and not feeling guilty about it