Is it difficult having and raising a baby?

being pregnant in my opinion is like when your overfull and you have that heaviness feeling in your stomach. that's what it feels like to carry a baby.

its achy. your whole body hurts. your feet swell, especially in the summer.

feeling the baby move is amazing! the first time you hear the baby's heartbeat, you cry. at your ultrasound, you cry lol.

having a baby is something that a women has to be their bravest for. its an amazing feeling to give birth. feeling the relief when the baby is out. hearing them cry. you've waited 9-10 months to hear see and feel them and that moment is here and you treasure that time for the rest of your life.

It hurts once a baby is delivered. You're terrified to pee ! especially since you have stitches. the most painful part for me was the contractions, the actually pushing just feels like a big bowel movement lol. and pushing feels good!! takes some of the pressure off.

For about 4 weeks after it is incredibly hard to get up normally, lay down comfortable. you cry a lot cause of hormones. down there hurts obviously.

it feels like the greatest accomplishment you will ever achieve in your life.

Being a mother is very rewarding. hearing your baby say mama for the first time makes it all worth while. And in all honesty, the memory of the pain goes away.

My son is 6 months old and i can hardly remember the pain.

Does that help? lol

It is the hardest, yet most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life. Some times my daughter drives me insane! But then I just look at her and don't care if I go insane. Children change your life in amazing ways and its lasts forever.

When your baby spits up on you, you'll hope she kept enough down to fill her up.

When she gets sick, you will wish it was you instead.

When she throws a plate of spaghetti that covers everything from the floor to the ceiling, you will laugh.

When she colors on your floors/walls with a marker you won't care that you have to paint the wall again.

There are time when I take my daughter to day care or my parents house because I need a break, but every mother will feel that way. And after all the things she did that day to make you feel like your going crazy, you will still go in her room at night just to stare at her while she sleeps.

You will want to protect her, make sure she is happy, and give her everything in the world. When she's happy, your happy. But when she's not, its not possible for you to be happy either.

It is the hardest job you will ever do, and it changes your life forever. It can also be fulfilling and fun, but with a child, at times you will be more scared than you have ever been in your life. And the little problems you read about here will be come much bigger as the child grows. And more expensive. And then they start driving at night (your car) and go away to college. if you are lucky, you may get grandchildren eventually.

But I would not trade anything about the experience of raising three children.

You are asking a VERY general question. Nobody can really give you a detailed response.

Pregnancy can be easy, or it can be hard.

Labor/childbirth is hard work and can be quite painful, but it doesn't last very long.

Raising a child changes your life completely. Most of the changes are positive (for women who want to have children), but it's NOT easy -- your child's needs come first for the next 18 years or more.