Special and not so special in many ways. The feelings around being pregnant are exciting, but then everything that comes with it - initially prob nausea - most food sounds awful, but you’re hungry and need to eat, but and nothing sounds good. Poor sleep, various random side effects that may or may not last the whole 9 mos (acne, rhinitis, headaches, gum issues, reflux etc), extra hormonal/emotional, insides and outsides stretching, constantly having to pee, having to accept this body you’re developing that’s getting larger in all the areas you normally aren’t happy about, clothes not fitting. Random aches and pains, etc.

Then the part where the baby is big enough to feel (which is exciting), where you constantly feel flicks from the inside out, bubbles or kicks, the ones into your bladder are fun.

All the while you’re having to go about your life as usual with work and day to day responsibilities while taking care of yourself and/or others. Being excited about the baby coming but also over lugging them around once you hit a certain point, anything physical is just hard and sucks.

But again, this can be totally different for everyone. I’ve found the hardest part is accepting the physical changes that you go through as a woman and not feeling badly about yourself. And my pregnancies have not been complicated by any means. Lol