In my own experience...(baby born June 2) pregnancy is nothing to shout about!!
[Maybe I needed more of them?]
It's hard on the mother, to be sure.
And then the real work begins.
But "Thank God for Mothers"! Without them, none of us would be here. 9 months of uncertain anxiety, a decade or three of effort, and most will become grandmothers -- whether "revenge" or "guidance" or both, they will mostly be rewarded.