Yes, SOME women might overplay their pregnancies, but the VAST, VAST majority of women are not trying to belabor (pun intended) the issue. They would much prefer not to feel so bone-tired all the time (and it is usually worse with subsequent pregnancies, because now they also have their first children to take care of at the same time as being pregnant). Some women sail through their pregnancies. Others, do not. And it is unfair to make light of the incredible changes that the body undergoes. men have absolutely no idea. They think of the labor as being THE issue, but really it is a 9 month long process, ranging from moderately uncomfortable, to excruciatingly painful, and even chalilah life-threatening. There is a reason why a man must bensch gomeil for his wife after she gives birth. It is also the reason why the mitzvah of pru urvu is on the men and not the women, because the sakanas nefashos is on the woman.
Women should not milk things for all their worth, but give us ladies a break, willya? If men had to have the babies, there probably would be no more than one per family. 😉