Lovely things no one told me about pregnancy:

☆ Over salvation

- The awesome symptom that causes your mouth to fill up with spit so fast you have to carry around an empty water bottle to spit in constantly. Cause if you swallow all of it you feel nauseous.

☆ Rib pain

- The dull but somehow sharp at the same time pain you get when the baby and your uterus has grown and started squishing against your ribs. Sometimes to the point the whole area goes numb.

☆ Back pain

- Sure I assumed there would be back pain. But not stabbing I-can-barely-walk back pain.

☆ Pelvic pain

- Apparently there's this hormone called relaxin that causes your pelvis to adjust to accommodate the baby during birth. But really it makes your pelvis pop with every step and feel like it's being pulled in two. Coupled with the back pain it's just great.

☆ Being short of breath

- Feeling like you're suffocating because your uterus is taking up lung space when really you're fine. It sucks.

☆ Bizarre and extremely vivid dreams

- I had three different dreams my baby was a girl and they turned out right. I've also dreamed I could see her through my belly. Sometimes pregnancy dreams get weird.

☆ Trapped air

- When you are left pounding on your chest like a gorilla because there's air stuck in your chest and you want so desperately just to burp.

☆ Acid reflux

- That sudden moment it feels like you swallowed a lit match and cough your brains out. And it doesn't go away until you throw up the entire contents of your stomach and then take an antacid because the one you took previously didn't work.

☆ Baby kicks

- Everyone loves to feel their baby move. But they don't tell you about when that tiny precious foot hits your nerves or your cervix and you gasp and nearly jump out of your seat. Ouch doesn't begin to cover it.