Ladies,
What was your most annoying pregnancy symptom that nobody warned you about? 😕We want to hear from you for a new blog post. Did you have a pregnancy symptom that caught you off guard and that surprised you? Please reply in the comments below.
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People warned me about the mood swings... I didn't know they were that bad. I was a mental patient when I was pregnant 😂😂 The simplest question would make me lose my mind.
The growing belly pains! Nothing prepared me for that! Not even period cramps! 😩
Probs TMI, but for me it was the weird poops... and how hard it is to wipe after going, period, with all the extra belly going on.
Oh. And the aching joints that make it tough to get comfortable, and the horrid lava-like heartburn that strikes spontaneously and returns even after popping tums, and lightning crotch, and how hard it is to feel like you're getting enough air sometimes what with your lungs being so compressed, and how sitting in a hot and crowded room becomes a worse fate than death...
HAIR HAIR HAIR EVERYWHERE! I didn't know I was going to turn into chewbacca
I don't think anyone ever warned me that the heartburn actually felt like boiling lava burning my throat 😂
shortness of breath upon exertion, carpal tunnel, weird dreams,itchy stretch marks, lower body "arthritis", cannot tolerate summer heat and darker armpits😲
feeling like I just ran a marathon constantly, when I havent done much at all
sweating...and when they say pee every five minutes they really mean every 5 minutes especially during the night time where you finally get comfortable and then you like crap got to pee again and start all over
right now, the rib pain! I never even thought this would happen. and also the being so out of breath that you have to sit down for a break when doing simple tasks 😩😩😩
Right now I'm tired of peeing - but I knew that. I didn't know about pregnancy brain though
The hip pain! I had awful hip pain in mostly my left one that lasted from like 8 weeks all the way to the end of my pregnancy. It would be so bad I couldn't move after laying down sometimes and had to lay on my left side just to help relieve the pain. I'm 3 months pp and I still get hip pain, just not as bad.
Oh and also the sweating is terrible. I agree with the never enough deodorant comment 😅
Allergies!!! Worst thing about my pregnancy. It started when I was about 4 months. I was always sneezing, had a stuffy or runny nose and had a hard time breathing. I still suffer from bad allergies even 18 months after having my daughter. No one ever mentioned this symptom. I think it's one of those rare ones.
that can't breathe feeling after a big meal, then not eating a lot so you can breathe but hungry again within an hour
BURPING! OMG. I burp all of the time, everyday all day. It's so annoying lol
The heartburn with my first was awful--some nights I couldn't sleep because of the pain. Then I had bad food aversions with my second...that sucked! One whiff of something, and immediately my appetite disappeared. 😒
The extra discharge and how badly my back, hips, and hoo-ha hurt towards the end.
The discharge and being more susceptible to infections down there... I was always uncomfortable
Not knowing I've eaten too much until I'm unable to breath normal 😂 just makes me really uncomfortable 👎🏽
Carpal tunnel!!! Never knew that was a symptom due to swelling. It was the worst. My right hand was tingly nonstop!
@desirechild, omg and it's like no matter what you do you cant wear enough deodorant
also carpal tunnel! I had no idea you could develop that and of course I did.
sciatic pain! I've had it since 6 weeks. and now in the third trimester I can barely walk!!! NO ONE ever talks about sciatic pain or warns you lol
Dizziness, clumsiness, insomnia, heartburn, leg cramps in the middle of the night, sciatic pain when you walk, belly bumping EVERYTHING in your last trimester......the list is endless 😩😩😩
I was very nauseous for a big majority of my pregnancy and NOT just the morning. It was all day. I experienced heartburn for the first time and thought I was having a heart attack (because I'm dramatic). It was hard to walk during the end of the second trimester because my feet were swollen. Also if you get sick like a cold or something it feels ten time worse just because of worrying what meds you can or can't take and worrying if your baby is ok. Oh and in my third trimester my baby's legs were right by my ribs, it was very painful and I couldn't do anything about it.
The swollen ankles/feet and hands. And only being able to wear flip flops, and not being able to wear your wedding rings because your fingers are too fat😭
shaving when you're 9 months preggo! no one made it sound so bad !it's freakin hell !
Insomnia and heart racing like I've just worked out at the gym at night. Severe sickness for 3 or so months, the random anxiety panic attacks and hormone fluctuations sending me loopy.
early on from around 6-9 weeks I had SEVERE night sweats. I would wake up 3-4 times a night covered in sweat & freezing cold. every night for 3 weeks or so. it was the worse. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with my untreated hypothyroidism & pregnancy combination. since I've been taking meds for it, i haven't had any trouble with the night sweats unless I miss a dose. now my worse symptom is heartburn every single day/night, backache all the time & an occasional yeast infection.
I have Hyperemesis Gravidarum so at 36 weeks, I have a PICC line for TPN and Zofran, take multiple oral medications and still throw up most of what I eat. The unrelenting, debilitating nausea and vomiting is terrible.
Yeast infections!?! Wtf lol I had never had one until I was pregnant, they suck! All the discharge and the hair growth sucked too.. But it was all worth it ❤️
Increased sex drive and a man who isn't attracted to your pregnant body :/
This is my third pregnancy, but I've been diagnosed with pubis symphasis where my body makes basically too much relaxin, which is the chemical your body releases to make it easier for the baby to come out. It causes me severe pain in my pelvis.
Hair: especially in the booty crack. Thanks to my momma friends for the heads up! *heavy sarcasm* I need a weed wacker back there, lol!
cystic acne :/ towards the end feeling like you have to poop all.the.time from her head being so far down...
@preggie_usa, I couldn't bend over or shave it was hard to do certain tasks lol
increased sex drive. One day me and my hubby were going to see a movie and we had to wait like an hour before it started and i told him i wanted to drive behind the theater and get in the backseat. We didnt. But i was so serious hahaha
The nose bleeds! My goodness those were so terrible.