Everyone knows about morning sickness, pregnancy cravings and weight gain. Yet there are so many…
Everyone knows about morning sickness, pregnancy cravings and weight gain. Yet there are so many more pregnancy symptoms that don’t get as much attention and are way more annoying. 😲
We asked moms in the mom.life app, a supportive social network just for moms, what pregnancy symptoms they experienced that they never even knew existed before it happened to them. Here are 40 pregnancy symptoms you may not have heard of but are really frustrating. 👶🏽
1. Rib pain!!!! So much rib pain!
2. HAIR HAIR HAIR EVERYWHERE! I didn't know I was going to turn into Chewbacca.
3. I don't think anyone ever warned me that the heartburn actually felt like boiling lava burning my throat 😂
4. Darker armpits😲
5. Feeling like I just ran a marathon constantly, when I haven’t done much at all.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Nightmares every night!
10. OMG. I burp all of the time, everyday all day. It's so annoying lol
11. I know it’s gross, diarrhea!
12. Your sex drive goes away....
13. PUPPP.
14. Insomnia and horrible dreams.
15. My nose swelling twice its normal size!
16. Carpal tunnel!!! Never knew that was a symptom due to swelling. It was the worst. My right hand was tingly nonstop!
17. Restless leg syndrome
18. It's like no matter what you do you can’t wear enough deodorant.
19. 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
20. Belly bumping EVERYTHING in your last trimester......the list is endless 😩😩😩
21. Shaving when you're 9 months preggo! No one made it sound so bad! It's freakin hell!
22. Heart racing like I've just worked out at the gym at night. Severe sickness for 3 or so months.
23. 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.
24. Lightning crotch
25. 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.
26. Getting car sick 😬
27. 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 ❤
28. Increased sex drive and a man who isn't attracted to your pregnant body :/
29. 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.
30. Itchy belly and all day everyday puking.
31. Excess saliva!
32. 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!
33. Cystic acne :/ towards the end feeling like you have to poop all the time from her head being so far down...
34. Hemorrhoids 😖
35. Itchy ears.
36. The bad taste in my mouth following every meal...
37. Itchy boobs.
38. Leaky nipples 😒
39. The random anxiety panic attacks.
40. Pregnancy brain and hormone fluctuations sending me loopy.
What fun pregnancy symptoms did you have? Please share in the comments below 💕
Alison Nicole (Alicat) ·
Lots of throwing up. Rib pain. And back and neck pain. And almost fainting a lot. And horrible nightmares.
Krystal Beyard·
RLS 😭💀
Jenae·
Мама дочки-младенца, беременна (1 нед.)
yay mines on here!
christal·
Мама сына-младенца
let's not forget lots of wax build up in the ear
MelissaV ·
Мама троих детей, ждёт четвёртого
Charlie's horse! i swear i get em almost every night. & bananas And water do not help like they say it will ! -_-
💚Mizz Rita💚·
Мама троих детей
@mv92, try Gatorade instead of water
Donnika·
Restless Leg Syndrome, so uncomfortable
Brittni Countryman·
В ожидании первенца
for those of you that have sciatic pain, go to a chiropractor who specializes in pregnancy care. I'm in my third trimester now and there is no way I would have made it this far without going!
Paige·
В ожидании первенца
Hot feet! It always feels like my feet are on fire. I end up putting brags frozen vegetables on them
Laura Adkins·
В ожидании первенца
snoring and waking up with a dry throat makes me throw up... bought a new wedge pillow that helps but if my throat drys out at all I throw up
Elizabeth Schafer·
Bloody noses every day
Stasha·
В ожидании первенца
Earwax build up ..... I don't know where all this wax came from but all of a sudden I have earwax build up 😖😖😖😖
Jeniffer Revell·
В ожидании первенца
constipation!!! i feel like my life is over when i use the restroom 😖
Yahyah·
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I can so relate the constant peeing and feeling like I ran a marathon to just walk down the stairs to the kitchen and also the the lava heartburn it sucks enough I cant seem to have put enough deodorant on anyway 😖😖😖
Mary Carpenter·
В ожидании первенца
Headaches. Unbearable headaches! Almost everything else seems covered. The headaches + incessant puking were by far the most awful for me.
Erika·
В ожидании первенца
Hot flashes! I've been having them every night and they're HORRIBLE
Nicole·
I think I am having bloody nose I'm not, it's a runny nose and I never stop sneezing scratching or coughing due to my allergies getting worse than they have ever been in my life!!!! 😟
Jess·
Hot flashes, insomnia, rib pain, the discomfort is unreal and the acid reflux is horrid. Peeing every 10 mins and swelling of the hands and feet.
Sharon·
Мама сына-младенца
Sciatic pain, feet hurting, back pain, constantly out of breath, toward the end of pregnancy I had really bad headaches. Colds.
Megan Kerr·
Мама сына-младенца
drooling- having extra saliva, extra ear wax
Amanda·
Мама сына-младенца
the carpal tunnel was the worst for me. I basically lost feeling in my right hand. It just felt numb. my ob even sent me to a doctor to get cortisone shots in my hand and it hurt soo bad and didn't even help. I didn't get full feeling back in my fingers for about a month after I had my baby
Sharon·
В ожидании первенца
Not knowing if something is how you really feel or if it's just the hormones lol 😂😂😜
Stacey·
Мама сына (7 лет)
I can totally relate to #18(unfortunately lol!). A lot of things r different this time around. I have a 7yr old son,and now 4 1/2 mths with a baby girl😊 Both pregnancies r so different!