101 Things You Didn’t Expect/Weren’t Told Would Happen During Pregnancy.
- Being sick anywhere
- Loss of bladder control
- Fainting 24/7
- Piles
- Thrush
- Random spontaneous leaking boobs.
- Your bladder shrinking to the size of a pea
- Hair falling out
- The hairy belly
- The amount of needles that get jabbed with
- Crave the most horrible food combinations ever!
- Heart burn
- Constipation
- Sore boobs
- Lack of sleep
- Swollen ankles
- Lack of appetite
- Wind
- The pressure down below
- Hormones
- Changes in skin
- Stretch marks
- Braxton hicks
- Crying at the smallest thing
- Lose friends
- Unable to pick things up of the floor
- Can’t paint toe nails as can’t reach
- Peeing 24/7
- Baby brain
- Lack of being able to tame the lady garden
- Forgetfulness
- Asking for help to put socks on
- Not been able to shave my legs
- Mood swings
- Crossing my legs to sneeze otherwise I’d pee myself
- Feeling like your bump walked into a room a hour before you did.
- Problems with teeth
- Sore/bleeding gums
- People touching your bump
- The desire to clean-nesting
- Total strangers telling you what you can/cant do
- The change in your body
- Wanting sex more often
- Becoming paranoid
- Worrying about every pain/ache
- Varicose veins
- Weight gain
- Wanting to eat all the time
- Clumsiness
- Change in breast size
- Leg cramps
- Not wanting sex
- Waddling like a penguin
- Being out of breathe
- Buying too many clothes for baby
- Waiting for the pregnancy glow
- Backache
- Sore nipples
- Having a c section
- SPD
- High blood pressure
- How itchy my skin got with my stretching belly
- Daily injections
- Ezcema
- The instant connection with my bump
- Sticky out belly button
- Discharge
- Bleeding
- Headaches/Migraines
- Worrying/stressing every time I go to the loo
- To feel so alone
- Lack of energy
- The ‘clear out’
- Being sick all the time
- Depression
- The emotions I would experience
- Not being able to bend down and get back up
- Cravings
- To panic every time I had a scan
- Dizziness
- Kidney failure
- Being happy one minute then crying the next
- Being so stressed
- Waters going early – Not realising their were two sets
- Not being able to wear my wedding ring as my fingers had swollen so much
- Feeling dehydrated
- Getting p**sed of at the smallest thing
- Diabetes
- Low blood pressure
- Leaky boobs
- The amount of do’s and don’ts
- Change in hair – becoming dry or greasy
- Certain smells making me vomit
- The fear of harming unborn baby
- Getting looks/stares of people I don’t know.
- Acid reflux
- To nearly die
- Strange dreams/nightmares
- To not be able to see my private area.
About The Real Supermum
I waited through two pregnancys for “the glow” I was promised…still waiting…
This is so very true! And I’d forgotten about alot of those points!
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lol so true
Oh the joys! I remember when I was pregnant with my 1st someone said being pregnant was the most magical experience ever!!! Really??? Ummm no now pregnant again and I won’t be doing this again in a hurry!
What a brilliant list, i think this should be shown in schools as part of sex ed!
So many of the things listed above i did not expect…. i never thought pregnancy would cause my gums to bleed. I couldnt reach my legs to shave, i couldnt tie my shoes. I never imagined being pregnant would make some day to day activities challenging…. come the end I could barely get down to change my lil boys nappy. I would get out of breath… luckily i had help from the other half. I did however find out who my true friends were. Alot of my so called friends desserted me once i had children x
i think i had 99% of them! but only new of 10% of them untill they happened. lol
When ttc conceive I think no one really thinks about this things until they happen especially after your first. Must have something to do with the baby brains lol if we all remembered we would only have one child x
This blog should be used alongside the “safe sex” campaign at schools!! Get all your teenage sons and daughters to read!!!! X
so true i didnt expect many of the things listed, they seem to tell u a few but forget some of the the most important ones.
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So true lol
All very familiar!! I developed something called Obstetrics Cholestasis (liver condition) and wasn’t prepared for the level of ‘crazy’ that constant itching could drive you. I wanted to rip my own skin off! Worst thing I ever experienced in pregnancy x
So very true, i had forgot most of these x x
oh so many …. where was this list before i got preg lol
i was lucky thorough out my pregancy not to suffer too badly although i can relate to a few thing on this post. i cant wait for my next pregnancy
you planning more?
Haha this is brilliant, it’s like the things they don’t mention before-hand! Have to agree though, as I was reading I was thinking this should be used in schools, show them it’s not all sweet n rosey lol. I didn’t suffer too bad either though thankfully but I have only experienced it once so far :/ x
Yes a leaflet needs to be made for school – best contraception ever
I wish I had read this when i was pregnant, at least i’d of been more prepared lol! xx
For some reason the one thing I didn’t think about was the stretch marks and boy did they come after me! When people say ‘you get every ache and pain going’ you think “yeah maybe at the end but the beginning is fun and easy” Nope, It’s just as painful and full of worry! The joys ay? xx
This is speaking true…. N yes def should be shown in school x
I can relate to a few things on the list and Emma, you forgot “not being able to get up once you sit down and not being able to get out of bed” I remember when my partner used to have to help me up lol x
This made me lol. so true xx
not alot then
lol x
mine was my nipples leaking lol, i was so nieve lol didnt know it was going to happen :/ oh laughed at me wen itold him
So true! Everyone goes on about how magical and special pregnancy is, i personally think its a pain in the bum (literally!) with the trapped nerves, falling asleep everywhere, peeing etc! Love it x
after having kaydi i dunno if i want anymore ..not for a while…worse pregnancy ever
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