Worst Pregnancy Side Effect?

Mrs.LLG

Other than morning sickness anyone experience anything they weren't expecting?

mrs.peggyhill

The astronomical weight gain.  I knew I would gain a little - but wow 45lbs!  That's a lot!

sms297

I was so swollen when I was pg with dd... it was so bad that I couldn't bend my ankles and it hurt so bad. It started above my knees and went all the way down... so I looked like I had no knees or ankles.

becki777

My ankles hurting so badly. I had heard of people swelling, but I never realized how much it would hurt to stand!

Temp782982187506089

The awful nasal congestion. ?I couldn't breathe out of my nose from about 12 weeks until the day after I delivered. ?They had to get me nasal spray in the delivery room so I could breathe to push

ncbelle

The 1st trimester acne - fun times!  I looked worse than I ever did in high school.

MrsHughesNC

My worst side effect was the awful carpal tunnel syndrome I had at the end of my pregnancy. My hands were so swollen and hurt so bad I had to soak them in ice water every day. Ugh... I was not expecting that!

crescentmoon99

The heartburn was really killer.  I couldn't even eat anything containing tomatoes, or rich like brownies, nothing fun at all or I was dying!  And that was while I was taking Zantac.  Ugh.

dbertagni

Stuffy nose and BAD carpal tunnel, it was still really bad 8 weeks after, my thumbs and palms were numb. I still have it on and off.

Mrs.LLG

Back-ne is my favorite. Never had acne as a teenager and now that I'm preggers its like I've got a pizza on my back. TMI, I know, but just a forewarning to any lurkers out there - pregnancy is not always pretty! I really wish it would go away, I'm like 7 weeks away from delivery!

toadslove

sms297:

I was so swollen when I was pg with dd... it was so bad that I couldn't bend my ankles and it hurt so bad. It started above my knees and went all the way down... so I looked like I had no knees or ankles.

Me too -- I swelled at 12-13 weeks really bad and didnt go down until about 3 weeks after Alex was born.  I was miserable.  My feet grew 2.5 - 3 shoes sizes and went from a regular to a W-I-D-E! 

MrsHughesNC

Mrs.LLG:

Back-ne is my favorite. Never had acne as a teenager and now that I'm preggers its like I've got a pizza on my back. TMI, I know, but just a forewarning to any lurkers out there - pregnancy is not always pretty! I really wish it would go away, I'm like 7 weeks away from delivery!

I had face acne, neck-ne, back-ne, and belly-ne. (Seriously...who gets zits on their BELLY??) I was about as sexy as they come. 

Mrs.LLG

MrsHughesNC:

Mrs.LLG:

Back-ne is my favorite. Never had acne as a teenager and now that I'm preggers its like I've got a pizza on my back. TMI, I know, but just a forewarning to any lurkers out there - pregnancy is not always pretty! I really wish it would go away, I'm like 7 weeks away from delivery!

I had face acne, neck-ne, back-ne, and belly-ne. (Seriously...who gets zits on their BELLY??) I was about as sexy as they come.?

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Any magical cures??? ?

sophabelle

heartburn!!! omg mine has been hellacious!  some nights i practically have to sleep sitting up and even then there isn't much relief. 

and this may be a little tmi, but i've also had some pretty bad gas too haha!

alchris

I had horrible congestion and I slept horribly overnight, in large part due to the congestion.

MrsHughesNC

Mrs.LLG:

MrsHughesNC:

Mrs.LLG:

Back-ne is my favorite. Never had acne as a teenager and now that I'm preggers its like I've got a pizza on my back. TMI, I know, but just a forewarning to any lurkers out there - pregnancy is not always pretty! I really wish it would go away, I'm like 7 weeks away from delivery!

I had face acne, neck-ne, back-ne, and belly-ne. (Seriously...who gets zits on their BELLY??) I was about as sexy as they come. 

 

Any magical cures???  

Childbirth, and the return of my BC pills... wish I had better news :-(

starz080

towards the end, i was sooo swollen and i constantly had a runny nose.  neither was severe just annoying. 

unc00ref

The Round Ligament Pain was awful for me.

mrsmikey

I think the worst thing for me was the terrible exhaustion in the first tri.  I did have some pretty bad RL pain, but I think the exhaustion was the worst.  Good thing it only lasted the first couple of months. 

elizabethswan

TMI alert!!

The added weight caused huge vericose veins in my hoo-ha! It was very uncomfortable and sex was quite painful for me for most of the pg.

kaysi82

RESTLESS LEGS!

jenwill

The worst for me was the Carpal Tunnel. My Rt hand was completely numb...and apparently it can stay permanently! I now need surgery-boo!!!

The first tri exhaustion and acne EVERYWHERE also sucked and was unexpected!

becki777

kaysi82:

RESTLESS LEGS!

Oh yeah! That was the worst!

futureJHL

becki777:

kaysi82:

RESTLESS LEGS!

Oh yeah! That was the worst!

Ditto!  And ditto just about everyone else.  First Tri exhaustion was so bad for me.  Luckily DH and I work at the same place and he was able to drive...i slept to and from work the entire first trimester.  backne was terrible!  round ligament pain.  and my tummy muscles stretched so far (i carried really low the entire pregnancy) that i could hardly lift my legs at the end of the pregnancy to get dressed.  i had to sit down and lift my legs with my arms.  so that made recovery hard too because they didn't just come back right away..i had to work to get those muscles back.

NatPhoto09

I had really bad pelvic pain (the pubic bone to be exact) toward the end of my pregnancy.  NOTHING would ease the pain.  Once I went into labor the pain just went away. 

BlairWaldorf

Sciatica.

& the swelling. MY GOD, the swelling.  My feet look like loaves of bread by 9:30am & I've resorted to wearing compression hosiery in the summer.  HAWT.

raceyrae

Itchy skin rash that started around week 30 and lasted till 2 mo pp.

raceyrae

Oh, and also the horrible crotch pain the last few weeks, if I walked, rolled over, pretty much anything.  Felt like I was either riding a horse for days on end or had been hit in the crotch with a baseball bat (I am not exagerating!).

WendyNC

The sniper leg cramps (have had those both pregnancies)...getting huge, swelling (haven't had too much swelling YET this time) and just being uncomfortable the last couple of months.  I'm also having more crotch pain this time b/c I'm carrying lower. 

marryingacoach

The leg cramps that woke me up in the middle of the night and the heartburn oh the heartburn! And my emotions.. I cried a lot more. The smallest thing, that normally would not bother me, sent me over the edge...way over the edge.