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What do you wish you knew about pregnancy...

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...of all the things we're told about pregnancy, (morning sickness, weight gain, etc) what are some of the things you never heard and wish you had fair warning about?

I wish I knew about the groin stiffness & pain. It's brutal getting out of bed sometimes.

 

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  • Sweetgurl6630@yahoo.comSweetgurl6630@yahoo.com
    The leg pain that would force me up in the morning.
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  • MidwestTexanMidwestTexan member

    Rib pain...I never knew a little foot or hand wedged up in there could hurt so much!

    Oh, and calf pain...charlie horses occur for me way too regularly.

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  • NDwife07NDwife07
    I should have figured this would happen, but I wish I knew just how uninterested in sex I'd be.
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  • peachypearpeachypear
    That I would be SO TIRED in first tri. I was sick, too, but I expected that. I did not expect to have to take entire days off work just to sleep all day.
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  • HDxNxJHDxNxJ member

    Beyond stuffy nose, Constant burping, and the wonderful Mucus plug loss.... that is to come!

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  • kiki-Wkiki-W
    the hip pain.
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  • manda_mullinsmanda_mullins member

    The heartburn intensity (i'd never had heartburn before pregnancy)

    The SPD

    The gas

    Pooping during delivery?

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  • somethingchangdsomethingchangd member
    rib pain rib pain rib pain.  mine have hurt since 16w.  nobody warned me about that!
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  • cnchavez69cnchavez69 member
    I wish i knew i would have to buy stock in panty liners.  I hate it!  I also wish i knew that waddling was due to your pelvis trying to fall out, not because of the baby. 
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  • Karla&KenKarla&Ken
    Definitely the calf pains!! those are the worst especially when they get you at 3am in the morning!
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  • KtindallKtindall

    imageNDwife07:
    I should have figured this would happen, but I wish I knew just how uninterested in sex I'd be.

     Ditto for me

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  • chounTXchounTX

    charlie horses, how weird and uncomfortable sex feels, that no matter how well I eat or how much I work out - the weight will come on as my body sees fit, morning sickness = all the time sickness and comes back in 3rd tri

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  • KateandEdKateandEd
    That I would wear a pad MORE often after I got pregnant...bogus.
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  • SteffsjetSteffsjet
    Mine is the medical stuff....the first vaginal u/s, all the internals we might be getting soon, and no one would ever talk to me about labor until now.  I guess they knew I would be scared.
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  • njkittynjkitty
    the pain of hand and foot swelling.  i can't walk around barefoot anymore and i can't make a fist, barely can hold  a pen to sign my name.
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  • bbin09bbin09 member

    I agree with all the other stuff but it wouldn't make me do anything differently. My biggest surprise has been the rib pain.

    I wish I knew early on that maternity clothes (of the same size) do not all fit the same the further you go along. I bought a bunch of summer mat clothes on clearance early on thinking I could wear them this spring and they barely cover my tummy. Lessons learned!

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  • doozerdaisydoozerdaisy member
    That I would absolutely love being pregnant and am sad that it's almost over.  I would have spent WAY less time worried about gaining weight when in first tri and early second tri and just enjoyed the experience. 
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