I Didn't Expect...

Re: I Didn't Expect...

• Biscotto member

  January 2015

  corabrie said:

  I expected to enjoy food more. The first tri I was nauseated all the time, second tri food just didn't taste as good, and now that food tastes good again I get terrible heartburn and indigestion pretty much every time I eat more than a couple of bites. Somehow I've still managed to gain 30 lbs so far...my doctor wanted me to stay closer to a 15 lb gain. Oh well. I also didn't expect to be so damn lazy all the time. I'm still waiting for that nesting thing to kick in.

  
  Me too, no nesting desire at all. Nada. Too tired to care.

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• JenLa21 member

  January 2015

  @drudolph11‌ I know the song well, and just reading the words made me tear up.
  
  I feel like I've been so busy with my 2 year old, and everything else we have going on, that I've barely had time to really think about what it's going to be like when the baby comes. Until yesterday, when I read "They Should've Warned Me" then I remembered how wonderful those early moment with a newborn are. I can't wait to hold this LO on my chest, and smell that sweet baby smell.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• 52803558 member

  January 2015

  I'm a STM and this pregnancy is so different from my first. I had little morning sickness with the first but puked morning, noon, and night with this one. There was a 3 week period in the beginning where I'd get up at 1am every morning to toss my cookies. The second trimester with #1 was great. I had that cute little baby bump that was clearly a bump but didn't require a waddle. I totally feel like I skipped that this time. Now I'm 30 weeks and have exausted all of my maturnity clothes. The ones I wore just before having #1 no longer fit. I didn't expect to feel 10 years older with the second despite the fact it's only been 3 years.

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• CoozieInMyPurse member

  January 2015

  I didn't expect to become so geeked out over a car seat. I've looked at it online everyday since we ordered it.
  

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• KD32412 member

  January 2015

  I didn't expect my second to be scarier than my first! My first pregnancy was completely uneventful until my water broke at 32 weeks. Now, because I'm high-risk, everything is freaking me out! I had heavy bleeding due to placenta previa, then more bleeding due to an abundance of blood vessels near my cervix. This, along with my weekly progesterone shots and being on pelvic rest, has turned my husband into a stress ball!

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• peeppeeppeep member

  January 2015

  The drooling. And yeah, thought I'd be able to eat more, but I run out of room fast.
  
  I am genuinely surprised at how comfortable I feel in my skin - I've had moments of feeling a little awkward, but being pregnant has mostly improved my body image.
  
  

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• Ashlee692 member

  January 2015

  Well I didn't expect that I wouldn't have morning sickness like at all through this pregnancy, I also didn't expect that I would be so hungry I would eat the whole fridge and gain 70lbs, but most of all I didn't expect that I could love another human being this much

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• BostonAlison member

  January 2015

  I expected and was nervous about weight gain. I'm already plus size and it was really pounded into me the idea of omg don't gain too much! I've lost weight this entire pregnancy. I'm eating everything and definitely not dieting. (Explanation is probably a previously undiagnosed thyroid problem that is now being medicated)
  
  I didn't expect to be so tired, or the hip pain. Or the mucus. Stuffy nose for months.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• jacqueleen1 member

  January 2015

  I didn't expect to have morning sickness for the ENTIRE pregnancy like I have had. I also didn't realize how painful it would be to move at this point. Like many of you ladies I thought I would be eating everything in sight, but instead nothing is appetizing to me. If i have a craving the second I give into it - it doesn't taste right. I honestly thought I would enjoy pregnancy more instead of feeling more like I couldn't wait to be able to breathe again!! 

  

  
  

  
  

  

  BFP! June 25, 2014        EDD: 3/4/15

  Married May 2011 

  Me 27 -- DH 31 

  Loving parents of 2 beautiful chihuahuas 

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• mermaid1113 member

  January 2015

  I didn't expect it to be as easy as it has been. Being high risk, I assumed everything would be elevated and I would be constantly cranky, sore, tire, nauseous, etc. I have 2 other friends who are due around the same time and it seems like I have had things the easiest. 

  
  

  I also didn't expect time to fly so fast. I gave my written notice to work today for maternity leave. . . I feel like I was just in my boss's office letting him know the news. This next month is going to fly- we are moving next week, I have 3 baby showers (including my own), superbowl, etc. I feel like I am going to wake up one day after DD is born and think "what the heck happened and how did I get here?!?!"

  

  
  

  

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• Lmsq1611 member

  January 2015

  I didn't expect morning sickness to last this long. I also didn't expect my biggest complaint to be the nerve pain I am having in my arms and hands. At this nausea is fairly under control and other than nerve pain and severe exhaustion I'm actually feeling pretty good. The exhaustion hit harder than I expected it to.
  
  I also didn't expect all the negative pregnancy and birth stories. I feel like ever since getting pregnant I keep getting assaulted with these stories of how awful it all is. I'm doing hypno birthing and overall just trying to focus on positive stories but it's almost like people take offense to this. I feel like people really love to share a good "war" story about labor. I'm still hoping I don't have one of this to share one day.

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• Erika161 member

  January 2015

  ettamichele said:

  I didn't expect to feel so tired and exhausted all the time. I had high hopes that I would work out my entire pregnancy and eat super healthy and only gain 20lbs. At this point, I've gained 40lbs and I hate eating vegetables. I also didn't expect to not care about weight gain and figure I'll deal with it after the baby is born.

  This is exactly how I thought and how things actually turned out.

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• jaecat521 member

  January 2015

  I didn't expect it to hurt! I expected some discomfort but I didn't know that there would be so much hip and leg pain!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• raechelelise member

  January 2015

  I didn't expect to be 30 weeks and everyone be clueless that I am pregnant. I honestly thought you looked like a cute little maternity magazine model at like 4 months. At the end of the day, it worked out in my favor because I have had relatively no symptoms to speak of and now that I've finally noticeably popped, I'm already dreading feeling bloated and big as a house for the next 9 weeks.

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