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1st Trimester
groovylocks
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Pregnancy symptoms you wish "they'd" told you about
groovylocks
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So it turns out a glowing complexion and yacking up lunch aren't the only first trimester gems that we get to deal with. I was already aware of a few of the more obscurely referenced symptoms out there (Constant peeing, feeling slow and stupid etc..) but there were a few nasty ones I wasn't aware of OR prepared for.
Any you want to add?
Any you want to add?
- Going through an awkward "is she pregnant or just getting fat?" stage. I was NOT prepared for this. I deal with bloating fairly frequently because I have a lower GI disorder. But i have never, never in my life, experienced bloating on this kind of scale before. Add to that the fact that muscles are relaxing all over the place which makes things digest super slowly. And even though I haven't gained any weight, I appear to be retaining water, air, salt and whatever else you can possibly imagine.
- Not being able to poop. Like, at all. So to add insult to injury in my last point, not only am i bloated, I'm also HARDCORE constipated. I might poo every three or four days now. And that's WITH colace. But my bowels are still making the stuff, making my bloated stomach even HUGER than before.
- Too bloated for regular clothing, too small for maternity clothing. Ok this sucks but i should have seen it coming. Nobody grows all at once. Still. I'm in maternity clothing now simply because I can only wear so many foldover skirts and yoga pants before my bosses stop letting me play the pregs card. And some of them, even in an XS, are awkward.
- The dizziness. Between that, the headaches and the nausea, I feel pretty much hungover 24/7. (Which, on the upside, has helped with the wine cravings
) - Random sneezing and sore throat. Nope. Not sick. Not allergies either from what i can tell. Just there because, I dunno, eff me, I guess.
- Deeper voice. This is really creepy because i wasn't aware of it until somebody told me. YOUR VOICE GETS HUSKIER because you're carrying more testosterone than normal (I know, don't ask me why..) That same hormone that causes you to grow all that excess body and EFFING FACIAL HAIR. (Luckily for me, I haven't experienced any extra hair yet. If anything, my body hair takes LONGER to grow than it used to - which is also, somehow, apparently related to increased testosterone
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Re: Pregnancy symptoms you wish "they'd" told you about
Seriously. I get why they happen. Increased blood pressure, blah blah.. But seriously? Waking up and there's blood everywhere? It's very disconcerting.
1. Gas
2. Itchy and dry flaking nipples
3. Lower back and hip ache from the very start and throughout
4. Swollen lady bits during sex
2nd trimester constant discharge. Get ready for it ladies. Happened with my last pregnancy. Had to wear pantiliners all day.
I just heard about this today. In detail from my awesome doc. I'm going to stock up on pantyliners because things are already... It's.... I'm expecting it?
Kiddo #1 = 10 cycles of trying, 1 CP and is now a toddler
bloatd like im carrying a pile of stones
im suffering from the sneezing n sore throat
back n hip cramps
dizzy spells here and there Thank God i ain passing out
and oh not to forget all day sickness
i am a walking bag of sickness n this is my first worst trimester
Oh the hunger! I knew your appetite increased but not like this. I just want to eat constantly. I am never full even when I am full to the point of bursting.
On the plus side, I didn't realise your metabolism became so fast. The amount I eat I should have gained 50lbs by now.
2. Pain and contractions during/after orgasm in first trimester.
3. Just having cramping in general. If the doc told me this to begin with, I woukd have spent the first 6 weeks panicing!
Everything hurts.
And the gas, which started out manageable, hurts the most. It hurts so much that it's literally pushing against my stomach, making eating decent portions difficult. Trapped air moves through my body 24/7 causing my stomach to swell and be very painful to touch - this is something i deal with due to a disease i have anyway. Pregnancy has made it ten times worse. I was on a very sparse, very strict diet to manage my symptoms but that diet is not appropriate for pregnancy and foods that trigger my symptoms (Beans, corn, wheat, dairy, starches and sugar) are all things I'm trying to consume to give the baby a healthy start. Which is why i believe i'm suffering from such chronic and extreme gas.
DS - 02/21/2016