What are you realizing or learning about yourself now that you're pregnant?
I'll go first. I never realized before I was pregnant how often I use my stomach as leverage to open something or balance something. Now that I've got this new bump I'm finding it gets in the way all the time!
Re: I never realized before I was pregnant...
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
eta: like I thought it broke apart for birth, then came out later looking like a separate piece.
Also, I had 14ish weeks of gagging every time I drank water. Now, I am super-thirsty all the time. I drank probably 15 cups of water today. And I am still peeing and stuff, but not 15 cups worth. So...where did it all go, baby? What did you do with all that water in there? :-)
Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16
I didn't realize how normal it is to bend to grab something. My workstation has the printer below my kneecaps and I print like 12 million things a shift. Bending is like a distant dream right now.
Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16
Therapy ftw!
TTC #2 since Mar 2017
DX: MF June 2019, varicocele embolization Jan 2020, good improvement (14 mil, low motility)
IUI#1 Aug 2020 - BFN
IVF #1 Dec 2020 (ICSI) - ER, freeze-all - 15 retrieved, 15 mature, 15 fertilized. 4 embryos frozen, all day 5 blasts!
FET #1 Feb 2021 - BFN
FET #2 Apr 2021 - BFP 5DP5DT!! Beta #1 13DP5DT (17DPO) = HcG 1,238. Beta #2 17DP5DT (21DPO) = HcG 8,269
But. The third trimester heartburn is like nothing I've ever experienced before. Also the emotional lability - it's one of those things that you think you understand until you actually experience it.
I'm also surprised by how apathetic I've gotten about cleaning the house. I'm way more okay with clutter than I used to be. Though, when I finally have to do something about it, I'm glad it's done.
(Honestly.. I grew up in NJ which is supposedly one of the "better" states for sex ed. I can't imagine being even less prepared.)
I am showing little bit, but really really not much. to work I wear flowy, loose-fitting dress clothes and sit at a high desk with my chair quite low. So unless I stand up and turn to the side, you really can't tell I'm pregnant, and even still it wouldn't be very noticeable- I'm sure you know what I mean.
But every day at work there is at least one person, usually a man, who will comment "when is your due date?" ... it actually makes me so angry!!! Isn't it common SENSE to not bring it up unless there's really no doubt in your mind??? I feel like if they flat out asked IF I was pregnant, if know what to say ("that's a really risky question! But luckily for you, yes!" ...Etc)... but with the assumptive questions it's SO TEMPTING to call them out on their ish as it's really just not smart!!!!!! UGH!!!!
Also, I never thought I would actually enjoy having a snoogle. I thought they looked ridiculous and that they would be more of a pain than a help trying to get into the right position. NOPE! My sister's SIL gave me hers and I sleep with it every night. Totally worth it!
However, I also didn't realize how early in a pregnancy some of the good stuff happens. I didn't know baby would actually look like a baby so soon - which is amazing. And I never expected to be able to feel him move this early. These unexpected positives definitely make up for the unexpected negatives.