Pregnancy is hard!
Over the past 7 months I've learned that I had no idea what was included in pregnancy. I swear people forget to tell you these things just so people will have more babies, so here is my list of things I wish I knew about being pregnant! Add your own in the comments!! Also please note this is all in good humour! 😁😂
1. Morning sickness can happen all day
2. Anything can make you throw up
3. You may not want to eat anything
4. Food may not ever seem appealing
5. You may only eat one type of food for 6 weeks straight
6. In your first trimester you are tired all the time
7. Your skin get very dull and blotchy
8. Your skin gets dry and itchy
9. Stretch marks don’t just happen on your stomach
10. Your hair may look nice on your head, but you start to grow hair everywhere else
11. You’re bloated for the first 12 weeks
12. Your round belly doesn’t look round for the first few months, more lumpy and flabby
13. You gain weight in other places other than your stomach
14. You swell up
15. You’re hot all the time
16. You get leg cramps in the middle of the night for no reason
17. You get weird cramps everywhere for no reason
18. You can get heartburn for no reason, seriously drinking water can cause it
19. You can’t take anything for a cold, or the flu
20. You have to pee all the time
21. You have no warning that you have to pee
22. You may pee yourself
23. You get really gassy
24. You have no real control over your gas
25. You will worry about every pain you have
26. Google is not your friend when you’re pregnant
27. Google will either tell you “this is normal” or “GO TO THE HOSPITAL NOW” there is no in-between
28. Your gums will bleed
29. Brushing your teeth could make you throw up
30. You may cry at commercials
31. You may cry at anything
32. You may cry because you ran out of ice cream
33. YOU MAY CRY
34. A LOT
35. You will still have discharge
36. You will wonder if this is normal
37. You will spend too much time googling things like that
38. You will start to snore for no reason
39. Your sinuses may get irritated
40. You will not be able to take anything for this
41. You won’t be able to sleep comfortably
42. You will sweat through everything when you sleep
43. You will wake up to pee multiple times in the night, but it’s ok because you’re not sleeping
44. People will comment on your growing belly
45. People will want to touch your belly
46. People will want to give you advice
47. People will judge you on what your choices are during your pregnancy
48. People will annoy you
49. Your husband will annoy you
50. You also will make your husband go get ice cream at 11pm at night
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