Things nobody tells you!

[MrsLianeB]

I have struggled to dtd with oh not because I don't want to it appears my vagina is so swollen it hurts far too much!
I'm sure if they told people this happens during pregnancy there wouldn't be as many 'unwanted pregnancies' as what this country has as noone wants a swollen foof!

[bingeddybongo]

A swollen foof or a werewolf belly!!

[beth27123]

I lost control of my bladder this morning through acid sick. Was so busy trying not to vomit in my hair my PFMs gave way. OH had a giggle though.

[Purplemonster]

Nobody mentioned the nosebleeds, they're certainly not the worst symptom I've had but were perhaps the most unexpected.

[pocopearl]

no one warns you about feeling like a beetle stuck on your back whenever you try to get up from a sneaky sofa nap

[FoofFighter]

I have werewolf belly :(

that morning sickness can sometimes present as horrendous diarroehea instead for the first tri.

[riskit4abiskit]

werewolf belly.... and pubes that are migrating down my thighs.... sigh, I'm werewolf all over

[FoofFighter]

Skin tags, am smothered in them under my boobs.

[Holly94]

That in the first few weeks you constantly feel like you're about to come on your period. Those stabbing pains you get when you move/turn over too quickly. The stretching feelings in your groin area!

[nutella81]

Ooh yeah, skin tags is a good one. Also, lots of burping.

[DianeDavies]

Ha ha ha. riskit4abiskit, that really made me 'laugh out loud'! I hear you!

The thing no-one told me... ordering 3 different subway sandwiches with baby-brain is an impossibility..... "May I have a 6" footlong please", "I mean a veggie pate with tuna" "No, I mean a honeyoat with footlong please", "No, I mean a 6" tuna with bread" "Oh forget it"

[RJM17]

I have turned into a werewolf!! It's ridiculous the punt if hair I am sprouting all over the place! And sex well that just hurts too much at the minute. And these are jut minor things compared to the backache and sore hips!! X

[workingtitle]

I genuinely genuinely did not know my pubes would spread so much. They're on my bottom!!!

[RJM17]

Haha yep got that too!! Seriously I have hairs growing out my chin, stomach, legs, backside!! Where the hell do they come from and why do none if the baby books tell u about them x

[Signet2012]

Constipation.

I believe it's your bodies way of preparing you for birth.

When you have sat pushing for a hour, fingers gripped into the toilet seat, swearing and sweating then eventually pass a good 8lber.

Then the piles which follow.

[JeanBodel]

Acne in new places.

Your feet swelling to a bigger size.

I haven't been pregnant for five years, yet I still have the acne and bigger feet. Good luck to all of you!

[Annunziata]

The sweating!

[StrawberrytallCAKE]

Vaginal disfigurement after stitching. I look like I have a teeny teeny weenie. I had a shock with the mirror last week.

Please let no one know who I am in real life.

[AnythingNotEverything]

Thank you ladies. I thought it was just me!

[Fozziebearmum2b]

The beautiful excess WIND!

Followed by constipation.... :-(

The combination is a joy...

[PleaseLetsGoToSleep]

That being pregnant is the easy part, it's what comes afterwards that is the real test!
But yy to increase in hairiness, and awful wind!

[Gonnabmummy]

Sweating and spots! Third trimester has me covered in spots :( however my hair finally looks alive :/

[FoofFighter]

Strawberry that reminded me of one i had forgotten - after my first baby I was left with one normal inner lip and one flappy long one

[PseudoBadger]

Dribbling!

[bumpertobumper]

thrush! had it for the whole of my second pregnancy, couldn't get rid of it. Went away the day I gave birth.
And the flip side - my itchy flaky scalp cleared up for the whole pregnancy, and returned the day after birth.
Bodies/hormones are strange

[Drhamsterstortoise]

Lightning crotch