Skip to main content
Skip to main navigation
Skip to talk navigation

Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Saved Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Flip

Get updates on how your baby develops, your body changes, and what you can expect during each week of your pregnancy by signing up to the Mumsnet Pregnancy Newsletters.

1 2 3 4 5 6 ··· 9 10

Get updates on how your baby develops, your body changes, and what you can expect during each week of your pregnancy by signing up to the Mumsnet Pregnancy Newsletters.

Pregnancy

Things nobody ever really mentions before you get pregnant then they all nod in unison and it obviously happens to every pregnant woman ever

244 replies

Pruni · 14/08/2006 22:32

Message withdrawn

OP posts:

Report

bramblina · 14/08/2006 22:37

I know exactly what you mean, the things no-one ever tells you, and I now know why...because no-one can remember them!!! I'm sitting here thinking there's loads and I can't remember a single one...

jamiesam · 14/08/2006 22:43

vivid dreams
indigestion
tight achilles heel first thing in the morning (or is that just me?)
mood swings

Tommy · 14/08/2006 22:44

piles

DumbledoresGirl · 14/08/2006 22:45

My first baby was posterior and I had a terrible labour as a consequence (don't tell your SIL about this!) I was astonished at how common this is as in my pregnancy book it was barely given a mention. But I think I know why as you don't really like to worry a first time mother unduly.

misdee · 14/08/2006 22:45

leg cramps

sallystrawberry · 14/08/2006 22:45

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Pruni · 14/08/2006 22:46

Message withdrawn

OP posts:

misdee · 14/08/2006 22:46

ooooo i had some ruight raunchey dreams in all of my pregnancies.

2shoes · 14/08/2006 22:46

Tommy that was my first thought when I saw thread tiltle

shimmy21 · 14/08/2006 22:46

bleeding - not 'normal' but very very common and it doesn't mean you are automatically having a miscarriage

Pruni · 14/08/2006 22:47

Message withdrawn

OP posts:

Olihan · 14/08/2006 22:47

OMG jamiesam, I've had tight achilles heels with all 3 pgs and have never met anyone else who's had it. Even the mw looked a bit blank when I mentioned it. Thank god I'm normal (ish!)

Sobernow · 14/08/2006 22:48

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

fishie · 14/08/2006 22:48

inexplicable fits of rage

Pruni · 14/08/2006 22:48

Message withdrawn

OP posts:

DumbledoresGirl · 14/08/2006 22:48

Chronic indigestion and even more chronic fatigue. At least the indigestion goes overnight when you give birth...

lucykate · 14/08/2006 22:50

a friend of mine asked me what it was like giving birth when she was due her first. when i got to afterwards, and mentioned the swelling down below, walking like a cowboy etc after a normal delivery, she looked really shocked and asked, why does it swell?

after she'd had her baby a few weeks later, i spoke to her on the phone. first thing she said was 'oh my god, you weren't kidding about the swelling, its huge!'

other things - cramp, piles, babies bouncing on your bladder as they get bigger

Sobernow · 14/08/2006 22:51

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

jamiesam · 14/08/2006 22:52

olihan - we're not out of the woods yet, that's still only two of us!
How could I have missed out chronic fatigue?
And relieved to see that my rather coy 'vivid dreams' has been, err, clarified!

Tommy · 14/08/2006 22:55

DDG - my indigestion stayed around until DS2 was about 6 months

Tommy · 14/08/2006 22:55

totally with you on the vivid dreams thing

sallystrawberry · 14/08/2006 22:56

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Don’t want to miss threads like this?

Weekly

Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!

Email address

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

kdinas · 14/08/2006 22:57

stinky farts
toxic poo
smelly wee

dewmeadow · 14/08/2006 22:57

Dumbledore - my baby was posterior too and I hadnt even heard of it before!

cramping
vivid dreams
not being able to turn over in bed
the lovely little kicks from within turning into big painful belters

Tommy · 14/08/2006 22:58

mine's just started again with the next one

Flip

1 2 3 4 5 6 ··· 9 10

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.