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When does the 'glow' start

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sepa · 08/08/2015 14:14

hiya,
Does anyone know when the 'pregnancy glow' starts? I'm starting to look like a teenager again with these spots!

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mummyneedinganswers · 08/08/2015 14:18

Snap lol im still trying to figure that one out hopefully it arrives soon though x

Fluffy24 · 08/08/2015 14:19

There was supposed to be a glow?

MummyBex1985 · 08/08/2015 14:21

I never glowed.

Unless hair loss, spots, weight gain and greasy skin counts as a "glow".

I had a girl. My friend who has a boy at the same time had a definite glow though.

soloula · 08/08/2015 14:42

33 weeks and still waiting for the glow. Not getting my hope up

CityDweller · 08/08/2015 14:47

Glow? What glow? I look increasingly unattractive with each week. I was spotty as a teenager until about 22 wks and now (31 wks) I'm just enormous and lumbering and doughy and usually also red-faced and sweaty. DH can hardly keep his hands off me not

GlitzAndGigglesx · 08/08/2015 14:48

A friend said I was glowing one day at 26 weeks, but I had a bit of a Croydon facelift so I don't think it counts

sarkymare · 08/08/2015 14:48

I'm still waiting for the glow from when I was pregnant in 2013 with DS.

I did get the lovely thick hair you hear so much about though, it's just a shame it was on my stomach

Im now 30 weeks with DC2 and I've accepted I'm just going to look like crap until the end of time now.

Ahemily · 08/08/2015 14:48

I glowed (sort of) with DS from around 18 weeks. Currently 20 weeks with DD and looking like death warmed up.....no glow here!

BeautifulBatman · 08/08/2015 14:52

I didn't feel remotely human until about 26 weeks. My hair was glorious throughout though.

Junosmum · 08/08/2015 15:01

It doesn't. It's a myth women tell other women to make them feel better about the first trimester.

Luciferbox · 08/08/2015 17:35

When they move out

sepa · 08/08/2015 18:38

Man, I was scared you would say that!
I feel like I look like poop at the moment. My skin and hair feels greasy all the time and feel bloated.
This is my first pregnancy and it's not how I thought it would feel!

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Skiptonlass · 08/08/2015 18:44

There is no glow.

Ive had 16 weeks of severe vomiting, then about two weeks of slightly milder vomiting when I felt almost human, before killer spd kicked in, I can now barely walk and am in constant pain. Oh and still vomiting. :)

The acne went about 12 weeks though. So that's something.

sarkymare I also have a luxurious coating of hair. On my belly and legs. I look like a nauseous ewok.

sarkymare · 08/08/2015 19:19

skipton I'm right there with you on the sickness front. We can be nauseous Ewoks together!

Ps, have you sprouted hairs around your nipples yet? They are soo long

NoArmaniNoPunani · 08/08/2015 22:12

I'm almost 20 weeks and starting to think the glow is a lie :(

NoArmaniNoPunani · 08/08/2015 22:14

Unless the glow is a slight cheek flush caused by constipation.

GoooRooo · 08/08/2015 22:16

DS is 3 years 5 months. I'm still waiting.

KanyesVest · 08/08/2015 22:17

DD was 5 last year and I'm still waiting. My bff was glowing about 10 mins after she poas wagon

KanyesVest · 08/08/2015 22:18

Xpost with Gooo! Wine tonight is giving me s nice rosy tint though (sorry preggy ladies!)

Diggum · 08/08/2015 22:28

My hair was shamaze from about 20 weeks I think. No glow though, just spots

chopsface · 08/08/2015 23:19

Haha! Love this thread!! 22 weeks here, still nauseous, spots on jawline and shoulders, hairy belly... Waiting for the glow too!

onefootinthebed · 09/08/2015 07:11

How funny, I thought I had the glow in my first pregnancy. I thought I had a lovely sun kissed face for once in my life o didn't just have freckles they all seemed to join up. I told my husband this must be I will start to look human and feel better, he burst my glow and told me it's not there is a symptom of pregnancy were skin under your eyes and cheeks change colour. After I had my ds in June and my freckles had gone I still had that bloody brown under eye thing ( I dint know its name) and l had a halo of baldness too in December. It made very good first Christmas photos.

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Skiptonlass · 09/08/2015 09:08

sarkymare there's hair everywhere Massive black spots on my nipples too.

Baby is going to drop out, use that grip reflex and haul itself up like a little chimp... Perhaps I won't need a sling, he can just grip onto my chest hair and ride along?

When this all falls out afterwards it's going to challenge the vacuum cleaner...

loolah83 · 09/08/2015 09:14

I got nice nails and hair...and a few months reprieve from my rosacea. But was a big flushing, spotty mess til about 20 weeks

Flambola · 09/08/2015 13:23

I have a glow. But I feel like shit. So if I complain I get 'oh but you look so well, you're glowing!'... Unless they're trying to make me feel better?

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