To ask Worst thing about pregnancy?

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For me it's the constant burping after every meal - massive giant burps ! Also in the first trimester morning sickness

For me, sciatica. Was on crutches at 13 weeks, and pretty much lay on my sofa from
16-39 weeks, horrific. Currently considering trying for a second....

Constant sickness and horrible taste in your mouth
Insomnia coupled with extreme exhaustion
Piles!!

The heartburn for me. I'd wake up choking on acid towards the end. It was horrible!

I had an easy pregnancy but serious heartburn from about 32 weeks onwards was my issue. Ranitidine was the only thing that helped.

With dd1 it was the itching. Nothing serious, just where my skin had stretched so much on my stomach and was horribly itchy! Oh and the stretch marks. So many stretch marks!!

Nausea! Have vomited multiple times a day every single day since the beginning of August with no sign of it stopping.

Heartburn for me but I got some tablets from the dr and I haven't even had a niggle since I started taking them. Omeprazole. One a day. From being in tears unable to sleep to being normal again overnight!

Throwing up all day every day until birth with all three, pre-eclampsia, precipitous labours, (so quick no pain relief!) It was all hideous.

For me it was physically a doddle but mentally pretty horrible - I had three miscarriages before DS, there were a few scares about him being too small and me not feeling movements and I was genuinely astonished (and delighted, of course!) when he was born healthy

Stretch marks. Everything else passes with time :(

Birth
Diastasis recti

People thinking they have the right to walk up to you and touch your bump!

I’m only 15 weeks pregnant, but so far I’d say the nausea, being “off” certain foods that I used to enjoy and the not drinking! I have to admit I do miss my wine (although to be honest, if I did try to drink any it would probably make me feel hideously sick).

Also just the worry and constant fear between scans about whether the baby is still ok.

For me it was the fact that it was ectopic. After IVF too. My only pregnancy in my life.

@Honeybee85 - why were you having internal examinations at every appointment? Sounds very odd - most people I know never had any. Plus you can say no to anything you don't want, don't forget. I know people who've said "oh they're booking me in for an induction as I'm nearly overdue" - which is madness when there's no medical reason for it, and they absolutely can't book/do anything without consent!

Sickness, even in labour. All day and night, for at least 38 weeks with both pregnancies, fucking horrendous. Heartburn, every minute of every day.

The heaviness! From 12 weeks I felt like I’d swallowed 10 tonne of lead and as the ridiculously huge bump just got bigger and bigger which caused horrific back ache! I could barely walk for the last few weeks.

Having HG twice. Being sick literally every half an hour, retching constantly on an empty stomach and bring up yellow disgusting tasting bile.

Constantly being tired 😔

Constant indigestion from the get go - heartburn and burping

Also lots of migraines and not being able to take anything other than paracetamol

And insomnia

Havelock

Persistent nausea
SPD (soooo bad)
Profound tiredness and exhaustion
Teetering on edge of quite worrying, absolutist thinking, feeling at once very primal, yet detached.

On the plus side though, no nausea or tiredness

The lasting effect on my stomach always looking like a melted wax work. The marks have mercifully faded in colour but theyre still as lumpy and there's always the pouch. Makes any fitted clothes look terrible. I didn't even gain that much weight or have an especially large bump.

SPD/PGP. I'd love to be a surrogate for someone, but for that reason I could never.

Nighttime leg cramps