Er... wind.

[Nunners]

Really awful, stinky, CONSTANT wind. From the lower regions.

Is this one of the symptoms of pregnancy, or am I just a smelly old bag who should not be around people?!

I come home from work in pain because I've had to hold it in all day... poor dp doesn't know what's hit him when I walk in the door.

Wait until you've just had the baby! I remember trying to have a serious conversation with the young and handsome paediatrician, while my bum uncontrollably went pop pop pop like a steam engine. I could see him struggling to keep a straight face.

haaa haaaa haaaa butterbur. I can sympathise. I had no control in front of guests after DD was born.

Glittery - why not just go to the work loo and let it all out when nobody else is in there? i did that once but when i came out, there was someone stood at the mirror doing her make up. she just smirked at me. horror. also, the outdoors is perfect as nobody can pin it on you. also, it will be highly diluted by the fresh air.

Yes I would, but don't you find that as soon as you get in there you don't need to anymore? Then you get back to your desk and suddenly you do again. Plus if I went to the loo everytime I needed to, people would start to think I had serious problems and I'd never actually be at my desk! Anyway, can't believe I am actually having a deep and meaningful about this! Ah what cyber-anonymity does!

Oh and butterbur, was once told a hilarious story by my friend who actually pooed in the bath at the hospital post birth. She didn't even know she'd done it til it bobbed up. She had to fish it out quick before anyone came in and noticed!

After childbirth, we have no dignity left! (Oh and before, apparently)

I have to check myself constantly in RL. I am a medcial student so bodily functions lost their mysticism for me ages ago. And now I am pg it is even worse. I have to remember that if i am not in the company of fellow medics or breeding women that some topics are off-limits in polite company...

Glittery - I have been teaching human development to med students this week. Nothing is off limits - one student said that men need to wank 21 times a month to ensure a good supply of sperm. Hmmm I am guessing there would be none left for the eggy.

Hmm, I've not heard of such a specific figure before - but I think men will find any excuse...

I definitely seem to have lost any shred of decency when it comes to discussing my bodily functions/ anatomy, the other day I was chatting about possible dates for starting maternity leave and what needed to be done before that, before you know it I was talking about the need for bedrest and somehow managed to tell him how lucky it was that I didn't have an incompetent cervix!! I'm sure he's really pleased for me

ooh yes, the imagery he must have conjured up...

In all three of my pregnacy's my increased wind output amused my dh enormously - like it was something I could control.

On the postive side things did settle down post partum...

hahahaha love this!!

mines baaaad! was awful at around 5 weeks and now at 24 weeks its come back again...with burps too this time!!

its got so bad OHs nicknamed it 'toxic baby arse'...oh the joys!

The other day I was discussing with MW in step-by-step detail how a membrane sweep was performed as it had been puzzling me before, and she was doing a grand job, even showing me the exact finger movements etc - and I turned round and poor dp was looking quite puce and unwell. We forget don't we how unprepared these men are for discussing all these lady bits... Mine has been quite good really bless him - I'm not sure I'd put up with him farting as much as I do!

I accidentally dropped one in the car on our way home last night. DP threatened to throw me out onto the motorway, saying 'I don't care if it IS -2 and that you're pregnant, that's not natural. Something must have crawled up your arse and died'...

All pretence at feminine mystique has now gone (wait till he gets a load of me in labour!). I like to think that it's revealed a new layer to our relationship; I think he sees it as scraping the barrel of any dignity there might have been left.

Dare I admit that my digestion maybe was nearly as bad before? Just now I have an excuse and any pretence that I am this gorgeous kitten-like sexy feminine creature has been shatterd with my ever-increasing girth and physical inability to remove any body hair below my waste etc so just can't be arsed to hold it in anymore?

Nunners - loving your DP!!!

'I can't help it I'm pregnant' has become my household catch-phrase.

My finest moment was when I was heavily pregnant and therefore my "keep it in" muscles weren't working too well. I stood up after a meeting at work and as I moved a teary arse pump came out. Luckily I was amongst friends and they laughed, but I was quite careful about moving fast after that!