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when do you get 'the glow'?

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smallsmith · 22/02/2013 15:04

Just waiting for this supposed pregnancy glow to arrive - am 12 weeks, and still looking and feeling pale, tired and decidedly un-radiant. When do the lustrous locks and glowing skin arrive?!

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talulahbeige · 22/02/2013 15:12

36 and still waiting. :-)

weegiemum · 22/02/2013 15:15

In my experience (I have 3 dc) .....

..... Never. I'm sorry!

PhyllisDoris · 22/02/2013 15:15

I think it's a myth....

Quilty · 22/02/2013 15:16

24 weeks, still tired and my skin is awful :( sorry.
On the up side, my hair seems to of grown loads and is now the length I've wanted it to be for ages!

ladymia · 22/02/2013 15:16

It's a myth

phoenixrose314 · 22/02/2013 15:16

Mine didn't start til about 20 weeks, faded at about 32 weeks. Was lovely whilst it lasted!

speedyboots · 22/02/2013 15:24

I was just thinking today, as I cleaned off the yoghurt I'd dropped on my white top stretched over large bump, that 'blooming' is just a very polite euphemism for 'fat'. Definitely no glow for me at 28+4.

milkyjo · 22/02/2013 15:24

My glow is my flushed red face from being so damn hot from about 32 weeks. People tell me I'm looking well!

HPsauceonbaconbuttiesmmm · 22/02/2013 15:34

No glow with dc1. 33weeks with dc2 and not holding out any hope!

BraveLilBear · 22/02/2013 15:36

I think extra blood flow to my face means I am no longer the Twilight-pale I usually am, though I'd hardly call it glowing! I'm nearly 19 weeks...

ScooseIsLoose · 22/02/2013 15:39

Never Smile

plannedshock · 22/02/2013 15:39

I'm glowing apparently, coincides with my iron prescription kicking in!!

rainand · 22/02/2013 15:54

I think I had it between 14-20 weeks but certainly not there now, skin looks horrible!

sleepyhead · 22/02/2013 15:57

I noticed that my nails were suddenly really long and in excellent condition around 16 weeks - might have been the vits, I don't know. Also my hair has been in better condition than usual.

Other than that, I think it's just one of those things people say to you because they feel like they have to say something and they know that if they comment on your bump you'll hit them.

33 weeks here and not glowing. But hey, I look better than I will 4 months post partum when all that extra hair starts falling out

PhieEl06 · 22/02/2013 17:33

Still impatiently waiting for the so-called glow!
However will agree with sleepyhead that my nails are in fantastic condition, so strong & long! Grin

Dogsmom · 22/02/2013 17:43

I'm 38 weeks and my hair has been better throughout, can't say I've ever felt glowing though, certainly haven't had a day when I've felt better than before I was pregnant

RobinSparkles · 22/02/2013 17:45

Um, er...don't remember.

Although I did like my hair when I was pregnant. It seemed thicker but that's about it!

plonko · 22/02/2013 17:49

Pah, glow! I'm far too tired to be bothered to glow. At 39 weeks it's a good day if I leave the house.

But my hair is super thick - seriously, I could weave it into a rope - and my nails grow about a cm a day.

scottishmummy · 22/02/2013 17:52

No glow.constant wretching, nauseous,looked pallid

Dolallytats · 22/02/2013 17:54

Sorry, another one still waiting for it!! 18+5 weeks, feeling knackered all the time, but can't sleep. Spotty, huge, backache, dry skin and generally grumpy!!

Persuasion · 22/02/2013 17:57

No glow here either. 21 weeks and feel exhausted, and although the nausea has gone heartburn, poor sleep and acne seem to have replaced it. So instead of being green, I'm now just grey and blotchy. I feel deceived!

cupcake78 · 22/02/2013 18:11

22 weeks and no glow! Spotty, tired feeling very fat, sore and grumpy.

I didn't glow with ds either.

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smallsmith · 22/02/2013 19:01

Oh well, was worth asking! Thanks anyway fellow non-glowers! Smile

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Bunnychan · 22/02/2013 19:05

I'm 27 weeks and everyone is telling me I'm glowing but they can't see the piles, stretch marks and leaking boobs under my clothes lol! X

lookingfoxy · 22/02/2013 21:56

I think once our bumps turn 18 and leave home, perhaps we will glow then Grin