Do we dare have a thread about all the weird things that happened to you in pregnancy that they don't tell you about but then

[Twiglett]

when it does happen they nod sagely and go 'oh yes.. this happens to 1 in 100 pregnant women'

(and why is it always 1 in 100)

I am awaiting your opinions before posting the bizarre things that occurred during my otherwise totally healthy pregnancies

The only thing I can think of is the knitting needle down cervix shooting pain that made me go "kasfldhguiaegt abvsbrtw4et slgheuigtert" at random times, usually in meetings.

your feet grow a size so all your vintage Adidas do not fit anymore

god yes hunker, I got that!

You mean like piling on 3 stone within 24 hours of the line going blue, that sort of thing?

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Overnight you can go to fit sprightly young thing to haggard, unable to walk old woman who groans every five seconds and has to get crutches to make it across the room.

DD1 at 41 weeks kept kicking in the same spot on top of the bump, I watched as she created (yet another) little stretch mark

pregnancy-induced asthma

I ask you .. ever heard of it before .. no? .. exactly

now pregnancy-induced diabetes is well known .. but feckin' asthma?

Oh yes and my nipples doubled in size overnight. That was a bit farking scary.

went blind in one eye for 8 months with DS though .. that was a corker .. I'm a teaching case at Moorfields ya know [preens]

I had the orgasms in sleep, exDH was most impressed, as was I,I miss them

You can vomit through your nose during morning sickness - I never knew you could vomit through your nose before.

sleep orgasms.

A serious darkening of you know, lips on face, nips and erm other lips.

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Oliveoil, my feet have gone up a size, too. It's very strange and hardly any of my shoes fit

My boobs turned blue with stretch marks. I thought I had bruised them on the commute to work with from the seat belt (got rather large). They are OK now - lol.. not blue and smaller now anyway!

re vomiting through your nose ...
I didn't know that you can produce a whole green bean through your nose when throwing up during morning sickness ...
But I don't think that was pregnancy induced ...
...just odd

Is the orgasms in your sleep common during pregnancy then? Can I stop feeling that I was a freak on that one? [relief]

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lol @ sickness through nose.
morning sickness gives you the right to puke anywhere.

I have done a touchdown in a planes small loo, while vomiting! Air crew were only too happy to leave me there!

people say "oh you could do a poo when puhing in labour"..no, not me, i peed like a racehorse, constantly with every push!, had to change bed protector pads about 9-10 times

The fact that all of a sudden, one day (or night) you will have leaky boobs. This doesn't have to be anywhere near your due date, and can happen really early in pregnancy. First time around, I was wearing breast pads by week 26! Particularly embarrassing when it happens at work (or other public space!) and you're not prepared!

re the orgasms, maybe that is Mother Nature's way of making up for the fact that you won't be interested in any of that malarkey for eons after the birth so you may as well get them in while you can?

Being winded by LO kicking you in the diaphragm at about 30 weeks! I mean really, collapsing speechless on the floor winded!

That you can produce more snot when your pregnant than a toddler with a cold.

Yes, my feet grew a size too. I used to have lots of lovely shoes .

Having a totally back-to-nature moment and only wanting to be in the countryside (having previously been a working-travelling-going out all night in the city kind of girl).