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What's the weirdest pregnancy symptoms you guys have ever experienced??

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NH27 · 07/07/2022 19:04

I would love to know about all those! We all know the popular ones like cramps, missed period, sore boobs and fatigue and all but really want to know about the ones about which people don't talk about 😆😆!!

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georgarina · 07/07/2022 19:12

Nosebleeds...the first sign with DC2 and DC3 were random nosebleeds.

My eyebrow and leg hair didn't grow at all with DD. I've heard it can be to do with the female hormones. Only needed to do my eyebrows and shave my legs once every few months.

Insomnia :( waking up for a few hours between 2-4AM every night. This pregnancy I'm taking sleeping aids!

Albgo · 07/07/2022 19:20

Skin tags. No one warned me about those bastards.

Albgo · 07/07/2022 19:21

@georgarina I got nosebleeds too!

PennyPencils · 07/07/2022 19:21

I got a small patch of eczema on my shoulder

Babdoc · 07/07/2022 19:23

Terrible craving for pork scratchings. DH bought the entire wall display/dispenser stock of them off the pub wall for me while we were visiting relatives on the N York moors!

SparkyBlue · 07/07/2022 19:24

@georgarina I also had the lack of leg hair. It was weird

mackthepony · 07/07/2022 19:25

Terrible diorreah (sp)

Toseland · 07/07/2022 19:31

Carpel tunnel in wrists and loss of 3 teeth.

Passthetena · 07/07/2022 19:31

Albgo · 07/07/2022 19:20

Skin tags. No one warned me about those bastards.

Same! Really making pregnancy more attractive than ever haha. Also gave me massive anxiety briefly too!

Passthetena · 07/07/2022 19:32

My first symptom each time was everything tasting salty

DinosaursEatMan · 07/07/2022 19:34

An aversion to alcohol was my first symptom each time. Quite handy actually!

MrsHarrison87 · 07/07/2022 19:39

My nails and hair went so strong and shiny with my pregnancies. My nipples went huge and went from pink to brown. I got a wide stretch mark on the top of my vulva which is now invisible but it means I don't grow any pubes on that part. I also woke up one morning and all my light freckles that are barely noticeable were so dark and all over my face.

BlondePotter · 07/07/2022 19:53

@MrsHarrison87 I have a wide stretch mark on mine too where no hair grow 😂
And skin tags. The itchiest nipples ever. Random patches of eczema. Pulsative tinnitus in one ear. Carpal tunnel

lilroo87 · 07/07/2022 20:00

Albgo · 07/07/2022 19:20

Skin tags. No one warned me about those bastards.

I got skin tags aswell.
Also my armpits changed colour, went really dark. No-one told me that was a thing and I originally thought they were really dirty and I kept scrubbing them but it wouldn't go away 🤣

butterflycatcher · 07/07/2022 20:33

Sore gums! So, so painful. Luckily only lasted around a week. Also hives and skin tags. Oh and haemorrhoids. Never had any of the classic symptoms like nausea.

Vampirethriller · 07/07/2022 20:39

Incredibly painful nipples if it was even slightly cold.

madeleine85 · 07/07/2022 21:13

My hair (on my head) suddenly stopped coming out when washing it in the shower with both my pregnancies. It was the first sign both times.

Imissprosecco · 07/07/2022 21:24

Unbearably hot feet when I was in the car. I had to have the fans blasting cold air at my feet!

ElbowsandArses · 07/07/2022 21:30

Also skin tags! Tendinitis in my thumbs. And getting a blue mark on my face (that was later removed and biopsied because v unusual— they are a type of birthmark but I got it when pg, likely because of pg changes but was benign). And my feet grew (and none of my pre pg shoes fit me ever again.)

IsoIsobaby20 · 07/07/2022 21:32

A sense of smell like a bloodhound. I could smell strawberries 100m away.

Pipsickl · 07/07/2022 21:33

The insane desire to brush my teeth and guns all the time

wanting to eat / bite sponges. Or chew sponges / scrub daddy sponges

im so glad it went away after I gave birth.

SuddenArborealStop · 07/07/2022 21:36

Migraines with blindness and aphasia 😩but stranger was I wanted desperately to smoke and shoplift.... I was never a smoker or a shoplifter so I'm guessing my body was craving the freedom it was about to lose 😂

StressyYetMessy · 07/07/2022 21:37

I had really bad sickness with my third- so far so normal… what was weird was the thought of clothing- any sort of clothing made me retch and heave.

I was so sensitive to smells I couldn’t use normal washing powder, only unscented because again that made me heave. I couldn’t bear anything over the bump, only very loose waistbands below. I can only think the wires got crossed somewhere and somehow the thought of clothes got wrapped up in the nausea at the smell??

I couldn’t go shopping, I couldn’t even look online, it was completely bizarre! Just trying to do online shopping for maternity clothes made me vomit and retch uncontrollably!

SuddenArborealStop · 07/07/2022 21:38

Oh and my hair started smoking when my hairdresser put the dye on , she told me I was pregnant

NerdyBird · 07/07/2022 21:40

Raging thirst and increased discharge. I happened to be wearing light grey jeans one time and it looked like I'd wet myself (def hadn't) so I wore knicker liners for the rest of the time!