If you could wave a magic wand and get rid of ONE current unpleasant side effect of pregnancy...

[ButIForgetMysElf]

... what would it be?

Mine would be the lethargy. I'm 37+3 and I really am too tired to move. I have so much to do Christmas-wise, house-wise and organisation-wise, yet I struggle to even get out of the bath. Truth be told, I struggle to get INTO the bath.

Heartburn, I can take Gaviscon. Backache, I can take paracetamol. Insomnia, I can have a sleep the next day. Loo visits, hormones, lack of appetite, all horrible but bearable. But the awful lack of energy is a nightmare.

oh yeah the smells. Ariel washing powder was like cryptonite for me.

Another vote for the sickness and what seems to be never-ending nausea...Apart from that I feel great!

Excess saliva. Grim.

Are you still suffering cosmo?

Needing a wee ALL the blimmin time.

being woken in the middle of the night with agonising cramp in my feet and legs

Right now, restless legs that keep me awake half the bloody night.

jkklpu. bananas!! eat bannanas sp?? A bannana a day stopped my cramps within a week.. works wonders

For me it's not sleeping properly, waking every couple of hours or half hour.. for a pee and half a pint of water.. which kind of defeates the object..

miscarriage

water retention - I couldn't fit into wellies a size bigger than usual for the last month

11+ 2 (with no 3)
migraines that make me sick...

Knackered - I would eat a couple of bananas a day, have a pretty good diet with lots of varied veg and have a milky drink before bed but nothing seemed to work.

P*ssing my pants when coughing/ sneezing. From really early on in 2nd preg (like, 12 weeks so def not bump related). Weed on my clean jamas this morning as couldn't get to toilet before I sneezed. Makes me feel like I'm 102

I quite like the super-sense of smell tho - gives an insight into how dogs must experience the world!

nausea-sickness-hyperemisis .

DS is 13 weeks old, but I still remember the 6 weeks on a drip and feelimng like death vividly. And not in a good way.

extraweight you put on during PG

Definately the spd for me - mind you if it cleared up once ds was born it mightn't be so bad, but 6 months on................it's just not funny any more

KnackeredofLeeds, I have to agree with you...that's the thing I am finding most annoying so far...feeling thirsty so having to drink a lot, but knowing it means you'll be getting up in an hour or so.

SPD is horrid. Mine went once ds born. I think I got a few twinges after, but no where near as bad.

One thing I loved was the vivid dreams. Conversely, I've had the worst nightmares when pg.

If I have to choose one i am going to say stretch marks. But also came very close were back ache and tirdness.

Mine would have been the birth, as DS was 11lb 7oz

Oh yes the birth is the worst!!

11lb 7oz?? WOW! I have lots of respect for you!

Ouch!

Mine would have to be constantly peeing
oh and the NASTY MIDWIFE!!!