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.

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Stary - unfortunately yes still suffering. It is constant nausea now rather than throwing up. Last puke was 21 weeks....am now 24. Bring on the baby I say!

Itchy, itchy, itchy fanjo. Makes the SPD, the bad back, the exhaustion, the constant weeing and the fact that I look like a big old gnome pale into insignificance.

Just one?

SPD or sickness know it's just one but they are both so heinous I'd take either!

SPD
I want to die, it's so painful sometimes.

Not being able to drink .

Seriously. I'm not a total lush, but with all 4 of my pregnancies I had the horrendous guilts about a boozy night out or 3 in the first couple of weeks. Also, I found myself massively craving a couple of big glasses of red when I was knackered but knew I wasn't going to sleep.

PILES!!!!!!!!!!!! arrrrrfgh. And the b*ggers have reappeared at week 38 just in time for the pushing stage. Not happy!

Hmm.. Is it the piles? Or the thrush? Or maybe the repeated UTIs... or perhaps having gestational diabetes and having to give up cake and ginger beer as well as the usual stuff... actually no, I'll plump for seemingly turning into the kind of person who SOBS HYSTERICALLY if her online shopping is delivered wrongly, as the one to get rid of.

Feeling sick and tired and worrying it will be worse oncebaby is born (sorry, that was three)

I'm with Turniphead - piles. NO contest. The only pain in my life that's driven me to demand morphine (and get it!).

The complete and utter bone-crushing exhaustion.

It was awful - even the 22 and 14 weeks morning sickness wasn't as bad. And no-one who hasn't been through pregnancy really understands. I would have lovely DH saying "now I know you're tired but could you just..." and I'd think, if only I was just tired.

I only have one child, and the idea of suffering through another nine months of non stop sickness, throwing up in the street, throwing up in the car, throwing up everywhere all bloody day long, stresses me out.
People say you forget the pains of labour, I'm waiting for the awfulness of morning sickness to disappear so I can throw caution to the wind and have a second