Irritating things about pregnancy

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Why is it then when you are pregnant you need the toilet ALL the time!

Even when you think you may need to go, you get there and it was just a trick.

Mother Nature is just cruel! I am sure there are loads more examples of minor things that make our life more difficult

The fact that when you go on maternity leave, for the last time in years you'll be able to be completely by yourself and relax, and you're too fat and knackered to make the most of it!

I find being pg makes me clumsy - which is a major PITA when this massive bump gets in the way of picking up all the sultanas/crayons/forks I just spilled

OMG, I spent my whole pregnancy moaning about every little thing! I haven't been pregnant now for 4 days and I can't remember any of it!! Oh.

heh heh, yeah, I guess that'll happen too lbb - and congratulations

sickness and nausea, a pain when people want to help by cooking dinner - then put garlic in so it made me heave!

oh yes

and flinging myself out of bed at 5am to straighten a cramping foot or leg, every frinking morning!

Insomnia..

Wanting a cup of tea, but it just NOT being worth the effort to actually get up and make one !
But, yes, the real trouble starts when you are no longer pregnant, LOL ...

Getting thrush repeatedly and having to deal with it au naturel or using cream and pessary (don't want to shove anything up there at 36 weeks pregnant, thanks!) when 1 tablet would do the trick immediately. Not much of a drug taker, but Canesten Once really is brilliant.

your muff ends up in a state of total disrepair and you can't see it properly to tidy it up.

I still have a muff???

LOL @ PgHedgeWitch...the extra pillows should come with the NHS Pregnancy book dontcha think?...what the hell am I gonna do with 10 pillows when the baby's here? They should also provide a winch for turning in the night - its like a walrus has landed in our bed when I turn from left to right!

Had to laugh @ mogwai & phdlife re the muff! HERE HERE!!!

Was just chatting to my 39 wk PG sister about how mine resembles Diana Ross's hairdo at the moment (35 wks). God knows how a baby would find its way out of there without a bushwhacker & a tour guide! Last time I attempted a DIY trim...well lets no go there (

that when you eat all the crumbs seem to end up on the top of your bump and makes you look like you have terrible table manners.

That you need to lower the car seat so your bump doesn't get stuck under the steering wheel!

spots. I have three on my left cheek that are deep seated, red/purple and sore. the doctor wont give me anything to try and clear them. If one more person says 'they'll go when the baby is born' i may not be responsible for my actions.
I have to at til mid June for the 'miracle cure'.

RESTLESS LEG !!! driving me insane... and makes me look like I'm trying to inflate a lilo with a foot pump..

... and the clumsiness
... and people who makes jokes about "are you sure it's just one in there ? you're huge"
... never ever being comfortable
... being patronised by every security guard, car park attendant, bloke at work, man who thinks small pregnant women are an easy target
... being discriminated against by your employer and there being f'all you can really practically do about it.
... people who ask " was it on purpose ?" and "did it take you long ?" as if those aren't really personal questions which are none of their business.
... trying to find maternity trousers that a) fit round a low bump, and b) don't fall down every 2 minutes
... total strangers who think it's ok to touch your stomach just because there's a baby in there.
... the doctor who said "well you would get pregnant" when trying to describe PGP/RLS/sciatica problems"
... being grouchy about everything all the time

the fact that maternity jeans take no account of weight you accumulate on your legs.

and the extra space needed for your muff, obv.

Mother in law who has early stages alzheimers - it us 5 weeks telling her until she remembered and now all she wants to do is smile inanely and touch my tummy. I have told her not to but again she 'convieniently' forgets. She has always hated me for taking her little boy away and is a complete nightmare - still only 23 more weeks to go and then she will probably inflict it on the poor baby!

Sorry a bit to rant and it is a bit unfair but I have never liked the woman a bit creepy really she now thinks my husband is her husband not her son and alternates between being ultra nice and an absolute bitch!

People saying - Oooooh, your bump is very big isn't it?
The leg cramp that also has me hopping around the bedroom at 5am
My arse - which usually petite - is starting to spread...
The lack of clothes - shall I wear my maternity jeans and black maternity top, or shall I wear my maternity jeans and black maternity top?
My breast that expanding at the same rate as my (very large) bump - I feel like a round apple with pins in it for arms and legs.
The siatica that shoots down my left buttock and is very annoying.
My attempts at addressing my bikini line which resulted in me crying and my husband hysterical with laughter
The shortness of breath just trotting up some stairs whilst before I could comfortably run 10 miles.
Knowing I cannot sleep on my stomach for a very long time - once your bump goes, the lactating breasts get in the way.
My fantasies about drinking a lovely cold bottle of lager - I don't normally drink - but just fancy one!

I could go on for ever!

But - I am extreemly excited about meeting my new little baby and already adore him/her. Pregnancy is rubbish but little children are rather lovely!!

feeling like baby's foot is breaking your ribs from the inside

people wanting to touch your bump - that one got to me no end

I've got another one- people asking how far along you are, then saying, 'ooh, that's gone quickly, hasn't it?'
NO IT BLEEDING WELL HASN'T!!!
Oh, and leakage. I was expecting to have to sleep in a bra and several layers of breast pads once the sprog was out, but I didn't expect to be waking up in a puddle every night from 25 weeks onwards.
Hmm, what else... Not being able to walk the 20 minute walk to the shops and back again without needing a lie down afterwards. Waking up with a dead left arm every night because I fall asleep lying on it- I can't wait to be able to sleep on my front again! Having to get up at least twice in the night and walk around as it's the only way to stop my hips hurting...
I'm actually looking forward to childbirth as it means an end to all this discomfort!

Feeling like you could eat a horse until the meal is ready and then you have no appetite.

As if the contant pain in your back, hips, isn't bad enough you then get that horrible stabbing pain in you lady bits evertime you stand. TMI or maybe thats just me.

Everyone thinking your bump is public property (especially the MIL)

Getting even more of the two things I always had inexcess in the first place;
My hair was always overly thick, I now have even more and....
My 32f boobs have shot up to 34hh and I am about to pop out of these bras, I still have 10 more weeks and the milk to kick in yet!
Plus most of the above!

lol at Anathema - I'm getting the opposite:
"ooh, when are you due?"
"8 weeks yet."
"OMG, you look like it's any second now!!!"
(this has been going on since I was 28 weeks btw )

so at 32 weeks I am nearly out of my maternity clothes

People that keep saying to me 'now you take care of yourself' when i or they are leaving after a visit (especially my in-laws). Since they never said that to me before i was pregnant i can only assume that they dont actually care if i take care of myself, they are in fact only bothered that i take care of the baby. As if i wouldnt if they didnt remind me.

Also people (almost everyone i meet) who say 'ooh aren't you getting big'. As if i need reminding that none of my clothes fit and i now have a bigger belly than my OH. Why is it ok to say this to a pregnant woman but not to someone who is just getting fat?