“Your Nose Grows”: 30 Women Share Pregnancy Side Effects They Had No Idea About

Yeah, that's why go to female doctors.

OB should find another vocation.

Oh yes, had that during my first pregnancy. There are hip belts to help alleviate the pain. Luckely, mit OB was very understanding.

I remember this pain, especially a few weeks before I gave birth. It was painful to walk and I had to sit down often.

I would've given -him- a public symphysis...

There's this culture in Eastern Nigeria called omugwo. Basically, your mum or your partner's mum comes from wherever she is to spend time with you. She takes care of the baby-- bath, clothing, cooing, e.t.c so the only thing you do is breastfeed the baby and have time to heal yourself. You're still spending quality time with your newborn but mum's doing the work and also helping you take care of your body.

Your abdominal muscles may also refuse to knit back together after separating for pregnancy and you might need physio for months.

The absolute fear of that first poo afterwards when you feel like your insides will drop out!

My sister had my niece four months before I had my son so she warned me about all the s**t that would happen to my body.

Stupid guy question: what happens to the stretched skin? I always assumed it was reabsorbed but would like an answer from someone who has been there and done that

I was pregnant with twins in the summer and I had only gained 12lbs but I looked like I was nine months pregnant at only six months and I was out of breath often. I was constantly sighing too...I guess it was my brain's way of saying..."I need more oxygen"....lol. I was happy when my water broke at 36 weeks and my girls were fine....no NICU time at all. They weighed 6.9lbs and 6.3lbs.

Milk fever!!!

Yep! Couldn't even look at certain foods I used to love without feeling nauseous. It sucked :(

It was vinegar for me, I still cannot stand it, 1.5 year after giving birth

I had no food cravings at all when I was pregnant both times. I did eat a cereal bar for the first time in the beginning of my first pregnancy and it made me so sick. I still can't look at them in the supermarket without dry heaving....lol There was nothing that I did like before pregnancy that I hated while pregnant.

i love DQ ice cream. while i was pregnant it burned my tongue like acid. after i gave birth i went to a DQ and asked to just try the chocolate ice cream to see if I could have it yet. It was amazing and I cried I was so happy. i ordered a large blizzard and a large cone

Do the cravings and old tastes come back?

Sinus congestion and nosebleeds

Your eyeballs swell so your vision changes. I also got the”mask of pregnancy”. It was pretty noticeable,

Being constipated the entire third trimester.

You're right, The amount of milk doesn't really relate to ease of feeding sadly.

This is why you have to milk dairy cows regularly until they stop lactating.

If you're over-producing, relax in a tub of warm water and gently squeeze your breasts. For some reason warm water helps with flow so it's easier. Do not adopt the mind set that you should bottle what's extra after baby has fed. It will increase production.

This was me ,Hyperemesis so tiring .Within 48 hrs of her birth I was great . I carried a bucket everywhere.

That’s an actual thing, I forget the name but prince williams wife has it and my sister has it and it’s the most god awful thing, the whole time you’re not “yay a new baby is on the way” - instead, it’s “please don’t let my little sister die”.

My second pregnancy morning sickness didn't start til 5 p.m.

Try Sea Bands: no chemicals, just chinese pressure points so no drugs to worry about. They kept me from being sea sick on cruises and ocean fishing boats and I am very prone to motion sickness. Also never got nauseous from chemotherapy.

happened tyo me too, didn't know that was because of the hormones. could have guessed tho:) thanks for sharing!

Went from a 6 to a 7. Then started shrinking. Now wear a 5

I was just explaining this toy husband the other night.

Oh wow! I had no idea that one stuck around

I wore a 7 sometimes a 6.5 pre-kids, after 3 kids I wear an 8. I think the biggest change was actually with my last pregnancy.

Tell them it's decaf and to p#ss off

After my c-section I had the worst hemmorhoid. It was hard enough to push out poop, because I had major surgery to my abdominal region. Then taking care of a newborn on top of that bc her dad didn’t help much…

Didn’t have any haemorrhoids at all until my first pregnancy, nor sciatica. Lucky me still deals with them decades later. 😬

Yep sitting on a rubber ring because sitting hurts

Yep, the super human sense of smell was horrific. Taking the tram home from work was traumatic. Multiple occasions I had to leap off the tram early and vomit in the nearest trash can due to the smell of people. I had to avoid crowds of people due to BO and/or too much body spray. Couldn't go anywhere near a florist. Cooking pork is among one of the most disgusting smells ever. One of my colleagues, several offices away over had a vanilla lip balm. I would have to cover my nose every time she took the lid off that thing.

I could not tolerate the smell of frying oil. Once my (then) husband fried something for breakfast, and I begged him to not do it again or to order out the same thing, because the frying oil turned my stomach. I went to work one day, was gone for about 8 hours and when I came home and walked through the door - I gagged, cried and vomited from the smell. My (then) husband said something like “how can you even smell that?? I fried oil right after you left and kept the windows open all day!”

It is evolutionary. To find more food or detect predators.

I ended up with something similar when I was sick with what I guess was walking pneumonia earlier this year. Someone walking by my desk, wearing perfume, was enough to give me coughing fits.