21 Truths About Pregnancy Your Doctor Might Not Have Told You

For me it was radishes. I ate a whole bunch of them every day, to the point where I panicked when I saw my pee was red/pink-ish and I thought something was wrong. I still love radishes, but not nearly as much as I did when I was preggo!

Crock pot meat balls/lil smokies with grape jelly.. has no one heard of this

Let's face it: a "naturopathic doctor" is not an MD.

My sister in law craved velveeta cheese by the block she would peel the foil down and bite into it like it was a candy bar.

Lil smokies and grape jelly in the crock pot... not a weird combo

my mom said she practiced so hard to grab things with her toes after facing this almost similar problem while pregnant with her first

Couldn't put my shoes on

exactly how i feel when coming home drunk from a night out and dropping the key too

Silicone kitchen tongs. Useful for getting stuff off high shelves as well.

I'm a man who's reading this because I'm having trouble sleeping due to lower back issues. Maybe I'm pregnant?

Agreed : I wore two oversized yogapants(I already had) from a sportsbrand, and bought only two cheap tanktops; for the rest, hubby is a bit oversized (ahem !) and I took his poloshirts : perfect !

Best buys were maternity denim pinafore and jeans with stretch material tummy panel wore them for all my 4 pregnancies and leggings and oversized t shirts ,

It's no different than women paying more for every single thing we're sold than men. Shaving cream, razors, jeans, etc.

Ain't that the truth! Maternity wear prices are such a ripoff.

Wish! It's hit or miss but at least it's cheap

YES! Even when I smell things NOW (three years later) that used to make me nauseous whilst pregnant, I will get the slightest bit of that "ick" feeling. Its almost like muscle memory...hormones are powerful things!

didn't drink coffee before my 1st, but did after (nothing like needing caffeine with a newborn...). knew i was pregnant with my last 2 when the smell of coffee made me nauseous. cravings are unreal (is it possible to 'crave' music? country, to be specific!). ah, good times...

Never threw up during my pregnancy. The only thing that made me nauseous with my sense of smell was the snus my ex used. If snus could kill, I would have killed him.

I would get sick over crazy stuff like the new car smell and leather seats in my brand new car. Everyday, after work, I would have to open all the doors and windows and let the car air out while I heaved in the parking lot. After a month or two of that, every time my boss's boss was around, I would throw up! She ate very ethnic food and I swear I could smell the molecules of spices on her, like she was a big BBQ wing, even first thing in the morning. That first pregnancy was pretty torturous for me but totally worth it!

And, in some cases it follows after pregnancy. Sometimes that "switch" that turns on a craving or makes something revolting never gets switched back. My wife loved onions, now hates them. Loved dairy, now is lactose intolerant. Yet hated spices, loved hot wings while pregnant (like, the hotter the better type of hot) and now hates it again. Not to mention the effect on the personal life with your spouse...permanent changes in likes there as well.....

I’ve known thin, but not fit, women who didn’t show very much at all when they were pregnant. It had nothing to do with how much they ate, because they ate a lot. It had to do with how they carried which, in their cases, happened to be tilted toward their backs, rather than the more common front. That meant they also had a lot of back aches in the later months. However, they all had healthy, normal weight babies, so it just goes to show that everyone’s “normal” pregnancy is different.

You can boost yourself up without putting other women down

My kids have a half sister who normally is a double zero in real life, I know gag. You couldn't even tell she was pregnant. I'm dying for an eye roll button. On a sadder note she did eventually get diagnosed with celiacs disease so there's that=(

In my 25 years of practice delivering over 3700 babies, I should warn people that not everyone experiences an increased libido. Roughly, 1/3 have an increased libido, 1/3 stay about the same, and 1/3 have a decreased libido. The important thing is to keep the communication alive. Nathalie Fiset, M.D., C.H. http://www.hypno-beginning.com/products.htm

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So true... :D

I don't know a single female who felt like that. We were all exhausted from working full time jobs + commuting + housework + maybe mothering other kids. Sure, we couldn't wait to get into bed -- for sleep, not sex.

Brushing teeth made me sick during pregnancy. Bleh.

That with the 1st pregnancy. With second baby came, it's just impossible to have nap here and there

As a family doctor who delivered over 3700 babies, I so often had patients showing up on the wrong day or the wrong week for that matter. I always kept extra urine cups for all those who forgot. The funniest pregnancy brain one of my patients told me is that she did her laundry but realized afterwards that she had forgotten to put in the clothes. She basically washed water! Nathalie Fiset, M.D., C.H. www.hypno-baby.com/how-to-beat-the-pregnancy-fog/

What a sweet understanding husband.

lol when I was pregnant, we went to Disneyland... while I couldn't sit on many attractions, Glad to say I've had a tour of every bathroom at disneyland..they were conveniently placed exactly when I needed them.. every 5 minutes away

I'm not even pregnant and this is how I feel almost all the time.

I actually found out you can manually move the baby, I got just that desperate, her favorite spot was my bladder

I always felt more beautiful pregnant but I also find pregnant women in general to have an aura about them. I think they tend to look radiant.