What is it with pretending motherhood is crappy from conception? .
I'm a bit with you LZ because I've been blessed with a trouble free preg. When i first got UTD I was given/loaned several preg books that were 'funny', 'fun', 'honest' kind of books written by hip girls for the modern preggo (a bit like this article that's been posted). I couldn't believe that all of them really gave me the idea that I'd have a miserable pregnancy on the whole! Two even made statements near the beginning along the lines that "If anyone tells you that their pregnancy was easy or they loved being pregnant or it was the best time of their life, well they're lying / crazy / deluded / NOT SOMEBODY YOU WANT IN YOUR LIFE". Woah!!!

By far the best preg book I have, much to my surprise, is "What to expect when you're expecting". It is much more balanced, reassuring and never makes generalised, sensationalist claims!

BUT back to the OP's posted article... it was pretty funny and NO I didn't know about the cervix kicks...! Ad given that my bub was fully engaged at 24 weeks and kept bopping around I got so much cervix action it wasn't funny!