I wish someone had told me
-Pregnancy is not glamorous!! I had this image of how amazing and lovely it was going to be, feeling lovely and fuzzy all the time! Total BS! hahaha
-restless leg will make me want to cut off my right leg
-I will get NO sleep whatsoever
-I would get cellulite when I have NEVER had it before
-that I would start hating and avoiding people because I don't want to hear another person say "you'll get less sleep after the baby so enjoy it now" or how horrible their labour was, how bad their baby slept or had colic or reflux or poonami's, how I must be having a boy cause I am carrying all my weight in my ar*e (We are having a girl!!!) and my pet peeve "enjoy your pregnancy, relax, do stuff you love doing etc" BAH I am not enjoying this and cannot imagine how I am sposed to enjoy it and feel good when I feel soooooo fat and uncomfy and sore and tired and cranky!!!! How do you force yourself to enjoy it?!
But most importantly (and this over-rides everything I have said above) I wish someone had told me:
-how amazing it is to feel this little person moving inside you, wiggling, kicking (even when it's in the ribs) growing.... I under estimated how amazing it is to feel her move... Makes it all worth it
that every pregnancy is different... you hear people say it, but don't believe it until the next one comes along!
the amount of pain you can be in the whole pregnancy BEFORE labour is even thought of.
That you'll forget the amount of pain labour was almost instantly.
And the one I really wish I'd have known before baby #1 was WHERE TO PUSH! Baby would have been out hours earlier if they'd told me where to push instead of "push"...
That early pregnancy symptoms feel like your period is about to arrive, that pregnancy is exhausting to the point you sometimes have to stop working at 5 months just so you can get some more sleep, that it's ok not to enjoy being pregnant just because you wanted a baby.
Ditto the round ligament pains, they can be scary when you haven't had them before! *nods*
Also -
* Daily nosebleeds (every morning without fail since 5wks into pregnancy)
* Pain when baby kicks at your scar tissue from previous lap surgeries
* How early the 'waddle' can start!
Makes it all worth it
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