I wish they told me....

[sconeonamission]

• 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"...

[Traveller]

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.

[MummaSue]

The round ligament pain I got at 16 weeks gave me a real fright! Wish I'd known about that.

[Aurian]

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!