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Post by 950nancy on Apr 8, 2016 1:34:03 GMT
Your hair changes color and texture, you get hairier, and some women poop on the delivery table no matter what you do to prevent it. If you push for three hours your butt will feel like Barney's.
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gsquaredmom
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Post by gsquaredmom on Apr 8, 2016 1:34:39 GMT
That morning sickness isn't an indicator of a more healthy pregnancy than one without it. I just had to talk a coworker down because she was so afraid that her baby wasn't healthy because she hasn't experienced morning sickness. That postpartum anxiety is a real thing and different than postpartum depression. I wasted a long time feeling awful because I wasn't sad or depressed. I was however, panicking and having anxiety attacks. I never had a bit of morning sickness and had two healthy babies.
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Post by melanell on Apr 8, 2016 1:36:11 GMT
Oh, here's a delightful little tidbit. Cervical mucus plugs regenerate. So some women, who start to go into labor, but have it stopped, only to go into labor at a later date, can enjoy losing it more than once. Yay. Like once wasn't enough. On the flip side, some women never see a sign of the it. Lucky, lucky ladies. And again, you can have two pregnancies and experience both sides of the bloody show coin. Thank goodness.
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Post by jamielynn on Apr 8, 2016 1:37:29 GMT
It's always amazing to me how different each pregnancy is woman to woman. Very few of the above happened to me.
A good friend told me never ever itch while pregnant, it creates stretchmarks. She said use tons of cocoa butter to help with the prevention and itch. Worked for her, worked for me - that said I'm pretty sure it isn't a fact.
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Post by Amelia Bedelia on Apr 8, 2016 1:47:08 GMT
That you will lose your damn mind, and that's ok. You may look like a crazy pregnant lady on a sitcom losing her shit over something trivial at some point, and that's ok too.
Also, when Wendy's discontinues some random limited time sandwich you love more than your spouse and have to have to get through the pregnancy, and you break down crying at the counter when you hear the horrible news, the guy taking orders will probably offer you free French fries. They won't make you the sandwich though. And you'll probably survive. Probably.
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maurchclt
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Post by maurchclt on Apr 8, 2016 2:08:33 GMT
Pregnancy, wonderful, both times. Delivery easy. Yes I was lucky.
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Post by Princess Amy on Apr 8, 2016 2:16:58 GMT
Pregnancy, labor and delivery is the EASY part.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 8, 2016 2:24:27 GMT
Oh, here's a delightful little tidbit. Cervical mucus plugs regenerate. So some women, who start to go into labor, but have it stopped, only to go into labor at a later date, can enjoy losing it more than once. Yay. Like once wasn't enough. On the flip side, some women never see a sign of the it. Lucky, lucky ladies. And again, you can have two pregnancies and experience both sides of the bloody show coin. Thank goodness. I don't remember finding one, but I was asleep when my water broke and it more than surprised my dog who slept with his head on my leg. He almost drowned. This makes me feel even worse that he could have ended up with that on his face (imagining an octopus like plug).
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 8, 2016 2:28:17 GMT
One more. Do NOT, under ANY circumstances, watch Marley & Me while pregnant! Even a few months pregnant. Those hormones are crazy right from the start and even the most usually unemotional woman like me will bawl like a freaking hysterical baby! I'm sure my husband thought I had gone completely nuts, and usually he's the one sniffling during the Hallmark card commercials. Oh, and it takes YEARS for things to totally go back to normal. My kid is almost six. I'll let you know when it happens.
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Post by ellen on Apr 8, 2016 2:36:02 GMT
Somewhere in the middle of your pregnancy you may have a month where you gain 9 pounds. I had been gaining 2 or 3 pounds up to that point and feeling like I was really keeping myself together. I was not expecting that number. Happened to me both pregnancies.
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Post by peano on Apr 8, 2016 2:53:20 GMT
The baby inside you will totally ravage your immune system, and you will have a bad cold for your entire 2nd trimester, but you will be so in love with the baby inside you, you won't really care that you are coughing so hard you are peeing your pants.
Your first trimester, you will be so tired, you will want to die when you come home from work, and you don't care about eating because again, you are so tired, and if you eat, you will just be in the bathroom in a little while throwing up.
You will have your baby on Friday and be in the hospital over the weekend, with limited staff to help you with breastfeeding etc. and so with that and your hormones, you are crazy and angry at staff when they come in Monday morning.
After lots of trouble trying to breastfeed in the hospital, you go home, collapse into bed exhausted with your newborn and you awaken to find your breasts finally, painfully engorged, and you're like, what?!!!, why didn't this happen in the hospital?
The hormones of pregnancy will seemingly cast a spell over you and you will be madly and irrevocably in love with your baby until he reaches the age of 3, at which point the spell will break, and you will be all, someone kill me now, because this child is driving me to the brink...
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Post by seaexplore on Apr 8, 2016 2:57:09 GMT
I LOVED being pregnant both times. My oldest is 4.5, newest is 1 month......
With both kids I had bad heartburn and round ligament pain.
I had no morning sickness or cravings with either one.
Both of my kids were born via c-section after my water broke on their due dates in the dark hours of the morning (1st at 2:30, 2nd at midnight).
I felt zero contractions with my first. I felt tons of nonproductive contractions with my second.
On bleeding after delivery..... Get the biggest, most absorbent pads you can find! When you think you're done with the nastiness, you may have more spotting off and on for a few more weeks.
Co-sleeping will not kill your child. It will help you get more sleep. Flop the boob out, get the kid latched on, go back to sleep.
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Post by stacmac on Apr 8, 2016 3:01:02 GMT
After birth pains! I didn't get any with my first but I got them so badly in the first 24 hours when I was feeding my son. It was as painful as a contraction.
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Post by oaksong on Apr 8, 2016 3:01:10 GMT
If your water breaks, you're supposed to deliver within 24 hours, so go the the hospital soon, even if you're not in labor yet. Yeah, I found this out after lounging around at home all morning waiting to go into labor.
If you plan to breastfeed, line up a lactation specialist before you deliver so that you have support right away. The hospital staff isn't always the best at that. Get lots of info ahead of time and make sure everyone is on the same page with the plan.
Oh, and those last couple of weeks that you plan on having to relax and get ready for the baby will disappear when you wake up to your water breaking early on your first morning of maternity leave.
By the way, congratulations and enjoy every second, even when it seems terrible. That, too, shall pass.
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Post by alissa103 on Apr 8, 2016 3:03:19 GMT
Your first poop after giving birth hurts. At least mine did. Accept the stool softners from the nurses. They know the drill. Also depends are much easier to deal with than those giant maxi pads and granny panties after birth. I think I learned that on the old board!
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Post by Belia on Apr 8, 2016 3:14:45 GMT
I never learned that you can track your fertility by tracking the consistency of your cervical mucus. Also, you can chart your temperature every day and detect ovulation that way. Our bodies are amazing things.
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Post by anonrefugee on Apr 8, 2016 3:19:27 GMT
I haven't read all posts. Page one makes me wonder why we continue to get pregnant Says the woman who loves her two sons beyond measure.
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Post by perumbula on Apr 8, 2016 4:22:58 GMT
That even if you couldn't breastfeed your first, or your second, or your third, because your body couldn't get it together, it may work just fine on number four and by number five you'll be a pro. Give it a try if you want. And yes, it hurts at first. also, if you do breastfeed a baby be prepared for phantom let down pains every time you hear a baby cry for the next five years. If you are currently breastfeeding a baby, it won't be phantom.
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Post by travelsoul on Apr 8, 2016 4:32:18 GMT
I did a ton of research and none of it prepared me for or explained well enough that breastfeeding is hard and painful in the beginning. For me, nursing was worse than labor and it took almost 3 months to stop hurting because I got a yeast infection in my nipples. I guess that's another thing I didn't know about. Oh and at 9 months postpartum, I am still wearing nursing pads.
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Post by grammanisi on Apr 8, 2016 4:32:55 GMT
Even when you are madly in love with your s/o, you may totally hate his guts during labor!
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on Apr 8, 2016 4:49:42 GMT
Sex after delivery is PAINFUL! We're talking feels like a rug burn!. you're supposed to wait an hour or two
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on Apr 8, 2016 4:50:17 GMT
Your feet will grow by 1/2-1 full size.
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Post by gar on Apr 8, 2016 5:28:15 GMT
You will feel like the cleverest woman on the planet just by being pregnant....like no one has ever been as brilliantly pregnant as you are:grin:
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Post by MichyM on Apr 8, 2016 5:36:30 GMT
Food cravings are the real deal. The only time in my life that I drank apple juice daily....
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Post by joblackford on Apr 8, 2016 5:47:19 GMT
So, I haven't had a baby myself, but I learned from my SIL's experience what oaksong said - just because your waters break doesn't mean you necessarily go into labor (or vice versa, for that matter). It's so not like on TV! (no: big splat, oh the baby is coming, scream push push cry). SIL had to be admitted and watched like a hawk and ~24 hours later her labor still hadn't started so they had to induce. She was at a teaching hospital so she had ~25 people in and out of her room while she labored and delivered, placing bets on the weight of her 3-weeks-early babe, and then exclaiming when he came out weighing 8lbs. And then they put him on her chest and he pooped his tarry meconium all over her. ah, the joys of motherhood! All of my friends with kids have told me that after all the poking and prodding and "internal" ultrasounds (which I'd never heard of - boy, they don't show that on TV either!) and people up in their business, going for a PAP smear is like nothing - they'll let almost anyone take a look up their skirts now
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Post by Grom Pea on Apr 8, 2016 5:59:22 GMT
you may develop intolerance to foods that doesn't go away. With my first the only thing that I couldn't keep down was bananas. Other raw fruit and veggies made me feel sick and nauseous, but bananas would not stay down. After giving birth I thought I'd see if I could eat bananas again, they gave me the worst stomach twisting pains. After my 2nd that expanded to kiwi and avocado and celery and cherry basically anything with a hint of natural latex. It sucks that most fruits seem to make me ill now. I also liked spicy food but now I can't seem to tolerate it, everything tastes really spicy. And I was an order a 10 at the Thai place before.
My feet grew and I almost got rid of my shoes but decided to wait and lo and behold they shrank back. Don't ditch your shoes for a year post partum, they could fit again.
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Post by kelly8875 on Apr 8, 2016 6:56:55 GMT
That it's possible to actually lose weight while pregnant. I ate everything in sight, and at 20 weeks hadn't 'gained' any weight. I measured correctly, ultrasound looked great. Baby was healthy, 9 lbs 1 oz... I actually told my doctor "see, the baby is fine!"
I had no food cravings, except the fact that I just wanted to eat everything I could get my fork into, lol.
I was exhausted first trimester. I was hyper the 2nd, and my joints hurt in the 3rd.
You will lose sight of your feet.... That's just weird.
Your baby bump might not be cute... I was off balance, all on the right side, and I have the stretch marks to prove it :/
My feet grew a size, my hair went curly. Did I mention I was hungry all he time?!
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Post by princess consuela on Apr 8, 2016 7:42:43 GMT
I learned recently that if you're planning on becoming pregnant, you should start prenatal vitamins. I can't remember the percentage she told me, but that it significantly decreases risk of defects with the baby.
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Post by welshjenni on Apr 8, 2016 8:36:29 GMT
Needing several years of fertility treatment to get pregnant, then exclusively breastfeeding and not having had your period return, does not mean that you won't get pregnant again when baby is 6 months old... and you are 41. :-)
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Post by welshjenni on Apr 8, 2016 8:42:23 GMT
and it will be a long time before you manage to finish a drink before it's cold.
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