You know all the basics; you'll get a bump, you might be sick, you're super tired and heartburn is a bitch but what are the pregnancy symptoms that the books don't tell you?
Every morning you will need the wee of your life! I'm talking huge, stored up like a camel, massive wee. Sometimes its so bad it hurts to get out of bed which only gets worse as your belly gets bigger. Find yourself needing this pee at 5am? Good luck getting back to sleep.
You finally decide what you want to eat and then begin cooking. When it comes to dishing up you will feel like you're going to vomit if you take even one bite.
I firmly believe that this is why so many of us put on weight while pregnant (aside from the obvious bump) because we then revert to whatever we can actually stomach eating which is usually crisps or ice cream. Or both.
You're nose will play tricks on you. Something you normally consider a nice or at least tolerable smell will become disgusting. This week I was in a coffee shop with friends and thought I could smell poo. I was sniffing my boys nappies to find out who had done the deed, the smell wouldn't escape me. Turns out it was a bunch of flowers from the next table.
We all know pregnancy is hard but when you already have kids it's so hard! You can't take that nap that you so desperately need. Feeling sick? Your three year old doesn't care, you've got to suck it up and play with those trains. Sorry.
Changing your existing child's stinky nappy is never a task we look forward to but we're used to it right? With pregnancy nose, think again. It's bloody awful and makes you want to gag.
When you've got to poop, you've got to poop. As a general rule women stick to number 1's in public bathrooms - men don't seem to have an issue with public pooping but women keep it on the down-low. However when you're with child you've got no choice girl! That package is going to arrive whether you like it or not, there is no 10 minute warning, you get the urge and its immediate, find a coffee shop and go! (and you may as well treat yourself to that frappe while you're there)
On the subject of number 2's - you will literally have major diarrhoea one day then be majorly constipated the next. It makes no sense but nothing about your body makes sense any more does it?
Be ready for crazy dreams. Like you're a murderer kind of dreams. They are disturbing, they wake you up and they freak you out.
Being in a constant cycle of feeling forever dehydrated so drinking a lot, then as a result feeling really bloated, uncomfortable and needing to pee even more - but still feeling thirsty so drinking again.
Do you guys have any more to add that I've missed? I'd love to hear them!
Speak soon x
Every morning you will need the wee of your life! I'm talking huge, stored up like a camel, massive wee. Sometimes its so bad it hurts to get out of bed which only gets worse as your belly gets bigger. Find yourself needing this pee at 5am? Good luck getting back to sleep.
You finally decide what you want to eat and then begin cooking. When it comes to dishing up you will feel like you're going to vomit if you take even one bite.
I firmly believe that this is why so many of us put on weight while pregnant (aside from the obvious bump) because we then revert to whatever we can actually stomach eating which is usually crisps or ice cream. Or both.
You're nose will play tricks on you. Something you normally consider a nice or at least tolerable smell will become disgusting. This week I was in a coffee shop with friends and thought I could smell poo. I was sniffing my boys nappies to find out who had done the deed, the smell wouldn't escape me. Turns out it was a bunch of flowers from the next table.
We all know pregnancy is hard but when you already have kids it's so hard! You can't take that nap that you so desperately need. Feeling sick? Your three year old doesn't care, you've got to suck it up and play with those trains. Sorry.
Changing your existing child's stinky nappy is never a task we look forward to but we're used to it right? With pregnancy nose, think again. It's bloody awful and makes you want to gag.
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| Not my bump, I wish mine was this stretch mark free! |
When you've got to poop, you've got to poop. As a general rule women stick to number 1's in public bathrooms - men don't seem to have an issue with public pooping but women keep it on the down-low. However when you're with child you've got no choice girl! That package is going to arrive whether you like it or not, there is no 10 minute warning, you get the urge and its immediate, find a coffee shop and go! (and you may as well treat yourself to that frappe while you're there)
On the subject of number 2's - you will literally have major diarrhoea one day then be majorly constipated the next. It makes no sense but nothing about your body makes sense any more does it?
Be ready for crazy dreams. Like you're a murderer kind of dreams. They are disturbing, they wake you up and they freak you out.
Being in a constant cycle of feeling forever dehydrated so drinking a lot, then as a result feeling really bloated, uncomfortable and needing to pee even more - but still feeling thirsty so drinking again.
Do you guys have any more to add that I've missed? I'd love to hear them!
Speak soon x
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