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Comment from Gwen
Posted August 22, 2008 at 9:58 am

I um…”passed gas” so much! I felt like a guy.

Comment from Josline
Posted August 22, 2008 at 9:58 am

I went to the bathroom every 5 mins. I didnt think that was very normal..literally every 5.

Comment from Lauren
Posted August 22, 2008 at 12:01 pm

I know it’s written that you become “tired” with pregnancy, but until you’ve experienced 1st Trimester Exhaustion, you have no idea what “tired” really means!

Comment from Judy
Posted August 22, 2008 at 2:14 pm

I got hemorrhoids during the pregnancy, never mind the delivery part. Ugh.

Comment from Heather R
Posted August 22, 2008 at 7:48 pm

My skin became so dry and itchy that I had to go to a dermatologist to be prescribed products to help me with the problem.

Comment from Hong
Posted August 22, 2008 at 9:58 pm

Everyone talked about how their skin glowed. My skin never glowed. All I got was pimples all over my forehead and when I say all over, I mean all over!

Comment from Lisa Parker
Posted August 23, 2008 at 4:20 pm

The “leaks” when you laugh, sneeze, cough, breathe too heavily.

Pantyliners are still useful while pregnant!

Comment from laydida
Posted August 24, 2008 at 7:27 am

u could get hungry like crazy if u missed a meal! and that could happen all throughout your pregnancy.

i missed breakfast on one ocassion becoz of travelling to a picnic spot with some friends. i couldnt stop eating for the 1st half an hour once we arrived. my friends were stunned seeing me eating well, that happened during my 3rd trimester

Comment from Stephanie
Posted August 24, 2008 at 4:52 pm

You forget everything!

Comment from Susan
Posted August 24, 2008 at 5:21 pm

I believe the “peachy, very healthy complexion” is the unexpected sign of pregnancy.

Comment from Allison
Posted August 24, 2008 at 5:44 pm

Bad, bad stretch marks that creams and lotions won’t even think of helping… Forget about that picture perfect preggo belly!

Comment from Gia
Posted August 24, 2008 at 6:03 pm

Shortness of breath. Once you get to a certain point in your pregnancy you may have this occur!

Comment from Penny
Posted August 24, 2008 at 6:10 pm

Heartburn, Heartburn and some more Heartburn!!! Eat Papaya… it helps!!!

Comment from cynthia
Posted August 24, 2008 at 6:37 pm

Get ready for “kicks and punches”! —-> During the last trimester of my pregnancy I could see (and feel!) my son’s feet and fists intensely pressing against my belly and they made little bulges as he kicked and punched… It was AWESOME!

Comment from Kelly
Posted August 24, 2008 at 6:44 pm

A kick in the ribs from your little one! This can take your breath away…or give you that needed jolt when you’re fading from exhaustion

Comment from Yoan
Posted August 24, 2008 at 7:32 pm

Stop scratching your belly…I know It’s hard to handle that itchy feels mostly on summer time and on your 7 or 8 months pregnancy, but the more you scratch the more scar you’ll carry.

Comment from jennifer bowen
Posted August 24, 2008 at 11:25 pm

a: moringsickness b; hiemorhoids c: ganeing whight d: hartbearn e: ging to the bath room a lot f:strich marks and a lots more lol

Comment from Bita
Posted August 24, 2008 at 11:57 pm

Constipation!! Sometimes the result of the pre-natal vitamins… Do not take them for a few days and drink lots of water

Comment from Michelle
Posted August 25, 2008 at 1:52 am

Stuffy nose — totally wasn’t expecting that to happen

Comment from Sharon
Posted August 25, 2008 at 9:45 am

Bigger feet! Mine grew almost a whole size.

Comment from Natasha
Posted August 26, 2008 at 7:55 pm

Wow…where to start, lol (not to scare any newly preggo mamas!). The glow they talk about? My only ‘glow’ was perspiration from being SO hot (the temperature kind, trust me the other kind just didn’t come into play) all the time. And sleep - forget about it later on in the pregnancy, there’s just no way to get comfy! And let me talk about hair…not the stuff on my head either…you get hair where no hair has gone before, lol. I sprouted some hairs on my breasts nothing monkeyish, but trust me, any hair there is not a good thing! I could go on, but I’ve depressed myself, and surely scarred some others, so I’ll stop…maybe next time around will be better?!?? lol.

Comment from Michele
Posted August 26, 2008 at 9:26 pm

pregnancy mask or malaisia (sp?) on the face! It stinks because it’s almost impossible to get rid of!

Thanks so much!!
Michele R.(CA)

Comment from Cindi
Posted August 26, 2008 at 9:36 pm

Post-Partum Depression! I did not have it severely, but I definitely
experienced it after the birth of my second son. I also started having hot flashes. I would wake up at night drenched, and at first I was scared to death. It took some time and help, but I got through it. Thanks very much…..Cindi

Comment from CanCan (Mom Most Traveled)
Posted August 26, 2008 at 10:48 pm

My first pregnancy was very healthy, until the 8th month I started retaining a lot of water (my legs looked like 2 posts) and was preeclamptic. I was exercising every day!
It was totally out of the blue!

Comment from Janet F
Posted August 26, 2008 at 11:24 pm

A first symptom is sore breasts.

Comment from Jenn
Posted August 27, 2008 at 4:14 am

I never get sick,so feeling like I had the worse hangover ever for 13 weeks straight was not much fun,I had a stuffy nose the whole 40 weeks too !

Comment from Victoria
Posted August 27, 2008 at 4:18 am

Extra “gases.” I burped and tooted way more while I was pregnant! Also, a stuffy nose, who knew?

Comment from Laura
Posted August 27, 2008 at 5:18 am

Constipation and itchy breasts. Who knew?!

Comment from EG
Posted August 27, 2008 at 8:34 am

I tarnished silver when I was pregnant. How weird is that? My silver jewelry would turn black within a week.

Comment from Genevieve
Posted August 27, 2008 at 9:51 am

I was surprised by how much my breasts hurt the first few months–that was really my first pregnancy symptom. Also, I’d assumed I would enjoy being pregnant–and I didn’t–I hated it. I felt really guilty about that at first.

Comment from Stephanie
Posted August 27, 2008 at 11:57 am

Carpal Tunnel!

Comment from Elaine R
Posted August 28, 2008 at 8:29 am

Feeling too warm-you are carrying around a little furnace!

Comment from melanie
Posted August 28, 2008 at 8:37 am

I was suprised with #2, I got full really fast. I couldn’t finish my meals.

=) melanie
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Comment from Rachel Watts
Posted August 28, 2008 at 11:54 am

I got tendonitis during my first pregnancy. That was totally unexpected.

Comment from tracy
Posted August 28, 2008 at 1:03 pm

They speak of exhaustion in the first trimester, and promise that by the second you’ll feel “bursts” of energy…butttt not always. Some of us lucky ladies are sleepy and feel like we are moving through a cloud throughout our ENTIRE pregnancies!

Comment from mercedes
Posted August 30, 2008 at 10:36 pm

expect heartburn!! it sucks.

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