Pregnancy's Best Kept Secrets

HeidiBoo_2

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Ruth_honey

Urgh! I only managed to read 2 pages-goodness knows why on earth I clicked on this thread anyway. I am NEVER EVER going to have children!!! Why do you put yourselves through that? Are you crazy????

beccam

I thought as a nurse and having worked in maternity I knew it all!!!! What a fool I am!

Pregnancy: 'morning' sickness that is all day and night sickness that would result in me sleeping for 5min periods only and these would be conducted with my head on the toilet. This sickness would not pass and would remain throughout pregnancy.

Dodgy hips, one ending up 6inches higher than the other which not only caused extreme pain but also meant I had a limp!!!:eek:

Not all babies do what they should and some stubborn beggars will spread themselves across your stomach before settling their bum in your pelvis and refusing to budge!!:rolleyes:

Never believe a male consultant when they say that trying to turn your breech baby will only be 'mildly' uncomfortable!! I had bruised hand prints that proved different.

Delivery:
Planned section....had the wit to attend for waxing so no need for NHS razor action!! This did not deter 3 midwives and a nursing auxiliary from checking my regions to see if they were satisfactorily hair free.
Given the option of catheter in before or after I got spinal block..I opt for after, not realising this meant I would have no leg control and would therefore require 2 midwives and 2 theatre staff to open my legs for me and hold them in position until catheter was inserted.:o
Having one of the previously mentioned theatre staff pop her head up and say..."you're Rebecca aren't you?"....friends mother!!
That having a spinal block will not prevent you from feeling like the doctors are washing dishes inside you and worrying that a hand may come out your throat.

After:
That boobies will get bigger again, pre pregnancy 36DD, end of pregnancy 38F, 3 days later please contact local parachuting club for suppliers!!:eek:

Baby blues day....I literally woke up on day 3 and burst into tears, nothing could stop me!! I went to bathroom to shower and try and sort myself out but heat of shower made boobs explode in volcano style with milk for lava!!

You will be so tired you don't register being tired you just glide through in a foggy state until suddenly you get 3hrs consecutive sleep and feel like you can never open your eyes again!!

Above all nobody ever told me time would go by so quickly and that before I knew it my newborn baby would be 3 and I'd wonder how the hell did that happen??! And also that yes, those bad memories do fade and your body starts thinking maybe you could do it all again!!?;)

neverdespairgirl

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Urgh! I only managed to read 2 pages-goodness knows why on earth I clicked on this thread anyway. I am NEVER EVER going to have children!!! Why do you put yourselves through that? Are you crazy????

You are pregnant only for 9 months, give birth, and then have a child forever. So it's all worth it.

keelykat

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Urgh! I only managed to read 2 pages-goodness knows why on earth I clicked on this thread anyway. I am NEVER EVER going to have children!!! Why do you put yourselves through that? Are you crazy????

you know you're ready to have a baby when this thread doesn't even put you off 9 months later, you've got a gorgeous baby in your arms

Sarahsaver

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Urgh! I only managed to read 2 pages-goodness knows why on earth I clicked on this thread anyway. I am NEVER EVER going to have children!!! Why do you put yourselves through that? Are you crazy????

occasionally yes but also surrounded by love and often euphorically happy

Magpie.

So funny and so true!

the things I remember most are

Heartburn

Cramp so often I'd fall over when getting out of bed as my leg was asleep

I couldn't sleep on my back from quite early on as it made me bleed from my bum :embarasse

I'm sure I pooed but the midwife said at least then she'd know I was pushing properly.

They do lull you into a false sense of security when they sleep for the first couple of days recovering.......... then all hell broke loose!

there's loads more but 3 years on I can barely remember some things and it was all worth it anyway.

Ishtar

There's another one I've just thought of....

After nine months of people directing their attention to you (whether welcomed or not!), they completely forget your existence once the baby has arrived :rolleyes:. Now, I wouldn't want to take any attention away from the baby at all, but it would be good for some of them to at least acknowledge that you're still there!!

D

twinmumagain

No one, no matter how hard they try can ever begin to explain to you just what you feel for baby when baby is here. Its like loving your mother a thousand fold and then some!
No matter how down or how low your self esteem is, you did something wonderful and produced this gorgeous pink wringling bundle who will always love you unconditonally! I am getting teary just thinking about it! It really is out of this world!
I had my first son with a man who may aswell have been a sperm donor but with my husband and the twins(x2 lol), when you hold baby(babies) and have this little person who is a minature version of the man of your dreams... well, just blown away! Completely!(as I was with my gorgeous eldest DS)

I adore kids so much, we have 5(8, 5, 5, 3, 3) but still I try to look after other peoples kids and babies! I really really want more but funds wont allow It may still happen in the future though-at 27 I can squeeze 15 or so more pregnant years


Have to say, I adore pregnancy too! Yes it can be damn hard but when you first feel those kicks(like tiny bubbles popping in your tummy) its all worth while! Everyone should have the chance to be a parent, it upset me a lot when people struggle. Dr's wont use my eggs as I dont have the perfect BMI but I have the perfect womb for rent So am looking seriously into surrogacy

msfoxymax

twinmumagain wrote: »

No one, no matter how hard they try can ever begin to explain to you just what you feel for baby when baby is here. Its like loving your mother a thousand fold and then some!
No matter how down or how low your self esteem is, you did something wonderful and produced this gorgeous pink wringling bundle who will always love you unconditonally! I am getting teary just thinking about it! It really is out of this world!
I had my first son with a man who may aswell have been a sperm donor but with my husband and the twins(x2 lol), when you hold baby(babies) and have this little person who is a minature version of the man of your dreams... well, just blown away! Completely!(as I was with my gorgeous eldest DS)

I adore kids so much, we have 5(8, 5, 5, 3, 3) but still I try to look after other peoples kids and babies! I really really want more but funds wont allow It may still happen in the future though-at 27 I can squeeze 15 or so more pregnant years


Have to say, I adore pregnancy too! Yes it can be damn hard but when you first feel those kicks(like tiny bubbles popping in your tummy) its all worth while! Everyone should have the chance to be a parent, it upset me a lot when people struggle. Dr's wont use my eggs as I dont have the perfect BMI but I have the perfect womb for rent So am looking seriously into surrogacy

Bumpity bumpity bump!!!