Pregnancy's Best Kept Secrets

Js_Other_Half

angelicmary85 wrote: »

She's telling you lies!! I still wince at the thought of going through labour :rotfl::rotfl:

I still wince when I think about the egg collection <if there's a next time I'm demanding better sedation!> but it wouldn't prevent me from going through it again

Js_Other_Half

Oh, and something completely random that I don't think anyone else has written about?I had problems brushing my teeth for the full 2 mins from being about 3 months pg -I kept gagging, eyes watering, etc I'd take a break and try another section of my mouth. This was still an issue until DS was over 2?!

chickywiggle

Js_Other_Half wrote: »

Oh, and something completely random that I don't think anyone else has written about?I had problems brushing my teeth for the full 2 mins from being about 3 months pg -I kept gagging, eyes watering, etc I'd take a break and try another section of my mouth. This was still an issue until DS was over 2?!

i was EXACTLY the same.......glad it wasn't jsut me. even water made me sick (when brushing - yet i could drink it no problems!!).

Luckily tho i did regain my ability to brush my teeth once DS was born.

Glamazon

Js_Other_Half wrote: »

Oh, and something completely random that I don't think anyone else has written about?I had problems brushing my teeth for the full 2 mins from being about 3 months pg -I kept gagging, eyes watering, etc I'd take a break and try another section of my mouth. This was still an issue until DS was over 2?!

Now brushing my teeth was the only thing that stopped my morning sickness! It took a while to get the toothbrush in but once it was I was OK. How strange!

gill_hc

i was never told after a c-section its normal for the baby not to cry for a minute or so till they clear the lungs - longest minute of my life waiting for that cry..

Miss-Moneypenny_7

I finally finished reading every page after a week of reading! lol

I haven't any children yet but desparately want to starting trying, going to wait until Xmas next year and honestly can't wait!

far from putting me off this thread has made me more broody! but i can say i have a new found respect for mothers!

x

nikkit72

Is the after pain after giving birth , i am PG with my 4th child atm , and the pain after my 2nd and 3rd , i remember saying to the MW i was in labour and i'm sure i must have a baby still inside me , and the MW told me unfortunately the more children you have the pain gets worse , its the utereus shrinking back to normal size and the more children you have the more stretched iit is , so more pain every child :eek:

chinatown_2

nikkit72 wrote: »

Is the after pain after giving birth , i am PG with my 4th child atm , and the pain after my 2nd and 3rd , i remember saying to the MW i was in labour and i'm sure i must have a baby still inside me , and the MW told me unfortunately the more children you have the pain gets worse , its the utereus shrinking back to normal size and the more children you have the more stretched iit is , so more pain every child :eek:

OMG you are so right! I was in agony after having my second child. For the first few days I would be sobbing with the pain, which of course is even worse when breastfeeding. Id end up taking paracetamol and codine before the feed was due as I knew I was expecting more labour pains!

Curious_George_2

gill_hc wrote: »

i was never told after a c-section its normal for the baby not to cry for a minute or so till they clear the lungs - longest minute of my life waiting for that cry..

i didnt know that either... found out the bloody scary way!
made worse of course by the fact that i couldnt see him either... OH could but was so over whelmed by the whole thing he didnt notice the urgency in my voice when i asked if he could see him - (as in is there a problem, what are they doing, is our son ok?)

it seemed like forever til i heard him and then when they put him infront of me he looked TINY... i said that he was much smaller than his sister had been when as it turned out he was more than a pound heavier!

pregnancy does not agree with me one bit, it makes me sick, tired and ropey feeling for the whole thing.... but against my better judgement im going to do it just one more time (damn persuasive OH)
and then im going to get sewn up!

miamoo

I had my DS when I was 19, and had a really easy pregnancy, put on a stone, had a planned section 2 weeks early, breast fed and lost the weight in a few months.
Had DD a few years later, again easy pregnancy, no problems and a planned section, but I got varicose veins! Horribe and they really hurt!