Pregnancy's Best Kept Secrets

Curious_George_2

the TRUTH!!

just read this and nearly popped my waters giggling (also posted in preggo thread to scare them! lol)
some of the info is USA based, but the basics are the same

enjoy (or not! lol)

http://www.theromanceclub.com/authors/lauramillsalcott/pregnancy.htm

Sarahsaver

These are afterwards things but still hopefully relevant...
Get your revenge on your OH by wearing his pants afterwards, they are SO comfortable and wide enough to fit the big hospital sanitary towels inside;)
If you eat enough chocolate your milk tastes different...:eek:
If you spend all day in bed crying, sleeping, feeding the baby, crying, nobody will notice, you are supposed to be 'on top of the world' because you have a baby.
You can have out of body experiences. I darent open my eyes once because I felt as though I was inside my baby daughter's body. Midwife told me this is not totally unusual.
Another 'during' pg thing, if you need the glucose tolerance test be warned you may get a sadistic nurse who keeps a large tin of biscuits in her desk when you have not been able to eat for hours. Then again you may get a sweetheart.
Attempts to strangle OH during labour do not actually work :eek:

jackieb

Sarahsaver wrote: »

You can have out of body experiences. I darent open my eyes once because I felt as though I was inside my baby daughter's body. Midwife told me this is not totally unusual.

I had this! Well kind of. I've never heard anyone else having it though. While I didn't think I was inside someone else, I didn't feel like me. I knew what I was doing but it was like I was outside watching me. It sounds very hard to explain. It was after the birth of my first baby. It lasted for about 3-4 weeks. I had a bad birth (kiellands forceps, roatation and delivery - that was written on my baby's name tag. I'll never forget that!) and lost quite a bit of blood. I think it was overtiredness. It did feel very weird, and I thought i'd never feel normal again.

The only other time it happened was when I was newly pregnant with baby number 2.

squashy

Can I recommend a fab book? I am not affiliated with them or anything but I got this out of the library along with 20 others and this one stood out! I owe my whole birth experience to this- sounds cheesy but I had a nightmare time with my 1st two labours, panic attacks, completely tensed up, scared...but I breezed through the birth of my 3rd baby after following the advice in here.

It basically focusses loads on making the birth a positive experiece, talks you through writing a good birth plan (which I wasn't even going to do!) by asking you to think about what your fears are and what you can do to prevent your fears being realised, also how to prepare for the unexpected, realaxation techniques etc.

Anyway it is this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blooming-Birth-How-Pregnancy-Want/dp/0007184018/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/026-7458206-6689218?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192189283&sr=8-1


Try and beg borrow or steal it if you can!

ooobedoo

bump bump bump

SeptemberBaby_2

Thanks, ooobedoo. I read this thread before I gave birth........and I'm going to start again now I've been thru it!

ooobedoo

you'll have to make sure you tell us about your experiences!

narabanekeater

Hey im due any day now and the size of a hippo this thread will give me nightmares!

ooobedoo

you will laugh your baby out!!! trust me

penguin83

Just read this thread sooo funny was nodding in agreement as I read them.

No one told me that the midwife would stick her finger up your bum after stiching - I neary leapt off the bed.

Oh and the need to tell everyone you come across your birth story - like they care! x x