8.) Heart palpitations. Occasionally,, my heart will start racing making me feel out of breath. I went to a heart specialist, he ran some tests, but he basically came to the conclusion that this was more of a nuisance than anything.
9.) Heartburn. I didn’t really notice this until the last trimester of my pregnancies. My sister-in-law, however, carried a Costco-sized Tums bottle with her from day one.
10.) Water retention. I looked like I was baking bread out of my shoes! From my knee down you couldn’t really see any sort of bone structure and, by the end of the day, my cankles were quite painful.
11.) Hemorrhoids. Yep, pregnancy is sexy!
12.) Dry skin. Lotion, lotion, lotion.
13.) Back pain. OK, so the pain really isn’t restricted to the back, but I noticed lower-back pain as my belly grew larger.
14.) Waddling. This is so hot and totally unavoidable unless you choose not to walk during your last trimester.
15.) Feeling the baby move. This is a wonderful miracle early on in pregnancy. The last couple weeks of pregnancy, I found myself trying to negotiate the baby out of my ribs or to stop bouncing on my bladder.
16.) Varicose veins. I didn’t get too many of these, but I did make up for it with stretch marks.
17.) Larger feet. I had to go out and buy shoes that would fit me during pregnancy. Don’t expect your feet to go back to their pre-pregnancy size, because they don’t.
18.) Unexplained fluid. I had a lot of unexplained vajayjay discharge during pregnancy. Unexplained in that I’m sure there was a reason, I just chose to ignore it.
19.) Congestion. I seemed to have a constant stuffy nose throughout my pregnancies, and apparently this is due to the extra blood flow.
20.) Skin anomalies. I had weird moles appear and I’ve heard that some women get skin discoloration as well.
2 comments so far...
Flag as inappropriate Posted by mamajama on 22nd May 2008
1. you probably won't experience everything on the yukky-pregnancy-side-effects list.
2. even if you do, they won't happen all at once.
3. nothing is ever as bad as you imagine it will be.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Diane on 16th May 2008