So whats the one thing you wish someone had told you about pregnancy?

for me it wasnt the NOT KNOWING, it was the sugar coating of pregnancy symptoms. i knew about morning sickness but i didnt know how BAD it could FEEL! i dont mind vomitting but the upset stomach and the incurable nauseousness is the worst! i have been nauseous PLENTY of times in life but NEVER has it felt like that! it was 10x worse than any illness i have ever felt. i thought i was goin to die. oh and the "baby blues" is such a cute way to describe DEPRESSION. another way to make a very real and potentiallly harmful symptom seem like nothing. i used to want a big family but i have SERIOUSLY reconsidered having ANY more children.

1 "It will all get better in the second trimester." Like that's some sort of guarantee. I'm still exhausted and can't brush my teeth without retching. (Side note: pregnancy is a good excuse to buy a Sonicare toothbrush.) 2 That obstetrics is full of bad ideas. High c-section rates, episiotomies, inductions for no reason (and, inductions presented as risk-free); utterly normal things being 'high-risk,' etc, etc, etc. The high rate of iatrogenic complications possible with a hospital birth amazed me. 3 That "What to Expect When You're Expecting" is garbage. 4 That the average piece of maternity clothing is not terribly stylish, made from artificial fibres, and of generally poor quality. 5 Okay, you only asked for one, so I'll shut up now...

After 9 months of seeing the same doctor, and the same one who delivered by baby, I guess didn't seem to think to tell my that my cervix was tilted upward. And it wasn't till after pushing for like 13 hours, he finally said "she's not going to be able to make it through with how you are. We need to get you some help" To this day, I don't know if it ties in with it, but my back hurts like you would not believe.

I wish I would have known about this constipation. Man, I never realized how good a Bowel Movement could feel! You are right about the teeth thing as well. After severe morning sickness I had to have an emergency wisdom tooth extraction because all the vomiting made the tooth so brittle it just started breaking off in to pieces

hhheeeaarrttbuuurrrnnn!!! omg do i ever wish i was warned just how bad it would be! i have to take zantac 300 2x a day! oh and just how uncomfortable you can get when the baby is REALLY moving around. no matter what position you get in the babe finds another way to make you horribly uncomfy!!!

I think your teeth are the least of your worries.The ripping & stitching was the part I wish I had been told about before.

I never did vomit, sure felt sick though. I guess I am pretty lucky because I didn't have any complaints except nasty leg cramps. Maybe a warning that it actually hurts when the baby moves, at least when you are getting close. My son liked to hit my cervix....knocks the wind out of you!

How hungry one could really get. I didnt have morning sickness. But I started eating one minute after conception and didnt stop untill much after ( a year) after my baby came out. I would eat 8 solid meals a day and yet feel like I would pass out with hunger in the ten minute gap between my next meal. Ugh, horrible. I had gained 40 lbs and it took me 5 years to lose all of that. That and the fact that my shoe size changed. I cannot wear any of my pre- pregnancy shoes.

your lungs gets so compressed so it's harder for you to breathe.