Most women go into pregnancy knowing the TV version: You pee on a stick and squeal with delight – either before or after you wake up feeling nauseous – your boobs get big, your belly balloons, your water breaks, your husband freaks out, and you’re off the hospital to have a baby. But a lot of that stuff isn’t exactly realistic. Here’s the lowdown on what every mum to be should really know about one of life’s biggest adventures.
But you’ll also feel closer to him
You’ll bounce back and forth between horny and so not
Naming the baby is ridiculously stressful
Before you were pregnant, the possibilities for
It’s hard not to wish for a certain gender
You will truly marvel at what your body is doing
The first three months may be hard
Finding out you’re pregnant is pure elation (if y
You'll start feeling like a mum long before the baby's due
The delivery isn’t the only painful part
As your uterus swells from the size of an apple to the size of a watermelon
As scared as you may be about the birth now, at the end, you’ll be psyched
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The pregnancy becomes your identity
In the beginning, when you first find out you are preg
Your condition is an invitation for anyone and everyone to make a comment or ask a personal question
You’ll constantly wonder if all that discharge is normal
The truth is that nothing y
You’ll obsess over baby’s kicking patterns
When baby doesn’t kick for a
Number 2 becomes a problem
Sorry, but constipation rears its ugly head during pregnancy.
You’ll eat something you shouldn’t
As careful as you are, you will inevitably eat something you aren’t s
You’ll have weird dreams
Somewhere toward the middle of your pregnancy, you may find that every time you close your eyes t
You’ll gain a new sense of confidence
One of the best things about being pregnant is how it changes your mindset about you
You’ll feel closer to your parents
As much as your parents can drive you batty, seeing them excited about becoming grandpa
You’ll be swept by a perpetual heat wave
Remember when 68 seemed like the ideal room temperature?
Your mood won’t just swing, it will attack
PMS has nothing on pregnancy.
