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It’s not necessarily just morning sickness. Some women experience nausea morning, noon, and night at certain phases. It tends to be worse in the morning, as your stomach is empty after a night of over-producing acid.
Pregnancy kicks the body’s metabolism and hormones into overtime, which increases blood flow, which in turn heats you up and makes you sweat more.
Some women find that they start sprouting hair like never before, and in places they never expected! A few facial hairs aren’t abnormal during pregnancy.
Hemorrhoids are common. All the changes you experience down south put a lot of pressure on your butt, so hemorrhoids are often an unpleasant side effect.
You’re likely in for several months of indigestion, so prepare for lots of hiccups and burping!
On the other end of things, expect to be constipated. Pregnancy comes with the production of progesterone, which relaxes the muscles of the uterus to prevent early contractions. Unfortunately, it also relaxes some neighboring muscles, so things don’t move as quickly!
Constipation can lead to gas. As such, pregnancy can lead to an increase in the frequency and deadliness of your gas!
Pregnancy causes congestion. Pregnant women can sometimes suffer from a stuffy nose, even when they’re not sick. This is because estrogen causes the mucous membranes in the nose to swell.
Sore breasts are one of the first signs of pregnancy, but there are many other breast-related life changes that you’ll experience.
In addition to the soreness and increased size of the breasts, the areolas also tend to get larger and darken.
You may have extra saliva. It’s common for women to notice they’re producing extra spit while they’re pregnant, although the cause is unknown.
The numerous hormones that come with pregnancy can sometimes send your sebaceous glands into an adolescent state of overproduction. Unfortunately, most acne medications aren’t safe to use while pregnant.
The stretching of the skin due to pregnancy growth as well as the production of estrogen can leave you feeling itchy.
Skin tags are another delightful side effect of pregnancy. They usually occur in high friction areas like under the arms, around the neck, or under the breasts.
It’s known that women who are experiencing morning sickness can be more sensitive to smells that worsen their nausea. This is because pregnancy actually heightens your sense of smell, making you more aware of all of the “interesting” smells around you at the worst possible time.
Given the varied types of discomfort that can occur at different stages of pregnancy, it’s normal for your libido to totally disappear. It’s also normal to want to go at it all the time, despite your discomfort!
As the baby grows in the uterus, it increases the pressure on the bladder. When extra pressure is suddenly applied, through laughing, sneezing, or coughing, it’s pretty common for some pee to accidentally slip out.
Pregnancy can make you more susceptible to plaque buildup on your teeth and causes your gums to be more sensitive and swollen. You might notice your gums bleeding more when you brush your teeth as a result.
It’s not uncommon to go up a shoe size during pregnancy, and for some women they never return to their pre-pregnancy size.
Swollen feet are a pretty well-known side effect of pregnancy, but some women end up with feet that look like Christmas hams!
This particular piece of advice can be even more annoying given that pregnant women already need to pee all the time! A lesser-known issue is that pregnancy may lead to accidents outside of the bathroom...
There are many amazing things about being pregnant, the most obvious one being that you’re growing another human inside of you, and it’s a joyful time for many people. However, we don’t all have to feel like earth mothers at the peak of our existence while pregnant. It can be rough, uncomfortable, or just boring. Whatever way you experience your pregnancy, it’s totally normal and totally okay.
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Hormone changes in pregnancy can change your melanin production which might darken your freckles, your areolas, and create the line that runs down the belly called the linea nigra. It can also cause random blotches of discolored skin on other parts of the body.
Not only does this cause congestion, but it can also lead to nosebleeds! And snoring…
Another annoying problem in this region is restless leg syndrome. It’s not dangerous, but it is infuriating. It tends to occur at night, which makes it difficult to sleep.
You’ll be told to drink lots of water. The suggested remedy for almost every pregnancy-related ailment is to drink more water. Prepare to hear that a lot!
As your belly grows, your belly button will become an outie!
From swollen feet to bizarre midnight cravings, pregnancy is no walk in the park. Every body and every pregnancy is unique, and the range of strange side effects are seemingly endless, so every mother-to-be will have different symptoms! Some are more peculiar than others...
These are just a few of the stranger symptoms of pregnancy that you might not have heard of. This is not an exhaustive list, and not every woman will have these particular experiences, but they are surprisingly common! Click through the gallery to find out what to expect when you're growing a tiny human.
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From swollen feet to bizarre midnight cravings, pregnancy is no walk in the park. Every body and every pregnancy is unique, and the range of strange side effects are seemingly endless, so every mother-to-be will have different symptoms! Some are more peculiar than others...
These are just a few of the stranger symptoms of pregnancy that you might not have heard of. This is not an exhaustive list, and not every woman will have these particular experiences, but they are surprisingly common! Click through the gallery to find out what to expect when you're growing a tiny human.