What happened during pregnancy that you didnt expect?

Rebecca says:
The car accident.
Alyssa says:
c-section
Velma says:
How tiring it was
Chrissy says:
for my second i had morning sickness thru out the 9mths
Stephanie says:
I started eating green beans and mushrooms, things I absolutely hated before.
Emma says:
just the room i was in wasnt like how its on telly..lol...tiny little room wiv bed, cot and sink in??????????
Kate says:
Lots!!!!!!
Jennifer says:
fluid leakage on the last pregnancy, early contractions
Kim says:
i got swollen all over my feet and legs
kerrie says:
umm i didnt expect that i would fully go off meat for the first four months.
Lisa says:
Severe sickness
lucy says:
emergency c section
Angie says:
i couldn't feel the baby move and I had to go to the hospital and be hooked up to a fetal monitor. he was fine.
Samantha says:
nothing really, i read up about what to expect so wasnt suprised
Emma says:
Bleeding non stop
Abby says:
losing all respect for some people that I had relied upon for so long.
Jami says:
preterm labor....bed rest for a month!
Miranda says:
getting transfered to swan districts and my doctor taking holidays and not telling me until the week before i was due.
Jennifer says:
Didn't expect to have a c-section
Sharon says:
I had very many ER trips and ended up having severe pre eclampsia which almost cost us our lives. No one ever prepared me for this. I asked, where's the manual, this wasn't in it! lol
Coralyn says:
my c section
Hollie says:
My leg would pop out of socket and I would almost fall everytime
Sara says:
how fat I got
Kelli says:
how tired I was
Rosemary says:
carpal tunnel syndrome! that was no fun!
Allison says:
Ciaran - nothingmuch, everything went to plan. Alex - we had to move in the august when I was 3 months gone.
lisa says:
I was expecting to get stretch marks but i got none lucky me.
Emma says:
judgemental people wen was pregnant wiv my 1st cause was 18
Kayla says:
Nothing that i can think of
Shena says:
Nothing that I can think of - burped alot lol
Belinda says:
lots
sarah says:
i got 2 babies
Babs says:
i never expected any of it
Melony says:
A whole lot of heartburn
Danielle says:
Doctor said.. Theres no heart beat. And she made it to delivery..
Gemma says:
nothing
Jennifer says:
w/joseph i had toxeemia and i threw up EVRYTHING i ate even gum and with jaylai gained 50 lbs
Liz says:
I gained 50 lbs.
Anonymous says:
nothing
Becky says:
LOW IRON
Christy says:
IBS!!! Oh my goodness, what funny stories I have about that!
ALICIA says:
I was really happy. Everyone moans about the aching etc but I felt great
Jantina says:
Water retention in my face, hands and feet
liusha says:
vomitting
Clare says:
I had to go for an extra scan because my bump was small at around 8 months, which is strange cos at 2 months I looked like I was 5 months pregnant lol
Collene says:
Some bleeding at the begining
Kristi says:
nothing
Soky says:
um.... I think when I had my braxton hicks early at 4 months... scared the crap outta me...
Kate says:
to fall so completely and utterly in love with someone i had never met face to face. Also loving my pregnant belly - I still miss it sometimes
Lynn says:
Nothing.
Angela says:
i got a rash that drove me mad!
Jessica says:
complications given birth for 58hrs
Hayley Jane says:
Having Riley at 2 weeks :(
faye says:
how long i had 2 stay in hospital and it took ges or my placenta 2 deliver and i had to have loadsof stitches
jasmine says:
cancer in my olvarys
evelyn says:
everything went well as planned even bette cant compain
Sarah says:
nothing
pella says:
being way to sensitive
kelly says:
nothing
Rebeca says:
was in hospital for 3 days at 6months pregnant, i was in excruciating pain and thought i was miscarrying. i had a severe infection and was on a drip for 3 days.
Allie says:
Premature deliver with the first. Prematuer labor twice with the second and MAJOR drop in the heartrate
Brooke says:
ummm..I don't think anthing
Jaclin D. says:
hmmm, being sick the whol time
Denise says:
Jeff was really mean to me. He wouldn't go when I had the ultrasound done, said pregnant women are hideous and should not be allowed out in public...
Saskia says:
nothing
Felecia says:
TYRONE- NORMAL TA'NIYA- WTF, WHERE DID SHE COME FROM THAT TOTAL PREGNANCY LABOR AND EWVERYTHING WAS UNEXPECTED ANTWON- EARLY LABOR, AND ALL THE SHIT THAT HAPPEN WITH ME AND MY HEAD!
Kelsey says:
Nothing really I can think of...
Kelly-Lynn says:
i had migraines
angie says:
everything leeks
Sarah says:
I'd be sooo hungry all the time.
Shelbi says:
Super bad headaches and exhaustion
Georgia says:
nothing happened
Nancy says:
I didn't expect it to go quite so smoothly.
nadia says:
kidney disease
Candice says:
I got severe pre eclampsia and had to deliver 11 weeks early..
Andrea says:
hip pain like you wouldn't believe, and mood swings.
Bonnie says:
I developed toxemia and had to be on bedrest.
Erianna says:
nothing
abby says:
heartburn...:(
Dena says:
retained alot of water with the first one! yuk! the second one went almost a week over due!
Lisa says:
I had some spotting once, It scared me pretty badly!
Ginger says:
morning sickness for 3 months straight!!
Carolee says:
Jared, the C-section. Becky, nothing.
Morgan says:
I found out I was having a boy.
Angela says:
Nothing comes to mind...read lots of books to make sure i was prepared for what could happen
Natalie says:
I didnt expect to have all the blood pressure problems and constant visits to the doctors
danielle says:
every thing that i wrote in Question 2
brooke coghlan says:
Caity - Everything peyton - developing spd, made things a lil difficult
Kerrin says:
nothing with the first. With Marley he grew to unexpected proportions...BIG baby.
Jess says:
i didnt get sick....!
Nicole says:
Hmm...idk..
Catherine says:
Liam wanted to come out early, then when it was time, he stopped trying.
Katherine says:
not much
Melanie says:
Pre-eclampsia
Deanne says:
A baby! and my boobs growing (they were bigger enough to start with)
samantha says:
everything that went wrong that wasnt ment to.
Ashleigh says:
nothing
Clancy says:
vomiting to the extent that I did!! and being put on bedrest at the end of it :( Boooooooooooring.
kelly says:
2 of my babies came early it was very scary
Jesikah says:
Umm.. I dunno really. I guess I did a complete 360 lifestyle wise?
Sammi says:
Had Him At 28 Weeks
Vikki says:
umm .. not sure.
Dorinda says:
goiong into labar at 27 weeks
Julie says:
i lost my 1st pregnancy
Eboni says:
Hmmmm. Dunno.
Christy says:
How quickly I went into labour and delivered. (3 weeks early, 2 hrs labour)
Stefani says:
Throwing up for 9 months , I knew you threw up but for 9 months straight thats just brutal
Stacey says:
bladder infection with landon, and lots of heart burn with aubrey
Suzanne says:
Got SPD which was so painful and really stressed me out as couldn't move
Irene says:
Nothing
Jamie says:
Everything..LOL!
Vilka says:
plenty with my 1st, more prepared now for my second
Kirsty says:
That it wouldn't last so long.
Krissy says:
The horrible heartburn
Sara says:
to loss so much weight at the start
Leah says:
Had to be vaccum suctioned out!!!
Samantha says:
not to much
Julz says:
premature labour,
Tia says:
I lost Weight
lisa says:
nothing
Giselle says:
HOW MUCH your body changes, and just how different and amazing it is to watch your child move inside your body.
Samantha says:
alot happen in both of them that i didnt expect
Vanessa says:
nothing all good
Anna says:
Everything....lol.
Hannah says:
nothing really but nothing more amazing then feeling ur bub kick for the first time
Shamarra says:
hmmm.... Nothing really.
Colette says:
Complications with Brooke and ER visits with Hope.
Emma says:
spd
Dannielle says:
nothing really
Taralee says:
Hardly no weight gain even with twins. And they came early.
Shareese says:
I didn't expect I'd be so small (my belly), I also didn't expect I would gain 40lbs in two months...all through the pregnancy I didnt gain a lbs but all of a sudden the lbs were coming from no where in the last two months

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