Being pregnant is awful.
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People say your skin glows and I have had friends say they loved being pregnant and would gladly do so again.
I feel like all of this is a lie? My skin has gotten way worse since the start of my pregnancy and my stomach hurts constantly. I sleep very poorly and wake up in the middle of the night. This is all within the first 6 weeks.
I am getting an abortion next week and while I am not excited about the recovery from that I am excited to be done with this parasite.
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- I’m happy for women who had easy pregnancies because I wouldn’t wish what I went through on anyone.
My skin, hair, and gums were affected. I was so nauseous I lost a ton of weight. My super nose made everything a trigger so I was sick all day.
I threw up so much the capillaries around my eyes burst making it look like I’d been beat up.
Migraines, back pain, and insomnia, and I developed a metal allergy that never went away. My post partum wasn’t a whole lot better.
- From my understanding the first few (12 or so) weeks are often the most difficult as the body is going through so many drastic physical and hormonal changes. Things like sickness or trouble sleeping can clear up and recur. It’s different for everyone.
It’s also worth considering the tendency for people to look back things with rose tinted glasses. For your friends; the issues, discomfort, tiredness etc was worth it all because of the outcome. They wanted a child. That said, it’s not worth it if having a child isn’t something you want to do.
I hope all goes well next week and I wish you a speedy recovery.
- I did not glow. Pregnancy is so hard on your body. Totally destroyed mine.
I hated it when I first stayed feeling the baby move, it was horrible. Like some horrible alien thing inside. It was better once it was bigger, but very gross seeing your belly move about. While pregnant my son kicked my ribs out of place so painful.