pregnancy symptoms that made life hard

🍼dry skin

my skin was constantly dry. i would get these burning rashes all over my hands, wrists, and arms CONSTANTLY. no matter how much lotion i applied, they wouldn’t go away.

🍼mouth sore

i literally never had mouth sores until i got pregnant. my mom has had them ever since i can remember but i’ve never gotten one until i got pregnant. and i’m a BAD picker. so it took a long time to heal fully and i still have a little scar from it.

🍼bad acne

this one wasn’t actually that bad. i had acne all over my face and body for abour 2-3 weeks of my pregnancy. i was already struggling to find the beauty in my changing body and the acne did not help lol

🍼hormones

this was a big one. got me into a lot of trouble and i’m still making up for it in some of my relationships. i was crazy. i’m talking bat shit CRAZY. i almost left my poor fiancé like 4-5 times just because of my hormones blowing things out of proportion.

🍼diminished libido

this one also poorly affected my sweet fiancé. i didn’t wanna be touched, didn’t wanna be looked at, didn’t even wanna see him really. i faked it sometimes just so he wouldn’t feel hurt but i couldn’t stand physical contact.

🍼engorged breasts

i literally wanted to cry any time i accidentally grazed my breasts. i couldn’t even really wash them in the shower without wanting to scream. it was bad.

🍼low energy

i applaud myself for the things i did get done when i had my nesting bursts of energy but most of the time, i just wanted to lay down. my son was a hefty lil boy so any time i stood up, i felt like my pelvis was going to snap. even sitting put a lot of pressure on my cervix and sent my son into my lungs. so laying down is how i spent most of my free time.

🍼stretch marks

i made sure i didn’t scratch my stomach. i applied lotion twice a day and after my showers and it wasn’t until the month before my sons arrival that i started getting them EVERYWHERE!!

🍼congestion

i’m still suffering from this one. i couldn’t breathe out of my nose for the majority of my pregnancy. i was always sick with some sinus/allergy crap. to this day, if i tilt my head forward too much, i leak fluid out of my nose. it literally feels like im drowning every time.

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