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What are some of the things that you wish someone would have told you about being pregnant? It can be anything......Here is my list

1. More frequent urination means you are going to use ALOT more toilet paper.....(um why did I never realize that)

2. By 38 weeks you are dying to be unpregnant, but yet sad to think about not being pregnant anymore....

3. Everyone will aggrevate you! yes everyone

4. hormones will make you say everything you mean to say exactly when you mean to say it, whether you should or not

My husband and I tried for over 2 years to get pregnant, we did the ovulation test, the preseed, the clomid, had 2 surgeries, hysteroscopy, and laproscopy, found out we had endometriosis, we bought our pregnancy test online because i was addicted to pregnancy test lol. well anyways after all that time we fell pregnant in December and are expecting our baby boy anyday now, I just wanted to let everyone know that, DONT GIVE UP. there was so many times i wanted to give up, because it was literally controlling every aspect of my life. Getting pregnant was ALL I could think of. But it happened and we are about to hold our little bundle of joy. I thank my husband so much for not giving up, even though I swore it was him because I had a daughter before so it COULDNT be me!!! WRONG! lol anyways I want to encourage everyone here to keep trying, it can and will happen in time. Sex becomes a chore, no passion anymore, just stopwatches, and thermometers, and ovulation kits AGGH!! Anyways good luck ladies!!!http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg185/landrysmo...

Hey girls just wanted to drop in and say hi to everyone and that I miss ya'll. Thank you so much for your support throughout the years, I truly believe without everyones support, I would have given up years ago. But now I am almost 5 months pregnant and it has truly all been worth it. Just wanted to show you guys "the bump" so you dont give up, and know that one day it will happen for you, Looking at this picture gets me so teary eyed, knowing all the surgeries, and hell I had to go through to get it. I love ya'll, baby dust to each of you.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg185/landrysmo...

Hey girls just wanted to drop in and say hi to everyone and that I miss ya'll. Thank you so much for your support throughout the years, I truly believe without everyones support, I would have given up years ago. But now I am almost 5 months pregnant and it has truly all been worth it. Just wanted to show you guys "the bump" so you dont give up, and know that one day it will happen for you, Looking at this picture gets me so teary eyed, knowing all the surgeries, and hell I had to go through to get it. I love ya'll, baby dust to each of you.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg185/landrysmo...

Any one else go into a food coma after eating, I am almost 17 weeks pregnant and immediatly after i eat i fall into a deep food coma and have NO energy

a month ago you stated that you were turning 18, 18 is old enough to have a baby, you need to take responsibility for your child and your situation and not kill your child. Abortion is wrong. You are old enough to know what sex leads to.

I feel like pure sh!t right now, my head is pounding, my chest hurts, i been throwing up and coughing, i have a sore throat, a headache, my neck is killing me, and i feel blah, I have had all this about a week, I am waiting on the doc to open at 9am. I am afraid to take ANYTHING, i am taking progesterone 200mg for the baby already so I don't know what I could take. I AM MISERABLE

Hey guys just checkin in with you gals TTC, Just heard the baby's heart beat for the first time today! Definetely worth the 2 years of poking and proding and testing and surgeries, and crying nights of TTC! Baby Dust to all!

Do you think i am miscarrying? I am 5 weeks today and my progesterone dropped from 11 to 9, they put me one progesterone medicine, but what are the chances I will miscarry

I am 5 weeks exactly today my progesterone dropped from 11 to 9, they put me on medicine to bring it back up, so you think i will miscarry?

we had our first sonogram today I am 4 weeks 6 days pregnant and they saw nothing yet they say I am still early, at 10 dpo i had an hcg of 7 and progesterone of 11 and then at 12 dpo I had an HCG of 29 they took blood to recount numbers what should a normal HCG level be at 4 weeks 6 days?

Hey guys been posting in TTC for about 2 years, Im glad to finally be here! in the pregnancy forum got a confirmation from the doc today, Im pregnant my hcg at 14 dpo is 29!

I GOT MY BFP!!! YAY, AFTER 2 YEARS OF TTC HAVING ENDOMETRIOSIS, WE FINALLY GOT OUR BFP, DOC JUST CALLED WITH BLOOD TEST TO CONFIRM!!! SONOGRAM NEXT WEDNESDAY! BABY DUST TO ALL DONT GIVE UP

hey guysbeen posting here for about 2 years now lol. i got my bfp monday, my hcg at the doc was at a 7 on tuesday, going back today to check to make sure levels have doubled! wish me luck, o the test are little daker today, took 7 yesterday all positive!!

42. no one ever told me that only unfit mothers have found it so easy to get pregnant. (oh, snap)

43. no one ever told me.. that i have to work 100 times as hard to concieve as a 15 year old girl when i'm well over 18.

44. no one ever told me i can't try to concieve when i want to concieve.

45. no one told me about the confusing dreams

46. no one told me about all the stress if i'm infertile or not.

47. no one told me any encouragement like a pregnant 15 year old would get.

48. no one would tell me about the possibility of a false pregnancy and actually probably having cancer, or build-up of gas, urine, poo or something off the wall.

49. no one told me about how suicidal i'll get over no pregnancy.

50. no one ever told me they care a whole bunch if i was pregnant..

51. No one ever told me i would feel like my hubby needs to find someone who can GIVE him a child like i cant.

52. No one ever told me i had to chart temps till i am blue in the face.

53. No one ever told me that i would end up like this!!!!!!!!!

54. No one ever told me that my fertile friends would not understand.

55. No one ever told me i would empty my bank account for nothing but a neg pg test!

56..Nobody told me how much of an OBSESSION ttc would be lol we've only just started (beginning second month) and we were pretty relaxed about it until we started....now all I think about is being pregnant and I've even started my maternity clothes wish list!

57.That pregnant people who grumble about not being able to get pi**ed fro 9 months make you want to smash a Christmas Bauble into your own eye!!!!!!!

No one told me that I would be lying in bed for a half hour with my legs up after BD.

58.No one ever told me that I would even KNOW what BD,CM,AF,BFP,BFN, DH etc..is

59.No one ever told me that I would have to see that disappointment in my DH's face, with every BFN.

60.No one ever told me that I could ever want something so much, and no matter how hard I try, still have no control over whether I get it or not.

61.No one ever told me that when my 17 yr old sister who is still in hs and living at home got pregnant, I would start to resent her so much(even if I dont show it)

62.No one ever told me I would be buying things for a baby that I dont even have(yet)

63.- No one ever told me how hard it would be to log onto facebook and every single day get slapped in the face by someone's new baby pics

64.- No one ever told me that ttc would hurt so much, and become such an obsession

65.- No one ever said how hard it is NOT to try

66.- Or how sometimes i would try to convince myself that i've done something to deserve this

67.- That every time I see someone complaining about their baby not sleeping through the night, or being a fussy eater I want to shake them and make them realize how lucky they are

68.- that i would be terrified that this is going to consume me for the rest of my life.

69.No one ever told me that it doesn't happen the first time you have unprotected sex, or that it doesn't happen when you have sex just once at any random time of the month. (Thanks high school health class!)

70.No one ever told me that getting pregnant doesn't necessarily mean having a baby.

71.No one ever told me that as cynical as I am,I would take any snake oil I read about on the internet to get pregnant!

72.No one ever told me that I would spend hundreds of dollars trying to get pregnant before any fertility treatments!

73.No one ever told me how freaking expensive pregnancy tests are when you take 5–10 every month.

74.No one ever told me that TTC could get SO much worse (after a miscarriage).

75.No one ever told me how to actually increase my odds, but EVERYONE told me to "just relax"!

76.No one ever told me that the one month I broke down and bought every expensive snake oil product my husband would let me get, I would get pregnant—and have tons of it all left over in my bathroom cabinet.

77.No one ever told me that when I finally did get pregnant, it wouldn't be a relief—I was even more stressed and psychotic worrying about the pregnancy!

78.No one ever told me that when I finally got pregnant and everything was finally okay and I was FINALLY in the second trimester, I would completely forget all the stress, crying, and misery of TTC (mostly). :)

79.never new id hate ppl 4 being preg,

Anyone got anything to add?

Please add to the list, its fun and its good to know your not alone, and that there are women out there that are feeling the same way and reassure you that your not going crazy.....

no one told me.....

1. that i would cry tears of joy over egg white cervical mucus.

2. that the sight of pregnant women would make me break down and cry

3. no one told me i'd want to punch my sister, cousin, best friend, boss , and the two 15 year olds down the street because they got pregnant without even trying.

4. that i would over exagerate every twinge and cramp every month and swear this month it's different just to be disappointed when af arrived

5. that a fertility doctor and a baby doctor were the same thing, so every doc visit your surrounded by 20 pregnant women gushing and glowing,

6. no one told me that it doesnt matter how well you know your cycle or know your body, that mother nature can and will throw you a curve ball every now and then.

7. no one told me clomid makes you hate everyone

8. no one told me ordering meds off the internet led to $70 tic tacs (well they might as well have been it wasnt clomid and it did nothing)

9.i would stay up until 3 am reading forums and looking at pregnant bellies on youtube.

10.No one told me i would be jealous out of my mind at friends buying adorable baby clothes! ! !(Anna M.)

11.sitting there staring at test will not make the 2nd line appear no matter how hard you stare :(phatkat)

12.I would be jealous of everyone who falls pregnant and really show my resentment to the point family and friends avoid me.(trapp2au)

13.That no matter how hard you wish it to be true, you're early period IS NOT implantation bleeding(mamm23)

14.At some point, when you've been TTC for the amount of time it took your friends kids to grow up and graduate High School, It all suddenly becomes ok that you didn't conceive. Coincidentally, it's the first time you can fully appreciate your husband for supporting you, even though he wanted to give up 10 years ago.(Druantia)

15.No one ever told me at 34 yrs old my clock is starting to go tick tock!!(SMA)

16.No one ever told me that you can have unexplained infertility. :|(SMA)

17. No one told me I would get teary eyed walking by the baby department at walmart(Bunky)

18.No one told me my husband wouldn't understand me crying when a pregnant woman walked across the street.(Bunky)

19.No one told me how much it would hurt knowing I did this to myself(TUBES TIED) (Bunky)

20.That it can sometimes take YEARS to get pregnant. (And I expected it to happen the very first try! ha! It's now been over three years!)(Cookie on Mind)

21.That you could someday be that 'infertile couple' in the corner that everyone stares at, whispers about, and tip toes around because they are afraid that if they even mention the word 'baby' you'd have a melt down and cry!(Cookie on Mind)

22.That you would end up feeling like a failure and begin to think that you're 'abnormal' and that there's something 'wrong' with you.(Cookie on Mind)

23.i never knew that i would be walking into the baby department in every store i go to.

24.i never knew i would hate women for getting there tubes tied.

25.i never knew i would cry just knowing that my newly wed sister is trying to have a baby. (and will obviously have one before me)

26.i never knew that i would sit all day and watch baby shows on tlc and discovery health and cry every time a baby is born!(Allison)

27.i never knew i would hate a pregnant woman so much and hate every woman who had an abortion or had her tubes tied..

28. nobody ever told me i would cry every month when AF showed..

29.and i never knew i would pay more attention to my body more then my husband :(...

30. i never knew i would hate BC so much :(strawber...)

31.No one told me that I would turn into the green giant every time I hear of another person becoming pregnant, ESPECIALLY if they weren't trying! I'm generally not a jealous person at all!(lihsulli...)

32.No one ever told me I would spend years on birth control pills trying not to get pregnant and when I wanted to get pregnant it doesnt happen! I keep trying someday it will happen:) keep the faith!(jess)

33.

34. That ttc is something you never *recover* from, baby in arms or not

35. Infertility haunts you, reminds you of your brokeness, and vunerability

36. That there is a flame inside you that FLARES when you hear someone has become pregant...without trying...or on the first try

37. That my husband would be the only person in this world who understood my pain as AF starts yet one more time...

38. no one ever told me that my fiance wouldn't understand me hurt when he talks about another pregnant girl.

39. no one would ever tell me that i would get a tear when i hear some girl gave birth to a kid.

40. no one told me how chances can be so low.

41. no one ever told me all the mixed feelings i get when someone is getting happy feelings

42. no one ever told me that only unfit mothe

Please add to the list, its fun and its good to know your not alone, and that there are women out there that are feeling the same way and reassure you that your not going crazy.....

no one told me.....

1. that i would cry tears of joy over egg white cervical mucus.

2. that the sight of pregnant women would make me break down and cry

3. no one told me i'd want to punch my sister, cousin, best friend, boss , and the two 15 year olds down the street because they got pregnant without even trying.

4. that i would over exagerate every twinge and cramp every month and swear this month it's different just to be disappointed when af arrived

5. that a fertility doctor and a baby doctor were the same thing, so every doc visit your surrounded by 20 pregnant women gushing and glowing,

6. no one told me that it doesnt matter how well you know your cycle or know your body, that mother nature can and will throw you a curve ball every now and then.

7. no one told me clomid makes you hate everyone

8. no one told me ordering meds off the internet led to $70 tic tacs (well they might as well have been it wasnt clomid and it did nothing)

9.i would stay up until 3 am reading forums and looking at pregnant bellies on youtube.

10.No one told me i would be jealous out of my mind at friends buying adorable baby clothes! ! !(Anna M.)

11.sitting there staring at test will not make the 2nd line appear no matter how hard you stare :(phatkat)

12.I would be jealous of everyone who falls pregnant and really show my resentment to the point family and friends avoid me.(trapp2au)

13.That no matter how hard you wish it to be true, you're early period IS NOT implantation bleeding(mamm23)

14.At some point, when you've been TTC for the amount of time it took your friends kids to grow up and graduate High School, It all suddenly becomes ok that you didn't conceive. Coincidentally, it's the first time you can fully appreciate your husband for supporting you, even though he wanted to give up 10 years ago.(Druantia)

15.No one ever told me at 34 yrs old my clock is starting to go tick tock!!(SMA)

16.No one ever told me that you can have unexplained infertility. :|(SMA)

17. No one told me I would get teary eyed walking by the baby department at walmart(Bunky)

18.No one told me my husband wouldn't understand me crying when a pregnant woman walked across the street.(Bunky)

19.No one told me how much it would hurt knowing I did this to myself(TUBES TIED) (Bunky)

20.That it can sometimes take YEARS to get pregnant. (And I expected it to happen the very first try! ha! It's now been over three years!)(Cookie on Mind)

21.That you could someday be that 'infertile couple' in the corner that everyone stares at, whispers about, and tip toes around because they are afraid that if they even mention the word 'baby' you'd have a melt down and cry!(Cookie on Mind)

22.That you would end up feeling like a failure and begin to think that you're 'abnormal' and that there's something 'wrong' with you.(Cookie on Mind)

23.i never knew that i would be walking into the baby department in every store i go to.

24.i never knew i would hate women for getting there tubes tied.

25.i never knew i would cry just knowing that my newly wed sister is trying to have a baby. (and will obviously have one before me)

26.i never knew that i would sit all day and watch baby shows on tlc and discovery health and cry every time a baby is born!(Allison)

27.i never knew i would hate a pregnant woman so much and hate every woman who had an abortion or had her tubes tied..

28. nobody ever told me i would cry every month when AF showed..

29.and i never knew i would pay more attention to my body more then my husband :(...

30. i never knew i would hate BC so much :(strawber...)

31.No one told me that I would turn into the green giant every time I hear of another person becoming pregnant, ESPECIALLY if they weren't trying! I'm generally not a jealous person at all!(lihsulli...)

32.No one ever told me I would spend years on birth control pills trying not to get pregnant and when I wanted to get pregnant it doesnt happen! I keep trying someday it will happen:) keep the faith!(jess)

33.?????????????????????

well my husband and i have been trying to concieve now for 2 years, we recently found out we have endo and had corrective surgery. for the first time in 2 years this month i have ewcm! i actually cried. i feel like all those months trying arent really considered failures because ihad a medical reason as to why we couldnt get pregnant so this is it i am officially starting over ttc this is our first month post operation! wish us luck

no one told me.....

1. that i would cry tears of joy over egg white cervical mucus.

2. that the sight of pregnant women would make me break down and cry

3. no one told me i'd want to punch my sister, cousin, best friend, boss , and the two 15 year olds down the street because they got pregnant without even trying.

4. that i would over exagerate every twinge and cramp every month and swear this month it's different just to be disappointed when af arrived

5. that a fertility doctor and a baby doctor were the same thing, so every doc visit your surrounded by 20 pregnant women gushing and glowing,

6. no one told me that it doesnt matter how well you know your cycle or know your body, that mother nature can and will throw you a curve ball every now and then.

7. no one told me clomid makes you hate everyone

8. no one told me ordering meds off the internet led to $70 tic tacs (well they might as well have been it wasnt clomid and it did nothing)

9.i would stay up until 3 am reading forums and looking at pregnant bellies on youtube.

feel free to add to this list, what did noone tell you about trying to concieve

am soooo mad, i am only 10 dpo today, i had so many symptoms this month just like last month and the month before that, i took a test last night because my boobs hurt so bad, bfn so i cried and threw a fit, husband finally listened to "how i feel" 30 minutes of ranting and crying, about how i can't get pregnant and wtf is wrong with me, and its my right as a woman to be able to get pregnant, and how i dont feel complete, i told him about feeling like a failure every 28 days, just a slap in the face, just wanting something so bad and gettiing your hopes up and then every 28 days no only being told umm no but hell no!! it freakin sucks, then my sweet little 3 year old is so cute, she prays every night, dear god please give me baby brother and sister, she even calls my nieces and nephew her sissy and bubba, it makes me feel like sh*t to know she wants something so bad and i cant give it to her. i hate pretending to be happy for every f*cking pregnant person that just feels obligated to run up to me and gush about how they are pregnant and its like omg so easy for them to get pregnant, one girl said "omg all i have to do is say the word pregnant and im pregnant" ha freaking ha! well try screaming the word pregnant every f*cking day for 28 days at the top of your lungs, only to be shut down, i feel like what the hell is wrong with me? i have done all the test, had all the surgeries, sex is like clockwork, no t even fun anymore! its like a second job, an appointment even! we mark it on t he f*cking calender for christ sake! and i'll be d*mn every 15 year old in b. junior high can have sex in the back of their "flavor of the weeks" car and get pregnant but then realize "oh i'm ready for sex just not ready for a child!" and then go have an abortion and kill it. also i f*cking hate going to my doctors appointment every month only to sit in a room where you are the only f*cking person in the d*mn room thats not pregnant! and hear all the women b*tch and complain about their back hurting or their feet, god dang it i would give anything for that! they should schedule a time when its only for non pregnant women appointments its really uncomfortable to be sitting there surrounded by pregnant women, totally not a conidence booster, then to hear the little doctor office jokes "oh they better hurry up, they dont want to piss off a room full of pregnant women" omg!! oh and i love this one "aww how far along are you?" um ok i ovulated on the 8th and so i'm 10 days past ovulation, and then they look at you because your so wierd for knowing that, but they dont understand that you mark the calender, feel your cervix and cervical mucus, chart your temperatures, feel your boobies ten times a day, google the internet til 3 in the morning to see if anyone else "has the same symptoms" they dont realize you pee on so many sticks a month or even a week or day that you keep pregnancy test and ovulation test companies in business, they dont know that you spend a hundred dollars a month on test because you can't wait to see 2 lines!!! then you got "smart" and started buying your test in bulk. oh no they wouldnt know anything about that because after all their baby was a suprise. aww well it would suprise the he*l out of me if for just one month i got ewcm on my ovulation day! anyways everyone has probably stopped reading this by now but het i feel sooo much better really, i think everyone should do this, just rant, get it off your chest, i havent felt this great....in a long time of ttc. ---michelle-