Lessons learnt while pregnant!

I have learnt so many things during pregnancy, and i want to share some of them with you!!!

Everybody has a different pregnancy. Meaning that not everybody has severe morning sickness or throws up in the first months of their pregnancy. I didn't i just had "gut rot"

for 3-4 months, which wasnt fun either. Just because i start to feel my baby move at a certain part of my pregnancy doesnt mean that everybody else will start to feel their baby move at that particular gestational period of their pregnancy. That actually knowing what it feels like for your baby to move inside you is one of the most amazing feelings ever until they start kicking your ribs, but even then it puts a smile on your face to know that you are creating and developing a little person inside of you. There may be some people who have a "picture perfect" pregnancy, but that does not happen often, each pregnancy with the same person is different will most likely be different each time they get pregnant.. So you may have it great for one pregnancy, and you may just have an all out complicated pregnancy another time, (hopefully ill have the picture perfect pregnancy next time). Also that your pregnancy can be greatly effected by almost any problem that you had pre-pregnancy. It can be a lot harder to break your water than somebody else. Just because you want to go into labor doesnt mean that you can force yourself into labor. How do i know this, well at 37 weeks i did the castor oil way, and guess what that got me!!! 6 hours of progressing contractions, me unloading my bowels for a half hour NON-STOP, and a BURNING butt!!! (embarassing to say)!!! ive done the driving on EXTREMELY bumpy roads, walking, dancing, lifting a couch, lifting a couch with my brother on it, more walking, lifting my bed, leaking fluid, contracting for more hours at a time, and more walking!!! That from about 7 months on you are uncomfortable, and it just gets worse as the baby gets bigger!!! I thought that pregnancy would be a dream, and that i could deal with the comfortness, because i didnt think it was going to be like this, and the groin and leg cramps, the swelling, the EXTRA weight, headachs, the irritablity that most women go through, the hormone changes, moodswings, etc. EDUCATE yourself before you get pregnant. Now im only 17, and i definitly was NOT wanting to get pregnant, but feeling what i feel, and knowing that this child will love me more than anybody (NOT that im not loved by family already), is just the greatest thing in the world! Also just because Im young and going to have a child doesnt mean that my life is going to end, but that im going to have a minor set back, and life WILL keep going as planned.. Even though there are soo many changes that happen with your body, both things that i absolutly HATE and somethings that i love. i DONT ever regret laying in that bed with the boy i did, not knowingly get pregnant, but also doing the things that i did to protect myself and my baby. you learn something every day, and soon i will be learning multiple things each day. And even though ill be tired, and sometimes upset i know that ill be able to get through it. Well im glad that you took the time to read this, and i hope it somewhat prepares you for pregnancy!! i want to congratulate you, and hope you have a safe arrival of a healthy beautiful baby boy or girl... and thnx for taking the time to read this, and i hope you enjoyed my little bit of advice on pregnancy!!!!!