1. Gas sucks. It can get so bad that it makes you vomit. Think of your worst period cramp then start to vomit. Because your intestines are being stretched and relaxed at the same time, you won't always know whether or not you're going to fart or poop. Stay away from:
- Artichoke
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Anything else that gives you major gas (though I do not seem to have any issue with bean-induced gas. It's really the veggies that are killer).
2. Stretch marks will appear overnight. Whether or not you get them is just as dependent on genetics as anything else.
3. If you start feeling crappy GET UP! While everything is telling you to sit, and you might even feel nautious, GET UP! Do some house work, take a walk, organize the baby's room, or something. Every time I sit and wait for the crappy feeling to go away, it just gets worse. If I make myself get up and move it helps.
4. Also, moving helps you poop. (Can you tell pooping is a big deal?) If you're getting bad gas cramps and not pooping, then take a walk or a swim. Swimming helps a lot it seems.
5. The reason that the world has not run out of fresh water, like all our elementary school teachers told us it would by now, is strictly due to the efforts of pregnant women. No matter how much or how little water you drink, you WILL have to pee 3+ times a night, so just drink the water. You'll feel better overall.
6. Every mucus membrane in your body (including the big one downstairs) will decide it is time to impress you with how well they can operate. Your nose will be continuously stuffy and your panties will be gross. Drinking water will help keep your nose from bleeding along with being stuffy. The combination sucks, so drink the damn water and just be stuffy instead of stuffy and bleedy.
Best of luck. It gets easier.
