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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I'm surprised we haven't discussed names at all! I figured we'd have a boy and a girl name pinned down by now, but we haven't talked about it at all.

I'm surprised how fast it's going. When I saw other pregnant women at work I always thought man, how can she stand waiting for the days to tick by?! That coupled with my anxiety made me assume I would be worried every day and it would dragggggggg. But that has not been the case at ALL!

lol, i was the opposite and surprised at how obsessed i became with the nursery. i've never been one to put a lot of thought or effort into decorating before and suddenly it had to be perfect.

i am surprised in my second pregnancy how uneventual it seems and how i am not that interested in reading the weekly or daily updates and tips on all my pregnancy apps compared to last time.

How tough it can be. It was a long road for me to get pregnant, so I thought once I got my bfp I'd be ecstatic and glowing and doing yoga everyday and eating an amazingly healthy clean diet and constantly just so darn thankful, but I'm actually sick as a dog, only able to stomach carbs and sugar (helloooo apple cider donuts), and am an emotional yo-yo. I am immensely thankful and feel blessed to be pregnant after going through IF, but I feel a lot of guilt for not being happier in the tough moments. Just hard to be thrilled when you're yakking over the toilet.

Lots of things. Right away, I was surprised by how UTTERLY EXHAUSTED I was all the time. Like I've never felt that bone-tired in my life, including at any point in the six months since LO was born. Then I was surprised by how horrible pregnant-vomiting was. I feel like TV etc. portrays morning sickness as this quick little inconvenience which is sort of a cute reminder of pregnancy. Nope, it was exactly like regular vomiting, with that whole gut-wrenching, tears streaming down your face, collapsed in total wrung-out misery deal. Sciatic/pubic pain surprised me. At the end, it surprised me that I became so large I couldn't even get my yoga pants/gym shorts on and had to wear DH's gym shorts with the string untied.

On the plus side, I was surprised nobody ever really tried to pat my belly uninvited. I was surprised how awesome and persistent the kicking was. And how nice it was to wake up every morning thinking "I'm pregnant!"

How much I disliked it. I thought I'd be the type to enjoy pregnancy.

How early I showed. Due to a cyst and hormonal stuff that went with it, I looked about 3 months ahead from early first trimester until late second trimester, when I "settled" into a regular bump size (larger end if regular, but still)

@PawPrints: Yes! The exhaustion! I remember falling asleep at my desk at work the first few weeks and wondering how on earth I was going to survive.

How worried I was about EVERYTJING in the first three or four months. I really wish I had stressed less, but I kept thinking about the worst possible scenario all the time. It made for a very stressful few months! .

The thirstiness in the first tri, the round ligament pains in the second tri, and the feeling of being kicked in the groin constantly in the third. Also, the acne. I got none of that glow everyone talks about- unless you count sweat

@JennyLayneAZ: I had all these good intentions about when we would discuss names but we ended up doing it and deciding on the way to the hospital! I wasn't worried because we are both very decisive but it's kind of funny now.

I was surprised by all the nosebleeds, and how motivated I was to get stuff done in the 3rd trimester. Normally I'm a procrastinator but I guess that's nesting!

@YogiRunner: same

After 4 years of IF, we're so thrilled to be having two little girls. However, it's so much work. I'll never complain publicly but that doesn't mean DH doesn't hear a thing or two

How sick I would be. Even though I'd seen my mum and sisters go through it, it knocked me off my feet. For #2, even though I had already been through that before, I had obviously forgotten the horrificness of it.

Also, how huge I would get! I have never been a big person but put over 60lb on for each kid. That had been hard to cope with.

How completely uneventful it was.

I was not at all prepared for the exhaustion and constant nausea.

@blackbird: yep, I get a LOT of comments on it. But I lost it all after my first, I'm hopeful I will now. I still have 27lb to go 10 weeks pp, so I've lost loads already but still have as much to go as most people put on their entire pregnancy.

@travelgirl1: I was at about that 10 weeks PP, too. Now I'm 19 weeks PP with 13 to go!

@Adira: I was going to say the exact same thing! It was fascinating to see my body transform. And the positive body image stuck to some extent because I wasn't so obsessed with being the "right" size, I was proud of what my body had done, and I had so many other more important considerations in my life!

The first trimester I was surprised by how sick I got, now I am surprised at how well I feel.

I was surprised by a few things...
1. How horrible morning sickness is. It's not the vomiting, it's the curled-up-on-the-floor nausea
2. The wives tales people believe (don't raise your arms above your head or your baby will strangle on the umbilical cord...wut?)
3. How insanely awful the last month is. My whole pregnancy flew by but the last month was like molasses in January in an igloo
4. How much fun I had making a baby boy nursery