I like to think I'm slightly more informed now, but every few days either DH or I will have an "omg I just found out...!" moment. Also how little I knew just a few years back really shocks me!
So my question is as per the title; what huge thing did you not realise about babies before you started this journey?
For me, I remember a couple of years ago hearing my friend who has 2 sons talking to another friend about tearing whilst giving birth. This was a rather big and scary revelation for me!
pomegranate / 3604 posts
I didn't know how infrequently babies could poop. Freaked me right out at first when he didn't poop for 3 days.
And, related, that my farts would smell just like his BMs. (Come on, I can't be the only one?)
Oh! The earwax after! Whhhhhyyyyy?! My ears are so itttchhhhhy. . .
pomegranate / 3858 posts
@sera_87: me too! You never hear about this till you have a baby! Ours went a week without a bm...
blogger / pomegranate / 3300 posts
I learned that I am absolutely not the one in control of things!
papaya / 10570 posts
I didn't realise how tiring pregnancy was - I feel bad now for all the work colleagues I accused (behind their backs of course) of "milking it" during pregnancy.
Oh and I didn't realise that babies could poo in the womb. OMG!
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
I didn't realise that not all babies like bottles and soother and sleep! WTF, aren't they genetically programmed to love that stuff?
eggplant / 11716 posts
I didn't know that some babies are born with milk in their breasts, which will reabsorb into their bodies. My husband heard it from a friend and told me, and I totally thought he was making it up. But it's true!
That tearing happens almost always. Yup, that's something people don't tell you about. Hemorrhoids. How hard breastfeeding can be (cracked, sore nipples). How bad morning sickness can be. That your bladder might be ruined after (I just had a mommy friend go through surgery to repair hers because she was constantly wetting herself after two kids).
Really, the list for me is long.... I think most guys don't know this either, and really---everyone should know this stuff. Then people would understand how difficult pregnancy can be (of course, everyone is different and some people have easy pregnancies, but I sure haven't).
pomelo / 5469 posts
@Cherrybee: I was the same before I got preg. I literally thought morning sickness was throwing up on a few mornings and that was it. Oh no! I was way too hard on colleagues that were always in and out of the office during pregnancy.. I just thought, 'it's not an illness, what's the problem?'.
@anagram: The bladder is a new one for me. I had no idea. I'm starting to learn how hard breastfeeding can be, whereas before I just thought it was a natural thing that just happened!
pineapple / 12802 posts
@Anagram: Yup. Hemorrhoids. Whyyyyyyyy. I have constant thoughts of how this could be avoided.
Probably the post pregnancy sweats. That was a new one for me! Stinky all the time? whyyyy!? Don't we go through enough!?
papaya / 10560 posts
I'm with mrstrain you have no control over things anymore!
How breastfeeding would be such a big personal sacrifice
nectarine / 2217 posts
i knew breastfeed would be difficult at first, but i had no idea how painful and difficult it would be for ME!
on another note, a small "didn't know this could happen!" for me was, i broke a whole bunch of blood vessels in my face while pushing, even though i was trying my best not to 'push with my face' and i only pushed for 30 mins! 
i may be prone to it, though, because some broke yesterday too when i was just throwing up (1st tri).
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
I had no idea how difficult breastfeeding could be! Before joining the 'bee I was under the assumption that you pop baby on the boob, they latch on & eat, then they pop off. I quickly learned from the other mamas on here that BFing is hard work. I didn't realize just how physically and emotionally difficult it is until we started. One of the hardest things I've ever experienced.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
@.twist.: omg yes - I smell like a man who hasn't showered in weeks! and this is after i freshly shower and apply deodorant. awesome.
coffee bean / 27 posts
I knew it would be tiring but I didn't know HOW tiring it would be to have a baby until I has one. He's 3.5 months now but I hope it'll get better after we get him to sleep in his own.
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
How ca-ray-zee PP hormones are, I was sweaty, stinky, cranky, happy, angry, crazy and just plain nuts! lol!
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