Aw, you picture the cute little baby snuggling in your arms, quietly cooing as you take in the fresh smell of baby powder.
But it never occurred to me before I got pregnant with my first child that anything would happen to me except for my expanding body and a few mood swings. Guess what, there’s a whole crazy world of side effects with pregnancy, oooooo, aren’t we so lucky…
So here’s just a few side effects that I’ve gotten and I wish someone would have explained this before hand (not that it would have made a difference…):
1. Acne – I struggled with acne for a lot of my early twenties and after spending a fortune at a dermatologist and getting on some drugs that would make a baby have 12 heads, it all went away. Many years later I got pregnant and *POOF*, guess what, I get acne again. Lovely. This pregnancy is about 1,000 times worst than my last. You can’t do much for it either. Oh the joy.
2. Mask of Pregnancy – Ok, this is my all time favorite side effect, I’m loving this one. This actually began in my when I was breastfeeding my son. Typically it appears as dark pigmentation which slowly develops on the face. The forehead, cheek bones, upper lip and chin are the most common facial areas affected. Here’s a pic…
Oh ya, this one is great. I went to the dermatologist before getting pregnant this time to see if they could fix this one, as the damn woman that waxes my eyebrows kept asking if I wanted my lip done (hate her). Ya, NO. I have to wear SPF 50 on my face until I’m dead and it never goes away. Goodie, goodie. Here’s to some good cover up ladies…
3. Stretch Marks – I’ve only found one of these on my body and it was so tiny I didn’t find it until about 9 months after my son was born. Many people can get them very badly.
This is literally scarring of your body from the intense amount of stretching involved with having a baby. And by the way people, they say you’re predetermined to get stretch marks, so even if you live in a vat of cocoa butter for 9 months, you can still get them.
4. Baby Blues – I didn’t get postpartum depression, but I sure had the baby blues and let me just tell you one thing, they suck. I’ve never been through those kind of emotions and I hope not to again. There is nothing funny about any of the emotional roller coaster that a mom goes through. I had quite a hard time and this time I hope to fend it off.
But even with all the nasty side effects, having that baby is all worth it. I’d do it again a million times (well, maybe not a million, but you get the jist). I hope for a healthy baby, that’s all I can say.
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