Strangest Post Pregnancy Symptoms
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Topic: Strangest Post Pregnancy Symptoms
Posted By: yermasyada
Subject: Strangest Post Pregnancy Symptoms
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 9:02pm
Just wondered whether anyone had any really weird post pregnancy symptoms? 
I noticed this week that my arm pit hair isn't growing! LOL So odd ! Also, my Linea Nigra didn't appear till 2 weeks post preg. I could just be a complete freak of course  
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Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 10:00pm
Aren't post pregnancy hormones wonderful! 
I didn't have those symptoms, but I got massive body temperature swings - one second I was hot, then the next I was freezing cold! No one told me about things like that before birth! |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 10:51pm
I had really bad 'almost make me pass out' pains shooting up my bum for a few weeks, always when I needed to fart or when breastfeeding. 
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 11:17pm
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Me and another friend had random bum pain during the night. Just once or twice, a few weeks post birth. I thought I was a freak until she mentioned it first lol. -------------   
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 12:05am
I didnt get that line till after I had DS either 
ETA- I also got the weird hot and cold thing!! ------------- |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 7:55am
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I got the hot cold thing and night sweats ...ewwww it was like going through menopause!
I would wake up literallu soaking wet it was so gross! -------------   
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 8:50am
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Hair falling out is a common one - my head hair is barely growing so much so that I'm on specialist treatments now to get it to grow back. Unfortunately my leg and armpit hair grows faster - go figure!
I got phantom kicking - I've heard of other people getting it too, I guess because you're so in tune with your body you forget sometimes there's no baby in there lol |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 9:03am
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Yeah, I had the night sweats, too.
And the bum pains. hahaha isn't pregnancy/birth/post rpegnancy delightful? ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 9:12am
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Hot/cold and night sweats here!
And the same as mamanee! Omg they hurt! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: naysgirl
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 9:40am
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I've still got a faint linea nigra, didn't have it at all when I was pregnant but showed up a few weeks after DS was born.
Also still losing heaps of hair, I am so sick of it, I feel like there will be nothing left soon! And I had the nights sweats as well till about 6 weeks after birth. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: bopmum
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 11:22am
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I've still got a linea nigra too!!! it looks like it hasn't faded either.
Night sweats here too, hate them!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 12:29pm
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I had the bum pain
I had the hot and cold for ages and feeling like ïd faint. I had the night sweats the whole time i fed DD andhave them again now. And my leg hair is growing way faster now |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 1:13pm
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Oh I had phantom kicks too! I forgot about that and didnt tell anyone I thought I was going mad! -------------
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 1:29pm
OMG me too!!! so they are real?? hahaha how long did they last for everyone?? sometimes I think I even get them now......but i'm thinking it's probably more like gas lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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melnel wrote:Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 1:52pm
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Sweating, day and night.
Phantom kicks lastest right up till when #2 starting kicking for real! They didn't start till Dan was about 6 months, and I did a HPT cos I was so convinced I must be pregnant ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 1:54pm
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omg I'm so glad I'm not a freak:) I got the pains..and woke up drenched in sweat first time the other day was awful..stupid hormones.. ! and the hot cold thing!!! and the phantom thing... phew so glad I'm 'normal' :) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 1:57pm
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I'm so glad that the bum pain seems to be pretty common.
What is that?! It was seriously one of the worst pains I've ever experienced. Felt like someone had a hot knife up my bum. 
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 1:59pm
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I still got the phantom kicks right up until my BFP.... though again I put it down to gas but nope, real kicks now and totally the same feeling! -------------
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 2:04pm
Phantom kicks here too! Im still getting them now  and im sure i got stretch marks after DS was born which is just not fair!------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 3:33pm
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My stretch marks came after too! lol
I've only just stopped getting the bum thing thank god!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 3:47pm
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Yep, stretch marks arrived after my little man did. So not fair
And, I've also had the phantom kicks thing, glad thats normal -------------  
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Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 4:50pm
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wow !!! phantom kicks
That's a bit mental 
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Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 5:14pm
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I got this weird thing when I was breastfeeding - I would feel after a while like I was absolutely freezing during the middle of the night feeds, even though the room was warm. After putting bubs back to bed I would turn my electric blanket right up and I would still feel frozen. It was like the opposite to a fever, and no one could explain it. I also had that linea nigra far longer than they said it should last. I reckon it lasted about six months. Oh and the hair - don't mention the hair! I need a wig or something. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 8:28pm
| Sarah, my linea nigra has only just faded completely away, 15 months after birth! |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 8:47pm
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I had quite a dark linea nigra during pregnancy but it has darkened after giving birth! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 9:31pm
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Ooooh nkap9 - mine did too. (I think it was because it wasn't stretched anymore lol) It has faded HEAPs now though!
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Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 1:33pm
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Geez, you ladies are making me feel like a freak for not having any post pregnancy symptoms I feel left out! lol Oooooooh actually.....I now feel the random need to stay in my jammies all day?? lol, does that count? That would never happen before bubs came along hehehe -------------  
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Posted By: maisey
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 2:08pm
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I have the dark linea nigra too! Also I had really bad night sweats for about 3 weeks after she was born. That has stopped now but the line is still really dark! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 5:09pm
I got this too, but got mastisis a few days later so could have been the beginnings of that. My armpit hair slowed down during pregnancy, it was awesome. Sadly it's back to it's usual self post-pregnancy. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 5:10pm
Actually I was also freezing. I had Cooper in a woollen hat and about 4 blankets as I thought it was so cold - but it was the middle of December. Opps. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 6:33pm
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Yeah that was what was so weird, I would wake up soaked in swept but freezing cold so once I had gotten changed I would have the lekkie blanket on to warm me back up!
NOT looking forward to that again!! -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 6:40pm
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melnel-might not happen this time.. i had sweats and stuff this time and not last time! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 6:43pm
I had these too, but thought it was gas The first night after DS2, I woke up thinking I could still feel him kick - it was a very cruel kick for my body to play on me 
And the bum pains!!! I remember those now...they were bloody awful! I remember getting very sore lower legs and feet while BFing DS1 (especially in the middle of the night). I'd always have to put my feet up to stop the pain. I also remember thinking (while I was doing a night feed) that there were plenty of other mums up too, feeding their little ones - made me feel better knowing I wasn't the only one Sorry, slightly off topic  ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 7:00pm
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I got phantom kicks for months. I did some research because i thought i was going mental, but apparently its normal and very common. -------------  
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Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 16 May 2010 at 8:44pm
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Haha I used to think of 'all the other mums' too. Made me feel like I wasn't the only one on Earth going through the middle of the night feeds. I also got the urge to wear PJs all day too. If I knew I wasn't going anywhere, or expecting anyone, and it was a bit of a rough day. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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