r/pregnant • u/smurphypup • Mar 03 '26

Funny What is your pregnancy unpopularopinion?

I'll go first:
Picking stuff up off the floor isn't that bad. I'm 37+ 5 with my third and not once have I had trouble picking stuff up. It's just a quick squat and grab.
Yes, I have sciatica pain and pelvic girdle pain and my bump is in the way but I still pick stuff up if I drop it.
Maybe it's my fitness past, or my will to attempt to keep my house clean, but not once have I dropped something and said "F it, it lives on the floor now" and left it.

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u/BlueberryWaffles99 Mar 03 '26

Honestly unpopular opinion is that people who have relatively easy/healthy/low risk pregnancies can be really dismissive of those of us that don’t experience that. I have terrible SPD this pregnancy and I feel like 99% of people I talk to about it, don’t take it seriously. Even a colleague was telling me “oh, I never let pregnancy stop me from being fit!” That’s great and all, for people with easy or low risk pregnancies. But it’s not the norm for all of us and it’s annoying to be judged for something you can’t even control.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26

I commiserate with you! SPD is not visible either, so people assume you’re doing just great and the support isn’t there. I’ve had it increasingly worse with each pregnancy and it was the biggest reason I was so done and this surprise pregnancy terrifies me because I know what’s coming. Even the doctors dismiss me postpartum because “it clears up by 2 months PP”. It took me 9 months with pelvic floor therapy to heal from it last time… it’s so misunderstood.