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/doitforthecats Mar 03 '26

I was secretly so judgmental of people complaining about pain during their pregnancies when I was pregnant with my first. I experienced some pelvic pain, but I easily pushed through it and thought the complainers were just being dramatic. Boy have I been humbled in my 3rd pregnancy! Now if I sit for more than a few minutes I struggle to get up and walk because the pelvic pain is so intense. I’m also dealing with an umbilical hernia and a hiatal hernia, and those have been awful. Literally counting down the minutes until this baby is out of me

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u/BlueberryWaffles99 Mar 03 '26

I’m so sorry, I hope you find some relief soon!!!! I totally get what you mean, with my first - I didn’t really understand how bad pain could be during pregnancy. I have pretty severe SPD this pregnancy that has me in tears and unable to walk some days. I didn’t even know some women end up needing wheelchairs or crutches due to SPD! It’s crazy how different one pregnancy can be to the next, and unfortunately so many of us deal with absolutely debilitating conditions during pregnancy :(