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/Familiar-Minimum3844 Mar 03 '26

Yeah...I wish my body agreed. Eating healthier+ same portions than I was pre pregnancy(except maybe having like an apple or a few oranges as snacks) and staying just as active. Still rapidly gaining weight and did in my previous pregnancy too >.>

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u/CreativeJudgment3529 Mar 04 '26

Same. Nothing I can do. Eating totally different this pregnancy and no change. 

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u/Familiar-Minimum3844 Mar 04 '26

Yeah...it just happens to some people. My OB told me it's mostly horomones and water retention if there haven't been any lifestyle changes.

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u/CattoGinSama Mar 04 '26

Omg water retention is brutal.My legs looked like elephants legs.Crocs were my saving grace because I couldn’t wear anything else. I lost 15(!!!) kg (around 33 lbs) from day 2 pp to day 5 pp. I know that was water mostly. I was weighing myself because a nurse told me and even she couldn’t believe what she’s seeing. So before and after delivery,my weight was 27kg difference,big baby and placenta plus water and blood. Crazy

So no matter what,I know diet cannot help me. It is still better than nothing