We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share pictures from when they were pregnant to show what it's really like. Here are just some of them:
And by the way, everyone's pregnancy is a different, so the pics here are by no means meant to represent the ~universal pregnant experience~.
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Pregnancy feet vs. normal feet. —courtneyb59
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Pregnancy and pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPS) rash. Unglamorous side of pregnancy —alexandrar4cdd5d910
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Being so nauseous you can’t brush your hair. Rats nest ensues. Mom has to help brush out the mess! —amyritterf
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Pregnancy brain. I caught myself just before I brushed my teeth with deodorant instead of toothpaste. Oops! —juliab4d5c058ec
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While pregnant with my second daughter I could rest my pregnant belly on my counter top. People thought this photo fake. It’s real and my back still isn’t right. —ashleybarrettu
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Had to cut the ring off because my fingers were so swollen —arielle7
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My friend is a naturally emotional person, but one night our group of friends was hanging out, and one of us was trying to rock another ones baby to sleep and all of a sudden the newly pregnant Julie burst into tears because we are all friends. —courtneyh466e3012c
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Pregnancy is not always a big bad scary thing! Both kids I had no morning sickness, no swelling, no stretch marks, no issues with natural labor, both labors less than five hours. Was back in size 3 jeans two weeks postpartum both times. Pregnancy was a healthy and beautiful journey for me! —yogapoet
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What happens when you wear mid-calf socks! —maddiemccauley2
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My face broke out with hormonal cystic acne so bad and I had cravings for all the worst food. But I got an awesome table I got to carry around with me! —eskaytea
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When everything hurts but you can't take any drugs. That's an ice pack on my hip and a hot rice sock on my knee —lindseydugone
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Pregnant with twins! And my niece decided it was the perfect canvas. —marlih2
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Me painting bathroom cabinets for a client eight days before I had my baby at 39 weeks exactly. Doesn’t have to be all bad. —brittanys4cb4e823d
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My son loved squishing himself on my right side, so I was always lopsided. Looking at my crooked bump made all the insomnia and all the intense heartburn worth it. —maggiek43d2fe818
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I went to a college football game the day I was due with my 10-pounder. Between all the Braxton Hicks, trips to the bathroom to pee, and trying to stay off my swollen feet, I was busy constantly stuffing my face. This security guard could NOT keep a straight face as I literally inhaled this sandwich while sitting on the tent anchor. —incendiaryprincess
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I had a super easy, relaxing pregnancy...until I ended up on bedrest for my last month because I was going into preterm labor, and I ended up with cholestasis (when the bile in your liver slows/stops and causes horrible, horrible itchiness and can lead to stillbirth if not watched closely). But it was all worth it in the end for my son. —sheynav
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Here I am at seven months pregnant sleeping in the space between the couch and the coffee table. —sarahk427811044
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For me, (the end of) pregnancy was wearing tennis shoes and leggings to my typically business casual job every day and putting my feet up every chance I got! —breannaleigho
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I ended up with gestational diabetes thanks to my PCOS, so I had to go to the OB-GYN twice a week to make sure that my baby was okay. I felt like I was there so much that I may as well have set up camp there! —reikoko
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My pregnancy immunity was so compromised I ended up with pneumonia when I was 30 weeks pregnant and was hospitalized for a week. —victoriaf4f2309550
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Rash life. Wanna know the kicker? Can’t take anything to prevent the itchyness. I’m surprised my partner stay by my side after all my complaining. —nataleec2
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End of third trimester pain relief includes sitting on a stability ball while simultaneously sitting on an ice pack for the lady parts— no one warned me about pelvic ligament tears! —katies4ec789fce
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I feel you, sister. —alexar5
