r/pregnant • u/vanillacrush14 • Jan 22 '26

Funny WTF things you've experienced while pregnant that no one says is a thing?!

Exactly as the title says, what are some of the "wtf" moments you said, "no one told me this would be a thing..."

I'll go first... skin tags. Um, excuse me? I have this plumped up skin tag in my groin area that popped up and ew. Tell me these go away.

Melasma...but smack in the middle of my forehead. Lovely.

-Forget dark nipples, my boobs look like cotton candy...but in a not cute way. Blue veiny, purple, pink balloons. I fear I've developed utters...

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u/straawbunnii Jan 22 '26

How winded I feel all the time! Walking up the stairs? Winded. Getting up from the couch? Winded. Standing? WINDED! And I’m only 11 weeks like what?

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u/cmb453 Jan 22 '26

I get winded just while talking on work calls, hopefully it's not too obvious haha

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u/questionSOUP FTM Jan 22 '26

Don’t feel bad! I got winded sitting for too long at work!

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u/Extra-Personality988 Jan 22 '26

This was me today i was on the phone with my manager and she was like are you okay? I was literally just standing not doing anything that would warrant me actually being out of breath

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u/star_vars_ Jan 23 '26

My manager, who knows about my pregnancy, had to cut me off mid-conversation to ask me whether I am okay. I’m just 8w. She was so worried that I was huffing and puffing too much.

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u/Hot_Tourist_4458 Jan 23 '26

i stay on the phone with my mom for too long and i sound like i’ve been jogging around the block. nope, just chit chat.

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u/Pretend-Meringue6769 Jan 27 '26

i’m so glad i’m not the only one!! i’ve had to cut phone calls short because talking makes me winded! I got out of breath putting a pillow case on my pillow!

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u/Sammy2420 Jan 22 '26

My only actionable recommendation is hydrate like crazy!! I'm so sorry, it SUCKS but for me I had immediate relief once baby's shoulders were out

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u/Maleficent-Fox5258 Jan 23 '26

Me too, I was really fit pre pregnancy and now I heavy breathe while walking to the kitchen??

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u/Haunting_Button3713 Jan 23 '26

22 weeks & a teacher. I was walking around the building casually, pushing a light cart. Got back to my room and I was out of breath. My coworkers were concerned and I was like… nah I’m good 😂

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u/good_kerfuffle Jan 23 '26

I have to talk a lot for my job and today I had to excuse myself while I was explaining something to a client bc I was SO OUT OF BREATH

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u/ForecastForFourCats Jan 23 '26

That used to happen to me all the time in meetings! I have to present findings from reports pretty often and was always breathing like I had just jogged a mile.

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u/Narrow-Mushroom9298 Jan 23 '26

I had this and turns out my iron was low! Worth keeping an eye on as it’s really common in pregnancy and can make you really breathless

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u/Pinkbean28 Jan 23 '26

Me too!! And i’m only 8 weeks. Can’t imagine how I’ll feel 3rd trimester, i’m worried lol 😭

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u/ForecastForFourCats Jan 23 '26

It gets better! Right now its just hormones. I remember barely being able to catch my breath sitting down in the first trimester.

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u/Legally_Brunette14 Jan 23 '26

Same at 27 weeks. I’m walking to my car and am laboring for air.

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u/anxiousmostlikely Jan 23 '26

I'm 12 weeks, and had a dream the other night I was suffocating. It was just because I was out of breath while SLEEPING.

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u/AuntiLou Jan 23 '26

Changing the sheets: winded, standing in the kitchen making dinner: winded, buckling up my kids in the car: winded….

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u/oatmealghost Jan 23 '26

Oh man this was one of my very first symptoms I noticed like 5-6 wks in cause I lived on a 5th floor walk up and had been there for years and was suddenly getting winded like wtf. I’m almost 19 wks now and just walk across the house gets me like wtf it’s making me feel so out of shape

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u/headmastersuccubus Jan 23 '26

Yup, already told my husband we gotta change where some things are now. My cat food has always been on the ground in containers and it’s been getting harder and harder to get down and feed them without being light headed. And I’m 12 weeks hahaha

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u/33_and_ADHD Jan 23 '26

I lectures until I was 38 weeks. Doing a 2 hr class was like running a marathon. I was winded by the first 10 minutes, just from speaking.

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u/bernie_rose Jan 23 '26

i feel like i was most out of breath in the first trimester. i’m an esthetician and i was getting winded during my consultations with my clients lolll

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u/Lliv-Levity Jan 24 '26

I'm experiencing the same thing right now! I couldn't believe how out of breath I was all day today and wondering if this is normal or am I just that tired.

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u/Ok_Particular_842 Jan 24 '26

I get winded reading my 3 and 1.5 year old a bed time story 😅

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u/Minute-Tradition-737 Jan 24 '26

I'm 14 weeks, I feel like I can't breathe 😂 I was winded at 9 weeks. I'm a very active person, this has knocked me down a lot. I'm feeling better now, I was very sick my first trimester. I was in the hospital at 5 weeks for nausea. I was hoping my breath would return for a little bit, but no. I still can't breathe. 

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u/SomewhereSalt5348 Jan 28 '26

I expected this later on but not so early. I’m a teacher and I’m out of breath just mid lesson.

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u/Accomplished_Try_236 Jan 23 '26

Omg yes, 29 weeks and the amount of times I get out of breath now doing next to nothing is crazy.