Pregnancy the good, the bad, the ugly  First trimester  So I have been pregnant and or breastfeeding for a full consecutive 4.5 years (since 2015) so I feel fully self qualified to write this blog (I am not a midwife this is purely a mum blog). Currently pregnant with baby no. 4 (I will have 3 under 4 in a matter of 13 weeks). So here’s the thing not every mama will glow up! In fact most don’t I don’t even think I did with my first ( if you are going to glow it will be in your first pregnancy when your not bedraggled with kids hanging off you like a chimpanzee). Pregnancy is not pretty, we draw the short straw an the fellas get the easy ride don’t you think? Even from the moment of conception.... First things first about when them little two lines appear around 4-5 week comes the sickness - most girls get sickness and or nausea at least for the first 12 weeks (which isn’t pleasant). However a select lucky few get hyperemesis gravidum which is serve sickness to the poin