No one tells you about the little aches and pains you experience when pregnant. Don't get me wrong, being pregnant has been the most amazing and wonderful experience of my life But there are definitely some discomforts that come along with it.

For one, (the most obvious) you blow up. Your tummy gets bigger than you've ever imagined it could. And just when you think it can't get any bigger, it does.

Along with a growing belly comes itchy skin. I probably look like a monkey, sitting there scratching myself, but I can't help it. Lotion helps, so does hydrocortizone, but they can only do so much.

You feel full ALL THE TIME. Meals are a long-lost memory. I've given up eating food like a regular person because I feel so miserable if I do. Instead, I'm constantly grazing. My prenatal yoga instructor tells me all the progesterone flowing through my system has significantly slowed down my digestion. I believe it.

Sleeping is getting tough. I'm a back-sleeper. Always have been. But now, there's a little bowling ball in my tummy that doesn't allow me to lie on my back comfortably. You feel a lot of pressure when you do.

My teeth ache. It sounds weird, but my molars hurt.

I am incapable of eating without spilling on myself. I find crumbs on my belly. Worse yet, random stains from spills that I didn't even know happened.

"Pregnancy brain" is real. I keep forgetting to do simple things and will often go into a room, only to forget why I went there in the first place.

Arg. I just need to remind myself that the little chubby cheeked angel I have in my arms at the end of all this will be totally WORTH IT!!!!