pregnancy is gross there's so many

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things that non ever tells you about
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that happen and you think is this normal
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so today we are listing all the myths
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about pregnancy symptoms I'm Claire I'm
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a midwife and I'm going to hopefully
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answer all the questions that you have
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never thought to ask I've got with me
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Becky and Hayley who are both pregnant
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and we are gonna go in with some myths
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and do some tips tricks and hacks to
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being a bit more comfortable whilst
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you're pregnant I feel like let's just
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jump straight in at the deep end with
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cervical mucus yeah let's go for it so
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at this stage in the third trimester I'm
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just gonna say how it is sometimes you
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just get mixed up is it discharge is it
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your waters or is it we're yes
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which one of it but yeah it's hard I
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mean I get people coming all the time
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that think that their waters have gone
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and it can feel like a little bit of
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damp on you pad you know and people have
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come in thinking is they've gone they've
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gone and it's actually just we it's
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actually quite worrying yeah when you
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get to this stage because you're looking
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for symptoms Oh aren't you yeah yeah
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yeah and you think in right okay it's
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nearly the end is this it yeah although
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not quite yet with 35 weeks I think the
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biggest thing if you're having increased
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discharge and you're thinking to
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yourself was this perp had on so not a
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panty liner you know one of the
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maternity pads yeah and obviously if you
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have got like a full heavy pad after an
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hour you need to kind of have a look and
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see what it looks like so waters tend to
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be clear or straw-colored rather than
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like a wee color and it's really
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important if there's anything green any
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like green waters you have to call the
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hospital straightaway have you had a
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show yet no how about you thankfully
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using your mucus plug no no you will
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know you quite soon actually because
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you're getting towards a bit further
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ahead on yeah and basically when you
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lose your mucus plug or have a show it's
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like there's no other way to describe it
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is like snot
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jeanna fish yeah yeah and so quite a lot
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though you can lose it like bit by bit
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I'll ask em bit by bit
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I lost mine all in one game so it can't
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like you'll go to the loo you'll take
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your pants down and you'll see life's
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not on you okay yeah yeah sometimes it
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can be streaked with a bit of blood
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that's what we call a bloody show and
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that's normal as well as long as it's
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not like fresh red leo losing it's like
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mixed in with discharge
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yes stringy that's normal but that's a
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bit of a there's a bit of a myth with
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that really because people think that
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when you lose your mucus plug you're
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gonna go straight into labor
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some people do but I lost mine at about
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33 weeks and I was just sat there for
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another five weeks bouncing on my ball
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any other questions
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I think sticking with the nether regions
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while we're down there um can we talk
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about piles yeah we can I had them I had
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them with my first pregnancy very very
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late on which I thought fair enough
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babies heavy
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no worries like that's normal this time
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I had them at like 17 weeks and I was
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like why the baby's like the size of an
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apple or something like there's no
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weight kind of bearing down and I just
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didn't understand why I got them so
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early no I think I don't think there's
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any method or reason as to why but you
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know they are really really common when
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you're pregnant
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so painful as well aren't they I know I
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know it's it's one of them things that
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is not dangerous for a pregnancy it's
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unpleasant incredibly unpleasant but you
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can use creams so just pop to you GP or
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call them and see which ones are
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suitable for you something not so gross
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swelling in the feet I find I think
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pretty much every pregnant member must
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have it at some point in their pregnancy
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and but it's just so uncomfortable and
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especially like if you're if you've got
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a day out or something and your feet are
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already swelled is there anything you
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can do to like stop them from swelling
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more or like being so uncomfortable
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so we've swelling there's obviously a
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couple of things that you need to
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mention kind of basic swelling is very
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normal but there are some types of
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swelling that we need to look out for
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with regards to a condition called
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preeclampsia and I'll go through that in
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a minute
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so with simple swelling and things like
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that elevation and cold is probably your
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best bet keeping them higher than your
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heart but you can't lie on your back
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when you're pregnant yeah you need to be
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on your side so kind of like somehow
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giving you a symptom we're giving
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yourself a position where your legs can
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be higher than your high it helps to
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drain the fluid you know cold baths you
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know just for your feet they're quite
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good and also you can kind of get
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compression stockings in some situations
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if it's really bothering you but
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otherwise it's nothing of any damage if
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you're getting any swelling in your face
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neck and hands you need to see a midwife
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or
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call the triage number for your hospital
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because when you have that that is a
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sign of possibly preeclampsia which is a
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condition to do with your liver your
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blood pressure and it impacts on the
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baby with the presenter what's the
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difference between that and water
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attention because I get horrific water
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retention every I like my hands are
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quite swollen now my rings don't fit
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anymore around here I've like got a
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chicken neck now so I do get quite bad
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water retention what how do I tell the
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difference between like something that I
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should go and be seen about and just
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standard probably that's not something
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that you can sort out yourself
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I would always err on the side of
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caution and we're always very cautious
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when it comes to things like
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preeclampsia and because if your blood
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pressure goes very high it can obviously
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cause in the worst case scenario a fit
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which is very very serious so if you
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have got it I would really go and get
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checked out so I've heard about this
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hormone relaxin yeah I found that it's
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kind of relaxed everything in my body
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including my digestive system so for
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about two weeks I had what I thought was
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a tummy bug and now it's just completely
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gone yeah
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relax your digestive system yeah it
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relaxes everything is a bit annoying
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really in there yeah why have I got
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diarrhea no reason no body produces it
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so that your tummy muscles can relax
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ready for the bump to grow
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and but unfortunately it doesn't just
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work on you tummy muscles it works on
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all the muscles in your body and that's
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why it's easier to kind of like have
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back pain pulling a muscle is so much
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easier even if you're doing day-to-day
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things you might find that you're easier
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kind of you know you get pain quit
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quicker and easier than you would have
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but yeah it does die it can affect your
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digestive system as well kind of all the
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muscles that help your bun grow and
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eventually will help in your labor are
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very connected to your bowel and so
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anything like that can cause kind of
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bowel disturbances as well yeah I've had
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a lot of heartburn like it has been
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horrendous at some points I find that
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when it comes on most is when I'm hungry
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I don't know if that's like the same for
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everyone but is there anything you can
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do to like prevent the heartburn from
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being so vicious yeah you can't really
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prevent it I mean in the worst cases you
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can take on antacids yeah and you can
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get some from the doctors that will help
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and they just reduce the amount of an
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acid in your tummy unfortunately it's
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another product of relaxing it's just
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the part between your throat and your
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stomach relaxes so that acid can flow
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back up easier yeah so it's one of those
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unfortunate side effects yeah I always
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get it when I'm lying down at night and
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I just feel it in my throat yeah I'm
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just like what is so horrible particular
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after eating curry
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Connie curry anymore Reza Shah Retd so
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I've had a bit of a experience
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with emotions being quite high it was we
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was watching a TV program so there was
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an elephant at a circus and the elephant
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came onstage
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they were they were doing tricks with
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this elephant little tiny baby elephant
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and then I didn't if the elephant got
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scared something so it food on the stage
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and then it lit she head-butted someone
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and tried to run off the stage and I
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literally cried my eyes out you look a
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bit emotional no I actually cried my
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eyes up boom what my partner was like
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hey you Hey and then I started laughing
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because he was making me laugh and I was
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like then I started crying again so I
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thought about
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yes I cried for days when I just had my
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daughter and someone on Bake Off their
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cake melted and I literally weep for
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days about it yeah I know it's
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ridiculous isn't it I had one woman once
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that cried at DFS Stamper yeah but it's
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normal
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unfortunately for everyone around us I
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mean I look back on it now and I was a
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horrible person when I was pregnant but
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at the time I was so sure that I was
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right and my poor husband and my poor
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mother and everyone around they worst
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have been there like don't say a word to
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us she'll crack rage like I don't ever
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really say anything a bit in my head oh
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my goodness I'm raging and I'm just
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shopping around a supermarket or
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something and someone will have like you
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want just accidentally yeah it like cut
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me up and I'll itch I can't drop it you
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can't let it go I become this horrible
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just rayji yeah I know it's a bit of a
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stereotype isn't it really that you
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become a hormonal mess but unfortunately
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it's a very normal and good symptom
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because it shows all your hormones are
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high and that it shows that you know
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everything is going as it should because
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you need your hormones to keep yourself
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going yeah and to grow the pregnancy so
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unfortunately it's one of the other
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people gonna have to sort it out it's
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not your problem you just have to live
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with me give it 9 months and then
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hopefully you perhaps be on in more of
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an even keel yeah so that's it for us
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for now if you've got any questions that
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we've not answered before please put
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them in the comments below and we will
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try and answer them for you so thank you
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