Worst Pregnancy Symptoms

This is probably gross, to warn you, although if you don't mind talking about baby poop, maybe this isn't so bad.

Just wondering who else out there has had bizarre things happen to your body and mind when pregnant. Have any of you responded to the hormonal changes with murderous rage you almost can't control? Ever get the persistent itch condition that cannot be relieved to the point where you wake up bloody from scratching furiously all night?

Anyway, here's my list of the worst pregnancy symptoms that I am aware of:

-- Yeah, the nausea and vomiting can be horrible and you feel like you want to die, it's so bad. Once you start retching, the violent spasms just won't stop, and you spew up green bile and think, wait, did I accidentally drink antifreeze?

-- Growing skin tags down there -- a woman I heard about had one the size of a thumb on her butt, that the OB finally removed when she was almost 50. Who wants a creepy little flesh ball growing on your privates like a wild mushroom?

-- Getting so edgy and irritable that you can hardly keep yourself from telling your visiting teacher to go to Hell.

-- Developing a dark stripe on your areola that marks 3 o'clock on one breast, 9 o'clock on the other. (Okay, that's not so bad.)

-- Trying to rid your body of waste matter is as painful as vaginal birth, no pain meds either.

Now what about you?

And I have to end this by saying, yes, pregnancy can do crazy, painful things to your body, but I have to say it is all worth it to have the blessing of bearing children. I can't complain long when I think of all those couples out there who try everything, spend money on painful or expensive fertility methods, and maybe end up never having a baby. It's tough to even adopt a baby. So yes, I am very mindful of the incredible blessing it is to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and bear a healthy child. I do not take this for granted.