ON THE NOSE
‘I’m never getting pregnant’ women sob after mum reveals how her cute button nose DOUBLED in size while expecting
Scroll down to see the shocking pregnancy side effect
IT'S no secret that your body changes in weird and wonderful ways when you're pregnant.
But one woman was stunned when she discovered part of her face was growing as well as her belly when she was expecting her daughter.
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Abby Heath, from Utah, USA, left people's jaws on the floor when she revealed her nose almost doubled in size.
She took to social media to share some before and after snaps, and the difference has made people swear off ever having kids.
The first picture showed her ace "before getting pregnant" when she had her normal, smaller nose.
But once she was pregnant with her daughter, he nose become incredibly swollen, something people refer to as 'pregnancy nose'.
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In fact, her nose grew so much she was almost totally unrecognisable.
Abby's video spread like wildfire on TikTok and currently has over 15 million views and thousands of comments from shocked watchers.
She captioned the viral clip: "Normalise pregnancy nose and swelling, also yes I was pregnant with a girl!"
Other parents admitted they had the same issue when they were pregnant, one commented: "This happened to me, my husband was floored."
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"I've never had pregnancy nose but I did have a swollen face for six months," another chimed in.
Meanwhile, others said the unfortunate side effect was enough to put them off having kids, at least for now.
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"My baby fever is cured, thanks," one joked.
And a second wrote: "It turned you into a old and young person at the same time."
"Never getting pregnant because what on earth is this," another said.
"It took almost two years after having kids for my face to go back to normal size," someone else chimed in.
What is pregnancy nose?
According to Dr. Christine Greves, an OB-GYN in Orlando, Florida, many pregnant people do actually experience 'pregnancy nose'.
Speaking to she explained: "The underlying reason is because of the hormones that are increased in pregnancy and those hormones cause dilation in vessels, which can result in more blood flow going to certain areas — and that’s because we need it for the uterus."
And don't worry, although it might be weird to see yourself with a bigger nose, it's totally harmless for most people and will usually go back to normal roughly six weeks after giving birth, she added.
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