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“I didn’t realize it at the time, but my positive test made me look back and say, ‘Of course!’ I started waking up in the middle of the night needing to pee, which I never usually did (post-pregnancy is another story, lol). All of a sudden, I found myself extra cold all the time. And I was super tired and going to bed hours early.”
“Pregnancy makes you get something like 50% more blood in your body, which explains the peeing and the chills (it can also cause the opposite and make you feel warm). I struggled with the blood volume issues all pregnancy; I wound up with low blood pressure, so I would feel faint and need to sit down a lot.”
