Pregnancy and the facts they dont tell you.

As of today I am 26 and 3 days into my first pregnancy. Ive read some books, browsed blogs and picked up pamphlets all informing of what to expect while I experience the miracle of pregnancy. Everyone tells you its going to be so wonderful, the best experience of your life, you'll feel amazing all the time and have this blissful connection to your unborn child; what they don't tell you is that most of this (for me anyway) is not true.
For the first 4 months I felt like I had the worst case of the flu that would never go away. I was dizzy, weak, exhausted all of the time, throwing up and couldn't stand the smell of anything, including my wife. I spent most of my time wishing and hoping that this horrible feeling would go away and I would start to feel as wonderful as everyone said I would be feeling. By 4.5 months my sciatic nerve started to creep down my legs and into my lower back and became so painful that at one point that I was in so much pain and crying my eyes out while holding on to our kitchen table because I couldn't move a muscle. I tried yoga and swimming but nothing was working to alleviate the daily pain. Finally after a month of daily sobbing, it went away. So by 5.5 months I was finally starting to feel somewhat normal, if you can call having something move in your belly constantly "normal".
For the past month the biggest struggle has been my growing belly. I cannot get comfortable in my bed and have spent the past 4 weeks sleeping on the couch because it seems to be the only place I can actually sleep. Did I mention that my body temperature is crazy high at night and I generate so much heat that its annoying for me and my wife. They don't tell you that your vagina gets so hot and sweaty that its distracting, especially at night. My skin is stretching rapidly and Ive never been so itchy in my life. There are some days I want to rip my skin off its so irritated.
So here I am, 26.3 weeks pregnant, just a week away from entering my third trimester and trying to not think about this baby coming out my vagina in a few months. Don't get me wrong, I'm very excited to have this little one join our family, I just wish more people were real with the information regarding pregnancy. As my ribs hurt and my mobility gets lesser everyday, I'm still looking forward to the next stage.