It is common to hear how wonderful the pregnancy experience is, but the truth is that until a person goes through that, they do not know what it feels like, and often third parties tend to idealize the idea of being pregnant. Of course, each case is different, and they can not be generalized. But until a few years ago it seemed difficult for women to publicly express the discomforts they felt during their pregnancies.

Just because she's going through a difficult pregnancy doesn't mean that a mom should feel guilty. Everyone reacts differently to the changes that happen to a woman to allow the development of the baby. While some mothers do not experience morning sickness, for others it is a point of frustration. The important thing in these cases is not to take the circumstances personally, because at the end of 9 months mom will receive the greatest blessing of all: a beautiful little ball of joy that will fill her life with love.

Luckily, times have changed and nowadays mothers feel more confident expressing their emotions and sharing their experiences at each stage of their pregnancy. This includes celebrities who have opened to the world to share their less glamorous experiences during motherhood and pregnancies. That's why today I want to talk about 20 celebrity moms who got real about being tired of pregnancy, and show that they are just like us.

20 Tia Mowry Wore Nausea Bands During Her First Pregnancy

Tia Mowry achieved fame thanks to the television show of the 90s, Sister, Sister, where she worked with her twin sister Tamera Mowry. This beloved actress is currently married to Cory Hardrict, an American actor. The couple contracted nuptials in 2008 and have 2 children.

In an interview on Access Hollywood Live, she confessed that she used to wear nausea bands, when she was pregnant with her son, Cree Taylor. According to her they're like motion sickness bands that people wear at sea and they have been her best friends, and are part of her wardrobe now.

19 Kelly Clarkson Got IVs And Fluids Because She Dehydrates Easily

The American singer Kelly Clarkson achieved fame after being crowned the winner of the television show American Idol, and since then she has forged a successful career in the music industry. Since 2013 Kelly has been married to Brandon Blackstock, a music manager with whom she has two kids.

During an interview with Gayle King on CBS This Morning, Clarkson confessed that she had to get IVs and fluids very often because she got dehydrated so easily. She also explained that even when she went through a rough time she believes that every moment during pregnancy is worth it as long as she can have a healthy baby in her arms after 9 months.

18 Kim Kardashian: "pregnancy was not a good experience for me. At all."

Kim Kardashian is one of the most important influencer around the world, but even the queen of social networks had to face difficult moments during the pregnancies of her first two children, North West and Saint West.

'It's all worth it in the end, so I would definitely [go] through that, but pregnancy was not a good experience for me. At all.' Kim shared during an interview with Ellen Degeneres after having her first child. For the reality star her pregnancies were far from smooth-sailing and not something she wanted to repeat. And it was because of the multiple problems that Kim lived through during her pregnancies that she decided to have her third baby via surrogate.

17 Tori Spelling Needed Four Months Of Bed Rest

Tori stole our hearts by playing one of the most iconic characters of the '90s: Donna Martin in the teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210. Since 2006, she has been married to Dean McDermott, with whom she has 5 children.

But it was during her fourth pregnancy that Tori faced several problems. When she was 20 weeks pregnant Tori was diagnosed with placenta previa, a condition in which the placenta covers the exit and can cause severe bleeding. After the diagnosis she was forced to spend 10 weeks in the hospital and four months on bed resting. Luckily, she and her baby successfully, but there were times where the actress was counting the days to come to term in her pregnancy, and finally have her baby in her arms.

16 Mariah Carey Couldn't Go To The Bathroom By Herself

Another celebrity who shared her experience during her pregnancy was the pop diva Mariah Carey. When she was pregnant with her twins Moroccan and Monroe, the singer developed gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, having a really tough time during her first pregnancy. In fact, during an interview in 2011 Mariah confessed that "It was a huge strain. I would sit and then someone would have to help me up. I couldn't even go to the [bathroom] by myself."

But of course, all these inconveniences seem unimportant after the arrival of the babies. Currently, the pop diva seems to be focused on her career and her children, also she seems to have no intention of enlarging the family for the moment.

15 Chrissy Teigen Had An Honest And Hilarious Moment On Twitter

Chrissy Teigen has been married since 2013 to the singer John Legend, and in 2016 the couple welcomed their first daughter Luna Simone Stephens. In 2018, she welcomed her son Miles Theodore Stephens.

Chrissy Teigen is known for her beauty and being honest, so she constantly keeps in touch with her fans through her social networks. Chrissy enjoys giving an honest vision of what motherhood is and telling her experiences in this field. During her second pregnancy, the host and model shared on her Twitter the following: "This baby is sucking the life from me. Drinking my water, making me dry. Eating my food, making me hungry. Taking my health, making me sick. Why do we create these monsters..."

14 Natalie Portman Didn't Have an Easy First Trimester

Natalie Portman has been one of the few celebrities who managed to maintain a successful career in Hollywood from an early age, avoiding any kind of negative stories. The actress is known for keeping her personal life as private as possible by moving away from the spotlights and headlines. Since 2012 she has been married to Benjamin Millepied, a French dancer and choreographer, and the couple has two children.

During her pregnancy with her son she experienced some morning sickness in her first trimester, as many other women. But she told Britain's Sunday Mirror, that even when her first trimester wasn't easy she felt better after that period of time. Also, she added that feeling ill was worth it because she knew it was part of the process of being a mom.

13 Salma Hayek had Gestational Diabetes

Salma Hayek has had a long and successful career as an actress in Hollywood, but for some time there was a check that the actress had not managed to get, and that was to get pregnant. Salma has been married since 2008 to François-Henri Pinault, a French businessman. In 2007 the couple welcomed their daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault.

Hayek confessed to People Magazine that she felt lucky to be pregnant at 40 because she thought she wasn't going to be able to and it was such an important thing to her. But getting through her pregnancy had many hurdles and the whole pregnancy experience was very difficult to her. She had gestational diabetes. In fact, the doctors at some point thought that she was carrying a baby with Down syndrome. Luckily Valentina was born as a healthy baby.

12 Gwyneth Paltrow Wanted To Upchuck All The Time

In addition to being one of the most beloved actresses in Hollywood, Gwyneth Paltrow is the proud mother of Apple and Moses with her former husband Chris Martin, the lead singer of the British band Coldplay, with whom she was married from 2003 to 2016. Gwyneth recently tied the knot to Brad Falchuk, an American screenwriter, and producer.

But putting aside those details, the actress launched her lifestyle brand, Goop, in 2008, where she has shared details about her life, including her experience in motherhood. On one occasion Gwyneth shared that her mother loved each pregnancy to bits. She felt alive and beautiful, but Gwyneth was feeling the opposite, she wanted to throw up all the time.

11 Kate Winslet Didn't Have The Pregnancy Experience She Envisioned

Kate Winslet has had a successful career, especially after she rose to fame playing the iconic role of Rose in the movie Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack. Kate is the proud mother of 3 kids.

But pregnancy wasn't exactly how Kate Winslet envisioned it. She faced morning sickness, swollen ankles, and a bad back, which made the whole thing quite rough. In fact, she declared in the book Natural Pregnancy that before she was pregnant with daughter Mia Honey, she thought she knew exactly how she would feel: confident, blooming and beautiful, the way celebrities are expected to feel. Instead, she had the opposite feeling.

10 Debra Messing Faced Health Problems

Debra Messing is an American actress who is best known for her role in the TV show Will & Grace since 1998. This beloved redhead from Hollywood has been married since 2000 to Daniel Zelman, an American actor, screenwriter, and producer, with whom she has a son named Roman Walker Zelman.

Dreba is the proud mother of Roman, who was born in 2004, but the actress has told on several occasions that pregnancy was not easy for her, and that like many women she had ups and downs. According with Mom.me she said that she had health problems. She had to spend time in bed, resting, and having intravenous fluids. But having a baby was something she'd looked forward to for her entire life, so any temporary sacrifice seemed worth it.

9 Molly Sims made a mess At the Grocery Store

Molly Sims is a model, and has decided to share her not-so-positive experience during her third pregnancy, proving that each pregnancy is different and that we are all human, and we should not feel ashamed by the changes we are going because it is not always easy. But we are doing our best.

On her website, the model wrote: "I have lunch and wanna vomit, and I wanna vomit at dinner. And then when I go to bed, I still want to vomit.” Yikes! “I have vomited at grocery stores.”

8 Beyoncé Couldn't Keep It Down While Performing

In recent years, Beyonce has given us the most memorable pregnancy announcements in pop culture. But even Queen Beyonce went through difficult times during her first pregnancy when faced with severe periods of nausea and vomiting.

But one of her most emblematic and human moments was probably during her presentation at the Glastonbury Festival. Not only because of her performance (which was incredible), but because even Beyonce couldn't contain her pregnancy nausea during the show. She had to upchuck in between. But being so honest about what her body was going through, shows us a reality that many women live on a daily basis, and that motherhood is not always as glamorous as magazines show.

7 Ali Fedotowsky Only Ate Clementines And Dry Toast

We all remember Ali Fedotowsky for her days on the reality show The Bachelor. But her life is currently far from that reality. Ali is married to Kevin Manno with whom she has two children, and is 100% dedicated to her work and role as a mother.

But Ali, like many other celebrity moms, decided to share her experience regarding her pregnancy, saying on her blog how rough the first trimester was for her. She couldn't really eat anything, only clementines and dry toast for about a month between weeks 7-12, which why she lost about 7 lbs. She was feeling sick all the time.

6 Mira Sorvino Was Diagnosed With Placenta Previa

Mira Sorvino is best known for her role in the Woody Allen movie, Mighty Aphrodite. This mother of four has been married to American actor Christopher Backus since 2006. But it was after her third pregnancy that Mira opened up with People Magazine and shared her experience after being diagnosed with placenta previa, which led to a nine-week hospitalization stay and complete bed rest.

Mira explained that she developed a blood clot (DVT) due to all the inactivity and had to be anti-coagulated for months to prevent a pulmonary embolism. She also added that even with everything that threatened her pregnancy and both of their lives, her baby came out of it completely unscathed: perfectly healthy, beautiful and wonderful.

5 Kourtney Kardashian's Mornings Were Never Rosy

What many people do not know is that even the eldest of the Kardashian clan, Kourtney, went through difficult times during one of her pregnancies. It was her sister Khloe who gave the details later during an interview with E! News.

According to Khloe, her sister Kourtney was having issues with morning sickness during her pregnancy with daughter Penelope. Khloe revealed that it wasn't only in the morning, it happened any time. And during an interview with Parents.com, Kourtney confessed that the beginning of her second pregnancy was very different because she had a lot more morning sickness than last time. She was also more tired, but she explained that maybe it was because she was chasing after a toddler most of the time.

4 Ali Landry's Stomach Could Only Handle Cheese Sandwiches

The model and actress Ali Landry, known for her roles in films such as Repli-Kate (2002) and Outta Time (2002), is the mother of 3 kids and has been married to Alejandro Gómez Monteverde, a Mexican film director, since 2006. During an interview with People Magazine the actress opened up about the hard time she went through during her second pregnancy. She said that she was definitely more nauseous than her previous pregnancy feeling sick morning, noon and night. While her eating habits were awful back then, she was eating tons of carbs. The only thing that eased her tummy? The same thing she probably asked for as a kid: grilled cheese sandwiches!

3 Adriana Lima Delivered Her Daughter At Only 34 Weeks Old

Yes! Even the Victoria Secret's supermodel, Adriana de Lima, had exhausting moments during her pregnancy. Adriana is currently the proud mother of two kids, a product of her marriage with Marko Jarić, a Serbian former professional basketball player, with whom she was married from 2009 to 2016.

Adriana went from preeclampsia during her first pregnancy in 2010. Doctors ordered her two weeks of bed rest due to the high risk of her pregnancy, and she delivered her daughter at only 34 weeks old. During an interview with People Magazine, she confessed that her daughter born weighing 4.4 pounds, and her little Valentina was the smallest baby in the whole hospital. Also she shared how it affected her, not being able to take her daughter at home.

2 Angie Harmon Got Anemia With Her Third Pregnancy

Angie Harmon is an American actress and model that some people probably remember for her role in the tv show Law & Order, among other things. Currently, Angie has 3 children, the product of her marriage with Jason Sehorn, a former American football player, with whom she was married from 2010 to 2016.

Angie told Pregnancy Magazine that with her third pregnancy, when she was expecting her daughter Emery, the whole experience wasn't a walk in the park. She had morning sickness, and then she got anemia, which was also new and horrible. After that she tore a disc in her back. The actress did not have two good days in a row so she used to feel frustrated back in the day.

1 Shenae Grimes Had Skin Problems

Shenae Grimes-Beech became known thanks to her role as Annie Wilson in the iconic tv show Beverly Hills 90210 when it returned to the screens in 2008. Since then she has participated in other television shows, in addition to having her own YouTube channel.

Shenae surprised her fans recently by announcing that she and her husband, the British model Josh Beech, were expecting their first child together. Since then Shenae has been documenting her journey on her social networks and showing the most honest side of being pregnant. In fact in one of her videos she talks about the problems that she faced with her skin due to hormonal changes, about how to cover melasma aka pregnancy mask, and how to cover redness, something that afflicts many moms during pregnancy.

References: mom.me , parents.com