Pregnancy brings with it, a lot of unforeseen changes. I'm not just talking about your nose spreading, your feet growing, or even the fact that you might be over taken by uncontrollable bouts of gas. I’m talking of the sudden Sybil syndrome that descends upon pregnant women. The ugly toll that changing hormones can take on an expectant woman’s life, making her unrecognizable to our loved ones.

Whether you are a fan of Jersey Shore or not, you gotta admit that hearing Snooki talk about her pregnancy is beyond hysterical. I mean -- it's not exactly a huge shock that she's taking a pretty lighthearted approach to the whole thing considering that she really doesn't take herself too seriously. And despite the fact that she's had to ditch hitting the clubs and sucking back bottles of booze now that she's expecting, she isn't letting being pregnant rain on her parade. Snooks thinks pregnancy is pretty much one big party!

After the season finale of Jersey Shore last night, Snooki compared her bouts of morning sickness to being hungover. Hmm. I'd never really thought about it that way before, but I guess those two things are pretty similar.

What drove me crazy about pregnancy books during my own two pregnancies was the unspoken yet very palpable undercurrent of doom they all seemed to have in common. I had one friend who used to refer to the preggers bible What to Expect When You're Expecting as "What to Worry About This Month"; another called it "Neuroses to Expect When You're Expecting." Still another pal preferred "Eating Disorders to Expect When You're Expecting," thanks to the bleak dietary advice (which basically boils down to this: Eat anything besides wheat germ and cottage cheese and you'll give birth to an alien).

That's why I got a huge kick out of the new book What to Expect When You're Expecting the AntiChrist by Stephen Rhinehart-Jones and Josephine Rooney. Part of the End Times Handbooks series, this hilarious send-up of traditional mom-to-be literature calls out every paranoia-inducing "guide" on the shelves.

Going through the ups and downs of pregnancy is always so much easier to deal with if you have the love and support of your hubby, right? Between all of the changes that you go through emotionally and physically, it just helps if he is right there the whole nine months to hold your hand and tell you that you are still super-sweet and beautiful and that everything is going to be ok even though your life is totally about to change.

But wait a minute -- what happens if your husband experiences classic pregnancy symptoms too? Because it totally happens. There's even new research that shows that men can experience changes during pregnancy too. Perfect. Can't we have just one thing in our lives that totally revolves around us?

Did you know that you were pregnant fairly early on after you conceived? You know -- before the whole achy boobs, insane nausea, and extreme fatigue set in? I did.

About four or five days after I got pregnant with my son, I completely had a meltdown because my husband picked up barbecue take-out for dinner on his way home from work and forgot the potato salad.

Who freaks out over a picnic food? I knew that something just wasn't quite right with me -- and a positive pregnancy test confirmed my suspicions.

I'm definitely not the only woman who ever lashed out over something fairly stupid during pregnancy, and odd mood swings are a symptom that many women experience. However, there are a few things that can occur during pregnancy that are a bit more unexpected!

With news this weekend that Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler are expecting a baby, the world rejoiced. That is until some remembered that just a few weeks prior, she'd been Tweeting about all of the margaritas she was slamming back with Mexican food in Chicago. Then some gasped in horror about the harm she could have inflicted on her unborn child.

Everyone can relax though, because it was just one big pregnant ploy on Kristin's part to throw people off so she could announce the news on her own terms. Yesterday, she tweeted: "I tweeted that I had margaritas a few weeks ago to throw ppl off cuz I had gotten a couple tweets about my pregnancy. I didn't really drink!"

Pregnancy is a game-changer. Not only does your life change forever, but your day-to-day becomes much different. One of the most stressful things can often be how hard pregnancy can be on the body. Sure you may be glowing, but those aches and pains, heartburn, and hemorrhoids are making you cranky. To top it all off, you can't just go taking a lot of medicine since many things aren't safe or the effects aren't really known when it comes to the baby inside your belly.

If you're planning on going a more natural or home-based route, or just want some easy pregnancy-safe OTC meds, I've got some suggestions approved by doctors.

There are women like Jessica Simpson who crave healthy fruits and vegetables while pregnant -- cantaloupe in Jess's case -- and make us roll our eyes and want to hand them a pizza covered with pickles. Then there are women, like Alison Brierley, who craves roadkill ... and makes us want to vomit.

Yes, we're talking real-life roadkill -- animals trying to make it across the road, only to have their journey cut short by a speeding vehicle. Deer, pheasants, foxes, and owls are all fair game (no pun intended) for the 42-year-old Brierley, who not only craves roadkill, but actually eats it. She told Metro UK that while she's usually a pretty healthy eater, it's these critters that feed her cravings while she's with child.