Lightning Crotch

Most of you already know Eric and I moved to the beautiful state of Hawaii! It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Looking at the mountain outside our house never gets old! We have seen many waterfalls and gone on many hikes. The beaches here are amazing and the water is never too cold... nothing like Lake Michigan!! Everything seems perfect but when your pregnant it never is ;)



This is my first blog post and I am sure you are all wondering why in the world it is titled "Lightning crotch". Well this being my first pregnancy I had no clue all the joys pregnancy brings! Yesterday morning as I lay in bed thinking should I get up I am bombarded by shooting pains in my vagina. These pains are no joke. After about five minutes of these pains I decided to do my typical research on what this may be and come across this article:

Top 10 Things They Should Really Warn You About Before You Get Pregnant

#1. You might grow a beard.
“I didn’t know my prenatal vitamins would make my facial hair grow out of control!” – megi616

#2. Taking a good poop could feel like a distant memory.
“I never thought I’d have constipation so severe that it makes me feel like I had a major ab workout the day after ‘pushing’” – HRMJPC

#3. You’ll have insane gas you can’t even blame on the dog.
“My gas would make a trucker blush.” – 2becomes3

#4: Two words: Uncontrollable drooling.
“No one told me about all the extra saliva that would wind up all over my pillow after waking up!” – B3Bride

#5. You’ll burp like a frat boy.
“I don’t just have little burps… I have full-on if-I-don’t-release-the-valve-I’m-gonna-hurl kind of belching” –AndriaKay
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 #6. Grooming your lady bits could become the bane of your existence.
“No one told me that one day, you won’t be able to see your vagina, therefore you won’t be able to give yourself a trim… and will become a hairy beast.” -- shanmoyer

 #7: There will be discharge. And lots of it.
“Oh, the huge amounts of discharge … I was so not prepared to feel wet the entire third trimester.” –Cullum13

#8. The term “lightening crotch” will become a painful reality.
“I refer to it as the Cooter Basher. It feels like someone came up to you and used your vag for batting practice.” --aliciamarie

#9. Kindergarten wasn’t the last time you’ll pee your pants in public.
"I pee my pants every time I gag, cough, or sneeze." – mrosekepple

#10. Your vag will actually grow. (Yes, grow.)
"At the end of my pregnancy, my ‘girl parts’ swelled up so big I could barely move my legs around to walk" --DoDoD

This article had me laughing out loud because it is all VERY true. There is nothing like a swift kick to the crotch to wake you up in the morning!! I have been told "Next to labor, you really haven’t felt true pain until you’ve been kicked in the vagina by your unborn baby." At the end of the day though when you feel your baby kicking it makes all the pains worth it!