The things they don't tell you...

So I apologize in advance but this blog may be pregnancy focused in the upcoming days/weeks.
I will try my hardest to get to posting all the other things I want to share but being that my days are numbered I feel the need to post a few pregnancy things.

For starters, there are lessons to be learned in life naturally, people will pass on wisdom but some things are just not spoken about. Or at least not by the people I know. The following is a list of things I've learned or experienced these past few months:

1) Your vagina will swell. At any given time, for no apparent reason. Just when you think it's back to normal the swelling will return. It's a pretty uncomfortable/odd feeling and can happen pretty early on.

2) Being pregnant does not mean you are free from buying feminine hygiene products. In fact you might just want to invest in stocks for your favorite brands, pads and panty liners will be a godsend and save you from some uncomfortable potentially embaressing moments. As you near the end of your pregnancy you may find yourself justifying the need to wear huge nighttime pads "just in case" your water breaks, Despite being told they will not help if it does.

3) You will pee yourself. Don't think just because you've made it to 35 weeks with no leaks it won't happen. You know what you get for being all smug? Pee running down your leg that's what.

4) Coughing hurts muscles you never knew existed in your body.

5) Sometimes when you feel your unborn child move inside it will gross you out so much you will gag. No matter how much you love them, how cool or neat you think it is. It's still gross and it's ok to feel that way.

6) You may develop skin tags, they can appear anywhere including on your vag.

7) Despite being told you will have the raging hormones of a 15 year old boy, you may actually have the opposite. Going weeks almost months without having sex won't even phase you, in fact it might even repulse you.

8) People will become annoying. Absolutely everyone will have an opinion wether you want it or not. Some will be nice and sincere and others so rude and judgmental you may find yourself wanting to beat down a 95 year old women in church.

9) No matter how much people share with you about their experiences or how many questions you ask your doctor something will come up and you will worry your the only one. Chances are if your experiencing it someone else did too.

10) Pregnancy brain is legit. Im not sure if it's in a medical dictionary but it will not only affect your memory but also effect your ability to function in society. You may forget how to pronouce a word as simple as banana, forget how to spell words from your 4th grade English test, even forget how to complete a full sentence in English.. But it doesn't stop there, you might go to the store and forget what you needed, may leave the house without shoes. People may just wonder if you suffer from some sort of intellectual disability.

There have been lots of other things that have come up, but for myself they were expected. I'm sure there also were things that surprised me that I just can't think of...

If anyone has something to add please feel free to share :)