whiskey in a teacup . com

Every now and then people will start threads on pregnancy message boards with topics like “Things no one tells you about pregnancy and childbirth!” or whatever.  The main thing that seems to shock women is that they poop during labor…which, really?  You didn’t realize that bearing down with all your might for hours on end might cause you to take a shit?   But in the past week or so I’ve discovered my own Thing Nobody Told Me:  that somewhere between the eighth and ninth month I would get the distinct sensation that someone had whacked me in the junk with a baseball bat.  It’s a pain that has taken my waddling to a whole new level.   And yet, if this illustration is to be believed, my junk is in for a much greater insult in just a few more weeks!