Week 35 - The Week Of The Lightning Crotch!

The baby really started to come out and play this week. The movements started to get more wavey as opposed to the usual kicking. Just probably because she's becoming a little unit and not much room to boot everyone. The wife favourite thing to do has been to cuddle up to my back at night so I get kicked too lmao.

Anyway lightning crotch -

Just when you thought you knew all the pregnancy aches and ouches, here comes a shocking surprise: lightning crotch!

What is lightning crotch?

With a name that sounds a little like a playground insult, lightning crotch may not seem like an official diagnosis, but it is the common term for a sudden sharp or shooting pain in the vagina, rectum, or pelvis, mostly commonly during the third trimester. While not dangerous, it can be very surprising and uncomfortable. Some women have compared the feeling to an electric shock! For others, it is more of a tingle that radiates down the legs. Luckily, the jolt usually subsides as lightning quick as it arrived.

What causes lightning crotch?

We think lightning crotch is caused by pressure from the baby on your cervix or on nerve endings in the pelvis. It typically occurs late in pregnancy and may intensify when the baby 'drops' their head down into the lower part of your pelvis. You will notice lightning crotch seems to occur when you are making a sudden movement, like getting up quickly or sneezing! Your baby’s movements…kicking, stretching…can also spark lightning crotch. - happiestbaby.co.uk

But much like this meme suggests, it does stop you in your tracks if the wife is anything to go by... its more like the picture below.

I love the relationship I have with my wife, we're constantly laughing at each other and just bettering each other. so when she first had lightning crotch she was walking around as this picture suggests and I was just crying with laughter haha.

I feel bad, but it was funny.

We also managed to drag each other around London/Wembley so we could go watch the European Champions (England) play the world champions (USA). and omg what an epic game, we left early though, just because the wife was waddling at this stage and we weren't going anywhere fast and of course we needed to get all the way back to Westfields, where we had parked the car.

We had an awesome time. and it had been such good weather all day, but as soon as we got in the stadium it had started raining. so we were lucky not to get wet!

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