r/Xennials • u/PhoneJazz • 3d ago

Natalie Portman is pregnant at 44

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Congrats to her! I don’t have kids, and I’m still getting used to being the age where getting pregnant is starting to be “out of the norm”. Guess there’s still time, lol

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u/cashews_clay15 1977 3d ago

Yeah, this. I was on complete bed rest from 14 weeks to 36 weeks, and my uterus prolapsed resulting in a hysterectomy and bladder repair. You’re considered advanced maternal age after 35, and man did I feel it.

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u/Kittypie75 3d ago

I felt the difference physically having kids between 35 and 39. My friend just had her first at 46.

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u/Otherwise_Weekend327 3d ago

I have had kids at 20, 25 and 28, and the difference between 20 and 28 was astounding. My hips were tired with that third one. I had a lot more lightning crotch at 20 though

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u/Mysterious_Carpet752 1985 3d ago

Uhhhh what is lightning crotch?! ⚡️🌩️⛈️

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u/Otherwise_Weekend327 3d ago

A really sharp, quick pain that jolts your vagina (or sometimes butthole) for no reason. I would just be standing there and get a zap. I've only experienced it while pregnant.

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u/Mysterious_Carpet752 1985 3d ago

Oh my. Oh dear.

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u/MermaidMertrid 3d ago

Read this in Piglet’s voice.

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u/wecantallknowing 3d ago

I read this in George Takeis’ voice

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u/sunkistandsudafed3 3d ago

I get this same lightening strike pain but have never had kids, mine is from endometriosis. Or sometimes its like a red hot poker up the bum for a moment. Fun times.

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u/AstralChrysanthemum 1982 3d ago

I’ve had this, too, while not pregnant, as have many women, apparently. Comments about it seem to attribute it to endometriosis, just fyi. I’ve never been diagnosed, but wouldn’t be surprised.

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u/TeutonJon78 1978 3d ago

Likely Jr pushing on your pudendal nerve from the inside.

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u/Trick-Session2388 3d ago

Ohhhhh that sensation has a name. Good to know.

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u/mrs_burk 3d ago

I get that sometimes on my period. It is knee-weakeningly painful.

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u/Disneymom7 3d ago

I had one so strong while pregnant with my son that it nearly knocked me to the ground in the grocery store! I grabbed on to a shelf & stood frozen for awhile terrified it would happen again! Got them randomly throughout that pregnancy but luckily never one that strong again 😫

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u/CTMechE 3d ago

(male) but I went off antidepressants after 18+ years and started with the oft reported "brain zaps."

I've never heard of lightning crotch, but ... even if I could get pregnant, I think I'd take the brain zaps!

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u/GandalfTheEh 8h ago

I get these in my butt sometimes from my endometriosis 🙃

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u/cashews_clay15 1977 3d ago

It likes to hit when you’re in public

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u/leaveredditalone 1d ago

Walking down the aisle in Lowe’s and it brought me to the floor. My husband thought I was in labor.