This post is sponsored by Poise® but the content and opinions expressed here are my own.
It starts innocuous enough. A friend says something funny, another friend adds to it, and before you know it, the whole room erupts in laughter. The kind of laughter that can’t be stopped. Tears start to form and you can barely catch your breath because you’re laughing so hard, and then it happens…LBL. That’s right, light bladder leakage. I know, I know, it’s not fun to talk about, but it can appear in those fun moments where it definitely wasn’t invited. And as embarrassing as it seems in the moment, LBL is actually a very common issue for women – 1 in 3 women experience LBL.
The story above? It’s a true story. It actually happened recently at a mom’s night out, but luckily Poise had me covered. 
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But as it turns out, LBL is just one of the things I didn’t know anything about before becoming a mom. Here are a few more things I’ve learned over my years of motherhood:
Mommy wars. I’ll admit, I’d seen moms snap at each other prior to having my own child, but I had no idea that it was more than that…there were full out wars online and in real life about breastfeeding, returning to work, vaccinating, and so much more. Better yet, I had no idea how easy it was to find yourself in the middle of one of these wars when that’s the last place you ever wanted to be.
Exhaustion. Sure, I thought I knew what exhaustion was prior to having a baby, but my definition was all wrong. So. Wrong. Exhaustion is running on 4 non-consecutive hours of sleep a night, while dealing with a colicy baby. I wish I could be the kind of “exhausted” I was before having kids, because that exhausted is totally bearable.
Breastfeeding. In my head, breastfeeding was a given. I thought my baby would be born, she’d latch right away, and I’d breastfeed for at least 6 months, probably a year, maybe even more. It would be a tender, easy moment between the two of us. Except, it wasn’t like that at all. We struggled with the latch, my supply wasn’t nearly enough, and out of frustration (and pain!), I gave up after about a week. It was all too much. I thought I knew what breastfeeding was before having a baby, but I was so wrong.
Did anything about motherhood catch you off guard? Have you experienced LBL?
