How Sarah Got Her Wart Back

Besides the barfing, pregnancy does really gross things to my body.  I mean, I get the normal random hair, stretch marks, love handles that out-size my butt (that’s normal, right?), breakouts. But I also get some really gross stuff happening to me. 

The grossest? My wart. 

When I was pregnant with The Boy, I sprouted a wart on my index finger.  I had no idea what it was.  I thought it was a skin tag (obviously, I have no idea what a skin tag is either).  But then it kept growing.  In my pregnancy fog, I actually considered the fact that I may be growing another finger.  But no.  My wart expert (aka: my sister), informed me that I had my first wart.  I was seriously disgusted by the rapid growth, the black dots (which weren’t remnants of my eyeliner apparently), and, well, the fact that I had a wart. 

I didn’t do anything about it until I had given birth to The Boy.  I tried freezing it to no avail.  I duct taped it and nothing happened.  The only thing that got rid of that disgusting finger wart was dousing it in apple cider vinegar for about 4 days. It finally fell off- leaving a gaping hole in my finger but it was gone.

And now I’m pregnant again. And my wart is back.  It sprouted almost immediately and was actually my first sign that I might be pregnant.  This one has proven to be even more stubborn then the last one.  I have been attaching cotton balls soaked in apple cider vinegar with industrial sized band aids for about a week and it is just starting to go away.  The upside? I won’t have to deal with my massive pregnancy wart for much longer.  The downside? I perpetually smell like I live in a fish & chips shop (the chip part…I don’t smell like fish, fyi).

Pregnancy is just gross.  My wart, I am sure, takes first prize for the grossest thing that happened to me during pregnancy.  Anyone care to challenge me for the title??