Oh god, my tummy...

it gives you severe gas, burping, bloating etc and can last months

so there's a character i'm obsessing over rn who is a sailor who's stoic and depressed and lives in pre-clean water times and i'm just like give him the disease™

picture this sad pretty boy suffering from really bad cramps and he can't stop burping and farting. he tries to hold it in but it just makes his belly even more bloated and miserable but he's got work to do and he can't just hold up in his cabin the whole time so he's just desperately holding in his gas and trying to suck in his gut but he's wearing this super tight waistcoat and pants which do nothing to help and he's just so embarrassed and low key delirious and he's losing a ton of weight cuz everything he eats goes right through him and it's still like a month before he gets home...

Leaning on cabinets and against walls in people's houses. Propping their head up with their hands at the dining table. Steadying themself against a banister on the stairs. Holding on to the post of the traffic light for dear life while they wait to cross the road because if they stand still unsupported they will fall to the ground.

you look so sick. your belly is...oh. oh. with you sitting in my lap, i can feel how upset it is. bloated, gurgling... how much did you eat?

- horrible stomach aches keeping characters in and out of the bathroom all night

- sick character with belly pains and diarrhea keeping a trashcan right next to their bed because they’re feeling too weak/dizzy and scared of not making it to the toilet 

- a character so sick to their stomach they can’t make it to the toilet and completely messes their pants, and tearing up due to how ashamed they feel. 

- thinking oh so regretfully about the spoiled food they must have ate while suffering a terrible stomach ache in bed 

Hunger cramps... their stomach feeling like it's twisting into a knot every few minutes. Like a heavy rock trying to squeeze through it. Their stomach desperately trying to find something, anything to digest. The sharp feeling seemingly spreading to their back, when all of a sudden, it's all released in one big, drawn out rumble.

Bowel cramps... the kind you get when you're bloated or constipated. The sudden stabbing sensation spreading through their lower belly, like a knife into their belly button, paired with the sensation of fullness, making them feel huge... All they can do is wait and whimper until it passes.

Bowel cramps the second... the dangerous kind. Within seconds, you see the 'oh no' written all over their face. The familiar stabbing sensation quickly becomes a burn, a twist, a desire, no, a need. The bitter, churning pain spreads all the way up their belly, leaving them no choice but to GO.

Drinking something carbonated or eating too fast... when their stomach can't adjust to the sudden food or liquid intake quickly enough, and it feels like it's tearing them apart for a few seconds. It feels like death - but usually it's fixed with a relieving belch, or, more painfully, by waiting for it to pass.

Period pain... the pulling and squeezing sensation, a painful reminder of how hard their body is working to get something out. Who would have known how hard it could be to pretend nothing is happening when it spreads to your back and legs and makes you sweat all over?

They go home with some hefty antibiotics to help knock out their infection. Their appetite has been super low, so their system is essentially empty. They take a pill with nothing in their stomach and go to bed.

They must have been too feverish to read the pill bottle, cause they’re surprised when they wake up in the middle of the night with excruciating gas pain. They grunt out a few short, wet ‘braps,’ but their stomach seems to need to let out something more solid, so they hurry to the toilet.

There’s not much in them to begin with, but a thin stream of acidic, burning shit sputters our of their ass. Their cramping belly and feverish skin has them dizzy and soaked in a cold sweat as they weakly strain. The way their tummy is gurgling and cramping makes them think they’ve got more to go, but the reality is they’re too empty to pass much more.

They sit on the toilet moaning as they struggle to pass tiny little “frrps” that sputter into the bowl dryly and provide them no relief. After being reduced to a tearful, slouched over lump, they decide to just get back to bed.

They chug a big glass of water before getting back to sleep. It soothes their empty, angry stomach enough to lull them to sleep, but they’re awoken a half hour later.

They barely make it to the toilet before an explosion of watery diarrhea surges from their rear, making them cry out in pain. They feel so ill. What’s the matter with them??

They notice their pill bottle on the bathroom sink and reach for it. In large warning letters it reads, “Take with a meal, may cause explosive diarrhea.” They groan. A loud, slimy gurgle struggles through their bowels and they sigh, grunting to push out a wet blast into the bowl.

- Having to take breaks on the way back because they are exhausted / nauseous / dizzy

- Barely managing to take off their shoes before collapsing on the bed / couch / chair

- Not managing to do anything before collapsing in the hallway and sitting on the floor for a few minutes

- Puking before they can even unlock their door (classic)

- Going straight into Caretaker’s arms for a hug

- Meeting a friend on the way who turns into very concerned Caretaker spontaneously

What I’ve found most appealing is an overdue centaur with the two wombs (one upper (human) one lower (horse)), but instead of having two “exits” they only have one (the horse exit). And therefore, it becomes an issue when the centaur begins labor in the upper womb, but not the lower womb, and so they’re laboring their foal hard into their lower womb, but there’s no room. Even better if their lower womb has more than one foal already, so they’re struggling to cram another one in there.

Gets even better when they’re frantically trying to break their lower womb’s waters to speed things up, but it just won’t break, so they’re getting bigger as their lower womb tries to accommodate for the new addition.

I started a self indulgent story collection called “monster midwife” and it’s about this midwife guy who runs a hospital for pregnant monsters/creatures. One of them is a centaur. I’ve also done a naga, a werewolf, and a fairy so far. I think the read time is like 2.5 hours, which is insane considering it’s 90% smut.

Anyway! I check your page literally everyday so I’m a big fan ;)

But I've never really thought about all the implications aside from "haha two births."

Imagine going through your first birth - you have to get used to just how SUDDENLY your horse belly expanded all at once. It's not that much, not yet, but it's noticable.

Imagine going from being able to rub your baby in your human belly all the time to barely being able to reach them, or relying on someone else to rub your baby belly.

Imagine all the pain of giving birth, but then next day you don't have a baby to take care of. In fact, since the baby moved into your horse uterus, it's causing a lot less back pain and balance issues, etc. So you just have to go back to life, but everyone knows you just gave birth.

Imagine being with a centaur going through their first birth, but since there's no exterior hole for you to help massage/spread, all you can do is try to be supportive.