What’s it like to give birth?
Filed under: Pregnancy and Birth, Newborn, 0-3 months, Going into labor, Pain, C-section, Home birth
Life is, by nature, unfathomable. It is impossible to fully experience an event, a rite of passage, an emotion - before it has actually happened.I remember reading countless books before giving births, quizzing veteran Mothers, pleading with coworkers to "give me the straight goods". Most Moms hemmed and hawed when I asked what it felt like to give birth, muttering that "It was all OK in the end" or "Make sure you get the epidural, sweetie."
And if I hadn't written down exactly what happened before Nolan's birth, I would have totally forgotten the pain. My brain would have minimized it, fulfilling its job as Mother Nature's great preservative. And that's OK, because even when I do re-read my birth story, and remember shrapnels of the intensity of the experience, Nolan was worth every moment.
I came across this site today, which asks "What's it like to give birth?" I read through the several dozen responses and what struck me was the uniqueness of every experience. The one commonality: no one said it feels nice, no one said it wasn't worth it.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments