Discouraging

In ,
Sophie wrote:

*removed surgically
*
*Wow, I've never thought of my children as being "removed surgically" when
*they were born - lol! Interesting way of looking at it.

I guess you could call it a hysterotomy with neonatectomy, right? Hee hee
hee.

* But, wow, I don't know ANYBODY who's given birth naturally.
*
*I wonder if it's cos everyone's definition of "natural" seems to be
*different. To me it means spontaneous, vaginal, no epidural. My sister had

That's my definition, too. My first was spontaneous, vaginal, medicated;
my second was completely natural.

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"Elizabeth H Bonesteel" wrote in message
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In article ,
Bryna729 wrote:

I think a big part of it for me was
seeing that I *could* handle the pain, and as soon as my daughter was out
I
felt *so* terrific, instead of still all numbed out and helpless like
after my
son.

Thanks for sharing this! I had heard that one can often feel reasonably
good fairly quickly after a no-drug birth, and certainly part of my
motivation is hoping I'm one of those people.


Liz - In my experience, "reasonably good" just doesn't sum up how you feel
after a drug-free birth. "On top of the world" and "better than I remember
ever feeling in my life" are much closer.