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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. -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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"Elizabeth H Bonesteel" wrote in message ... 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. |
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