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Okay, so the part about labor terrified me. Is it really that bad? Let me put it this way: I remember being in a certain point in labor and the pain is almost too much to bear. My mom is there, and my sister, and my sister-in-law and they've each had multiple children. I turn to them and say, "Does it get worse than this?" And they look at each other and say, "Don't tell her. No no no, don't tell her." And they all shake their heads and they won't tell...
Then does it get better once you have the baby? It only gets worse. I spent so much of my time worrying about labor, and yes, the pain was awful, but after a while it's over. But then you have to live with what it does to your body afterwards. Breastfeeding hurts. Going to the bathroom hurts. Other things hurt. And you're tired and your clothes don't fit right and it takes a long time to go back to normal. I wish someone had told me, "Those first three weeks after labor are going...
...having a baby worth all of this pain? Definitely. Even during the darkest, bleakest, worst part of it I still had this beautiful chubby, delicious baby that I never knew I could love so much. I remember the noises she's make and her smell and the way she's sit up. I would never trade Leta for anything, but it's still very hard. Everyone tells you that having a new baby is the most awesome, memorable experience and you'll never be the same again and it's true...
Break's over, folks. That pile of work you left laying around from midterm season never really went away, no matter how far your mind drifted away from it over break. FlyBy applauds you for taking the pain now...while all your friends find themselves scrambling for study guides late in reading period, you'll be loving yourself...
...suffering. And if you've got a liver that's 10 times its normal size, a duck is going to be uncomfortable. But a duck being uncomfortable in the last days before it's slaughtered, is that torture? I think of torture as a willful sadistic administration of pain and by that measure, I don't think it is. Torture is one of those loaded words that's effective as propaganda, but not particularly accurate as a description...