I take it back! I take it back! I take it all back!
For years I have sat on my proverbial high horse, looking down my nose at the "weak," "petulant" and "whiny ass bitches" who moan and groan through their pregnancies. Now karma has come to slap me in the face! All I can say is Have mercy on me, for I knew not of what I spoke!
Gentle reader, I will not burden you with an account of my many ailments, though they are numerous, for I would not wish to subject delicate souls to such gruesome musings. I shall only quote Mrs. Bennet and say "... that I am frightened out of my wits and have such tremblings, such flutterings, all over me, such spasms in my side and pains in my head, and such beatings at my heart, that I can get no rest by night nor by day."
Side note: there is NO WAY a character such as Mrs. Bennet could have carried and birthed 5 children! It would have been too much to bear. That, or it would have been too much for Mr. Bennet to bear!
How can women do this multiple times? Obviously, they do it the first time because they don't know any better. Right now I'd have to hypothesize that A) a toxin is released after labor that causes amnesia. B) Humans are incapable of learning from their mistakes. or C) Raising a child is such a wonderful experience that it makes it all worthwhile. Right now..... I'm guessing B.
1 comment:
I read somewhere (can't find it now) that women do undergo a certain amnesia about labour pains, but also, most say the second and third deliveries are pieces of cake compared to the first, which could be a lie generated to perpetuate the species, but who knows? :)
i assure you, though, your nerves have been my steadfast friends these many years :)
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