I've heard the story of how i was born over and over again, whenever it seems my mom is feeling "sentimental" is when I usually get re-told about the entire 9 months leading up to my birth. Not only have i heard m own birth stories but I've heard (and was there to witness) the pregnancy process and birth of my sister. I have also heard birth stories from other women and mothers who are friends with my mom or heard birth stories of cousins from aunts and uncles. It seems "birth" stories are always told with the same joy that only love and nostalgia can bring.
To be totally honest though hearing all about giving birth freaks me out. I've been told that it's just a natural and beautiful thing, but I really think that the only people who say that are parents or at least people who want to be parents. I think they say this only to justify what they went through to get the baby, and make it seem as if it was worth the pain and risk. My true feelings on birth is that it seems like an incredibly arduous, long, somewhat gross and painful process that isn't worth the 18 years of burden that follow.
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