I woke up last night with a horrible charley horse at 3:00am. I started crying and woke up Lane it hurt so bad. I think I scared him a little because at first he didn't even know what was wrong with me.
So, while that was painful it is not particulary interesting in our baby world... but the thoughts it led to are very interesting baby thoughts because they show that I am a big baby.
All I could think about after the pain started to go away was if a charley horse turned me into a blithering mess, what is labor and delivery going to do to me? I panicked a little bit as I laid in bed and tried to get back to sleep but I continued to think about the delivery (which are thoughts I had been trying to avoid). I realized I might not be as tough as I would like to pretend I am and an epidural might not be that bad. Those of you who have talked to me about the actual birth know that I am FREAKED by the idea of an epidural. The big long needle sticking into your spine, the numbness, it all just doesn't sound like something I want to experience. So, I have been saying that I think I want to try natural labor. Now, I'm not changing my mind necessarily, but my reaction to a charley horse has made me realize that an epidural might not be that bad.
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I would think a little needle in the spine would be a lot less painful than passing a small human through your hoo-hoo.
Oh brother.
i keep telling you better living through modern chemistry!
oh robbie-- how old are you?? can you not use the word vagina?
I rather like the term hoo-hoo, I think that may be what I refer to it from now on. That or girlie parts.
ok so hoo hoo it is..
i'm rather partial to va jay jay
or girlie parts - that's what we use with grace :)
Laura,
I see I'm a little late to jump in on this conversation about epidurals vs. natural... but you can trust an experienced natural child birth mother on this one please! Epidural all the way!!!!! I'll explain in person later if you want. Your looking very cute by the way!
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