Labor Pains

In her Facebook status, my friend M said that she was spending Labor Day chilling out with the one person whom she experienced it with. I could not help but laugh at her remark. She was, of course, talking about her son.

I remember the first time I went into labor. I have a relatively high threshold for pain; I don't hurt easily but going into labor was something else. I hurt all over. I didn't know whether to sit or stand or lie down because none of those positions gave me any sort of comfort. I didn't know whether I wanted to pee or poo or just keel over and die. I couldn't even cry. In other words, it was torture!!

And guess what? I went through this excruciating torture not just once, not twice but four times over!!! Which is why I firmly believe that something in the female reproductive system (or maybe it's just general anesthesia) makes her forget the torture device that is labor for the good of the species (Mwahahaha). Because really, no woman of sound mind and body would go through that thing twice, let alone four times! (Or maybe I just had fits of insanity four times over!)

I wish I could tell you that when you see that adorable little baby, the pain will all go away like magic. No deal. Because by then you'll have to deal with healing stitches while trying not to fall asleep as you breastfeed your baby. It's not accidental then that after Labor Day comes Mother's Day.

Happy labor day, mommies! :)