My best friend is now 18 weeks pregnant with her first child.  I’ve been waiting 7 years since I went through the experience of having a spawn for her to get around to it so we could compare notes.  Really, I just wanted her to have a kid that I could enjoy, spoil rotten–then send home.  Sort of like an early grandkid.   We were discussing labor when the following conversation took place:

BFF: “Everyone says how horribly painful labor is”.

Me: “It wasn’t that bad for me”.

BFF: “But everyone says all these horror stories”.

Me: “Those are the women who didn’t have drugs.  I don’t understand it really, it’s not like you get a medal at the end.  You’re not a better person because you suffered horribly, I resent the culture that tells women a good birth is  a”natural” one.  Kidney stones are natural too.  Just because something is natural does not automatically make it good.”.

BFF: “Yeah, I think I’m self actualized enough, thanks, just give me the epidural”.

 LOL.