Birth of an angel..
On 15 June 2007, my angel daughter was born.. After a pregnancy with its fair share of joys and upsets, she finally arrived, bold and as you please ceasing her crying when she was placed on my chest and latching on without questions to a nipple. Wow. Is this a dream!!??? How can it be that this creature came out of me!??...Childbirth was, in my mind, a major life-changing experience. At the time, I was convinced that I was going to die and begged my midwife for help which she could not give. I had no idea it was going to be "this" painful, how can I get throught this ?? I thought. I am certainly bound to die right here. Thankfully, my fear was not realised. I survived and am here to tell my tale.
Whoever tells you that childbirth is natural and a breeze - slap them!! It hurts like hell and damages your body, it takes weeks sometimes months to recover!! Men do not understand it other than being bystanders / witnessed to the carnage. I, yelled the house down. I was shocked at how feirce the pain was and had trouble dealing with it. I did not use pain relief even though I screamed out for it a few times. The contractions and pushing were not the worst.. the worst was the feeling as my baby's head made her way out through my birth canal. It felt as though there was no space left between my legs.. it was as though my body completely opened up to let her out.
