Having a baby is definitely a labor of love.
There is nothing that anyone can say to prepare you for childbirth. Each woman's experience is so different; you never know how it will be for you!
I wanted to deliver babies and become a midwife. I think childbirth is one of the most amazing things you could ever experience, and I loved working with people and seeing the joys in family when they welcome a new member to it. It really brought me joy to be around that.
It is somehow reassuring to discover that the word travel is derived from travail, denoting the pains of childbirth.
If you are a good person, you will probably be a good father. Try not to worry too much. If you don't feel apprehensive just before your first child arrives, you are abnormal. Though catastrophe doesn't come as often in childbirth as it did a few generations ago, we naturally fear it.
We will look into the issue of expense-free childbirth broadly.
Certainly in terms of my life - anybody's life - you go through death, childbirth and marriage, glory and defeat, and so on.
It's been a good exercise in patience. But I kind of consider this like childbirth ? as soon as the baby is born you forget about all of the pain.
Childbirth is a miracle. No, it's not. . . . It's a chemical reaction, that's all.
Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.