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<p>(…I do still want children… I do still want children… I do still want children…)</p>
<p>haha, aibarr. Don’t let us scare you. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, like the feel of your newborn in your arms, however they got there.</p>
<p>Thanks. =) That’s what I keep telling myself…</p>
<p>I’m counting on you ladies to talk me through pregnancy in a year or two!!</p>
<p>aibarr, honey, write this down on a little piece of paper: E - P - I - D -U - R - A - L.</p>
<p>No need to say anything when you get to the hospital. Just hand the paper to the nurse. . .then you won’t even feel it when they do the episiotomy. (Sorry. . .I couldn’t resist 
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<p>(Even at this age–47–I’d have another one if I could. With an epidural, of course 
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<p>You do forget all the trouble it took to get that wonderful baby.</p>
<p>Except for the stories you retain to horrify other people with. And to tell the kid when he/she is an ungrateful teenager.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, the guilt. It’s a mother’s best weapon. On occasion, when my kids have wondered aloud why they should do something for me, I’ve been known to say something like, “Oh, I don’t know. Maybe because of the nine months I carried you including the months of morning sickness, the whole childbirth thing, the endless months nursing you and the years of sleeping through the night I missed.” That usually produces some results.</p>
<p>Alright, I’m getting a little queasy reading about the gruesome details from everyone. I guess it brings back some memories that I have sorta forgot about.</p>
<p>I just remember Bill Cosby saying something like, “I brought you into this world and I can take you out”! I think it was Bill Cosby, on his show. Does anyone remember? That’s a typical male for you, taking all the credit.</p>