I was selfish and immature. I never wanted the attention. There were helicopters flying over the hospital while I was giving birth.
...within you now and always is the unborn possibility of a limitless experience of inner stability and outer treasure, and yours is the privilege of giving birth to it. And you will, if you can believe.
I feel, you know, empowered because I gave life. I have a son now. I feel like I'm stronger.
All night I have suffered; all night my flesh has trembled to bring forth its gift. The sweat of death is on my forehead; but it is not death, it is life!
I got sick when I was 19, and I'd been a really healthy 19-year-old, so I don't have a lot to compare it to. Does it feel like the pain after you give birth? I don't know.
I gave birth aged 45, which was a bit of a shock.
Now [after doing Pilates], I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth.
It wasn't such a pleasant experience. We went through 14 hours with contractions every two minutes, no epidural, no nothing. Every two minutes, I would pass out. I went to the hospital on Saturday, and Levi was born on Monday.
I remember giving birth in Bromley Hospital annexe. It was painful. Zowie was 8 lb. 8 oz. David was there the whole time. It was the first and only time I saw David cry.
When you birth a child, it's like a bloody giving of self to the creation of a life.
I feel I've learned a lot about [experience of giving birth], and I think it's amazing. Men and women who are ob-gyns are pretty amazing.
Within us is the unborn possibility of limitless experience. Ours is the privilege of giving birth to it!
