Journeys With a Pregnant Lady

Conspiracy

I think there is a worldwide conspiracy among all mothers to hide certain painful details about motherhood. In order to perpetuate the species they neglect certain difficulties when discussing pregnancy with a prospective mother. Sure, They have to share the painful world of child delivery, because we all know pushing a child out of the body must really hurt; Even us guys know that, and believe me deep down inside we thank our lucky stars we aren't the ones who have to endure the process. Since we all know birth hurts, the consortium of recent mothers out there perpetuating the lie can't hide that fact.

I'm writing this because as far as I can tell Kim has experienced every symptom that the websites say a pregnant lady will experience. She also has them at the exact same time they say she will. Can she possibly be the only one? Unlikely.

Now I distinctly remember hearing Kim talk to friends and acquaintances about pregnancy, and aside from the obvious delivery process talk they seemed to gloss over all the other things that really suck about being pregnant. Why?

Is the delivering of a baby so painful that all other hardships leading up to the day are overshadowed and forgotten?
Is Kim the only one of all the people she knows to have said suckie symptoms?
Is there a chemical released into the mother's brain during delivery that erases the mind of how bad it feels to be pregnant, ensuring that the mother will not mind doing it again?

Or is it a world wide conspiracy by mothers to mothers-to-be ensuring our species doesn't die out. I don't know.

Posted by him at August 5, 2005 06:50 AM