Child birth itself is far from being painful. As a matter of fact, that moment of child birth brought me the greatest relief ever. I could almost say it is a sweet feeling. Its the most painless thing ever. Its like purging out 3kg of load I had carried for 9months in that one last push. I said its a sweet feeling because when my baby was ready, she just slipped out like she stepped on banana peel.
However, labour is where the pain was. Child labour was like menstrual cramp only that this time the cramp is so intense that I felt like I couldn't handle it but my body did. As a matter of fact, it was built for this and my body knew exactly how to give birth. This pain came and went at intervals with the next one stronger than the one before.
A satisfying moment was when I was delivered of the placenta. I was completely light weight. I felt good. All i wanted was to sleep and so I closed my eyes in an attempt to sleep only to be brought back by a slap on my shoulder followed by my baby's crying voice. I jolted back to full consciousness and I was told to behold my baby.
Oh my world! Holding my baby to my chest skin to skin was pure bliss. I couldn't be more proud. T'was that moment I knew Love. One of a different sort.
