It's like childbirth. It’s uncomfortable, painful, sometimes bloody, but you’re always being stretched.

The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It's the child that's remembered.

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind.

I just didn't realize what we were in for. Nobody tells you these things. It's like childbirth.

Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it.

Natural childbirth has evolved to suit the species, and if mankind chooses to ignore her advice and interfere with her workings we must not complain about the consequences. We have only ourselves to blame.