Things that giving birth has taught me:
Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong.
Babies are born with claws.
Prune juice with iron supplement is disgusting.
I can survive a surprising amount of pain and blood loss.
Sleep is actually necessary.
Often, your nurse is only half listening to you.
Water is a heavenly and blessed gift from the Lord God Himself.
Babies can change what they look like in two hours or less.
Any pain is bearable right after labor, no pain feels bearable ten hours after labor, and your ability to recognize normal and abnormal pain levels returns around 24 hours after labor.
Somehow I took nine months to build a person without asking my da what he wanted me to tell Wulfie to call him.