My wife has had three children
And now I realise I have never felt any pain at all in my whole life. In the light of childbirth I now see that no matter what I've bruised, broken or gashed it didn't *really* hurt despite what it felt like at the time.

I did wince mightily though when I read Aron Ralston's book, where he describes how he had to hack off his own forearm with a blunt Leatherman after it got trapped beneath a boulder in a Utah canyon. The book's called "Between a rock and a hard place", though a more accurate title would be: "If I'd told someone where I was going I'd still be able to juggle."
( calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 14:40, 3 replies)

Pah
Childbirth? That's NOTHING. Try treading on a plug, mate
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 14:54, closed)

'bruised, broken or gashed'
Reading that phrase, it's quite clear which particular effect of childbirth worries you most!
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 15:10, closed)

My cousin says
...it's like shitting a football.
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 19:44, closed)