Dear an “A Baby’s Story” Expectant Dad,
I love the fact that you are an active participant in the impending birth of your child. I love that you have offered to take a parenting class and that you have even started doing laundry just so your overly-round wife did not have to. I am honored that you have admitted that women are stronger and braver than you can ever hope to be. But, and I say this with the utmost respect, you do not have the right to call a woman a failure because she decides to have an epidural. You do not have the right to suggest that she is a quitter because she is in pain and is screaming for relief. Having a water birth is not, and let me reiterate, IS NOT more important then pain relief. After 24 hours of active labor and no meds, I don’t care how you “planned” the birth, if she wants an epidural then for cheeses sake, let her have the damned epidural.
This whole Natural Birth vs. Medicated Birth argument is especially annoying when it comes from a person who will NEVER EVER EVER know what labor pains are like. However, if you would like to know what it feels like, I can insert a bowling ball through your ass and then rip it out through your penis. Just a thought!
With disgust,
Mom on the Rise
