0n (16 Nov 05) George Pope wrote to Cindy Haglund...

CH> That's about as close as you'll get to knwoing what child birth can be
CH> like. The difference is the pain comes more from the contractions rather
CH> than what is being the effect of what is being contracted upon.

 GP> I've spoken to several women who have had both kidney stones & painful
 GP> childbirth, and they say the kidney stones are FAR worse!

 GP> (the key difference being that contractions come in waves, while
 GP> kidney stone pain is at that peak non-stop!)

 GP> I figure both involve something big going through a small passage, but
 GP> the difference is that the passage is DESIGNED for child birth, but
 GP> the ureter is NOT designed for stone passage, and another key
 GP> difference -- with childbearing you anticipate a happy ending -- with
 GP> kidney stones, you wind up with a bit of dead rock in the toilet;
 GP> also, babies are smooth; kidney stones are jagged, the real equivalent
 GP> to make childbirth equivalent would be for women to give birth to a
 GP> dead porcupine, breach!

 GP> Because I care,
 GP> |<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


 GP> ... nfx v3.1 What if there were no hypothetical questions?
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