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!

 Well sure! After holding that sweet bundle of joy in your arms you
 think, childbirth? What childbirt. You don't remember! :)

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

 Yeah that is bad... :( I get the impression it's also a burning
 sensation? What with the stone being an acid.)

 This mention of childbirth always reminds me of mine. Hubby would
(this still makes me laugh!) would TELL me when the next contraction
was coming (I was on monitor). After the first biggie and his telling
me when the next was coming... I'd say to him
HONEY... I KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW....

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 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


 Exactly. I thought of that too.

 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!


 Nod. Psychology does  play a big role.

Cindy

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