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.

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

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

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

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


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