In my experience with pregnancy, you get to that point where you think you
can't stand to be pregnant one day longer.  Then you spend another WEEK
pregnant, and THEN the baby is ready to deliver!

Interesting that the Australian marathoner says motherhood made her a better
runner.  In my experience, having run a few races (not marathons) gave me
the mental strength to get through natural childbirth.  I remember running
those races, and in the last few kilometres thinking with every step that I
couldn't take one more step, but willing myself to just take that step
anyhow (have to get back to the finish line one way or another, might as
well run as walk!) and the suddenly the finish line is crossed and it is all
over.  Childbirth is SO much like that.  I can understand how women who have
never challenged themselves physically would not be able to challenge
themselves to get through childbirth, or other tests of (mental) strength of
motherhood.

In this society that emphasizes personal fulfillment, how is it that we try
to remove all tests of strength and the growth it brings, that are provided
by the motherhood experience?

Janice Reynolds
Consumer Representative on the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada

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