Meaning and Magic

Tag: pain

  • Tips for Having a Natural Childbirth

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    I already wrote up my birth story, but I wanted to have a different post where I summarized the advice I’d give someone planning a natural childbirth. (Disclaimer: I do not consider myself an expert on this subject at all, despite having read a bunch about it. But this is what I would have wanted…

  • Lydia’s Birth Story

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    Something definitely changed a bit the Sunday night before my due date, most likely the baby’s position. Maybe she dropped down a little further? Whatever it was, it made it so that whenever I lay down (on my back or either of my sides–I couldn’t try my stomach), I would feel a horrible knot of…

  • How to Prove to Yourself Once and for All that Pain is Not Suffering

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    Pain is not suffering. Don’t believe me? Good, you don’t have to…yet. But if you not only read what I say in this post, but try the strategies I recommend and allow yourself to notice what’s going on inside, you’ll get it. Now, the reason I’m talking about this at all is that people talk…