I was just re-reading this (for courage) so I thought I would share. These blog entries are the reason it occurred to me to have a natural childbirth. I had heard of people who had done it, but I thought they were all superhuman or masochistic. When I stumbled on these a few months before we started "trying," it sort of started to make sense.

Dooce's Labor Story Part One
Dooce's Labor Story Part Two
Dooce's Labor Story Part Three

If these don't make you laugh AND tear up... well, maybe you're not pregnant and you have some control over your emotions.