Leah's POV cont.
I have a piece of advice for pregnant women. Don't be brave. Get the damn epidural. I didn't, and I very much regret not doing so. Having mostly back labour for the majority of my labour lulled me into thinking 'this is a piece of cake'. The final thirty minutes of labour while I was going through transition made a liar out of me. Because, Holy s**t Balls! I thought i was being torn apart. By then it was far to late to have the epidural, so I had to endure the pain.
Never freaking again!
On top of that, because labour moved from zero to sixty in such a short time I ripped from stem to stern. I feel like I'm held together by baler twine and duct tape. It hurts to move. It hurts to pee. It just freaking hurts!
Other than that? Dr. Helene says I'm doing good. Even so, sh
