Motherhood, Children

If childbirth is such a complicated painful process, how come the world is bursting at its seams full of people?

There was a forward I received the other day, requesting people to respect their mother for her sacrifices. Apparently, the human body is capable to withstand 45 Del of pain. "Del" must be some unit to measure pain, I will have to read up on wikipedia to understand it better!!

However, during a normal childbirth, a woman experiences upto 57 Del of pain, equated to fracturing 20 bones.

Well I am wondering yet again, how come so many babies in this world, and how come population control social workers need to beg & persuade people to stop birthing???

My mother said, get married, then you'll understand the yearning of a mother to have her own children, carry forward the genes of her loved one & herself.

Well I am married now, and I still don't understand.

I adore children, but I don't understand the selfless nature which is needed to give birth.

I love playing with kids. I still remember how amazed we were when Minal ate her first spoon of mango puree, she literally writhed in pleasure, to express that she loved the taste, my mother decoded her body language for us, I thought she was having fits :-D

I remember Minal's first few steps, her tiny clothes, her tiny shoes. Pooja's cute talk, her questions, her birdie like voice, chirping through the house.

Now I listen to stories of our nephew growing up, how our niece is growing up, it is a thrill for parents, it is truly special for a parent when it is their own child. Children are a treasure. But they are such a hard-to-earn treasure, that I am wondering how come there are so many around??? :-P

Okay all the mommies of the world must be hating me for this blog entry...

My mommy simply says, "well, you were born too once upon a time, you too were a bawling baby that peed & pooed"....

Imagine 57 Del of pain for a normal birth, O meee God Mommy I wonder how many Dels of pain you went through to produce me with all your health complications!!! Thank God I was always mommy's-good-girl otherwise that forward would have made me pretty guilty tearful ;-)

I wonder how much more Dels of pain mommies around the world feel when their little baby birdies behave selfish.

Mommy you are the best, thanks for the unconditional food-boarding-lodging in your womb for nine whole months, and the care ever after. Hundreds of Michchaami dukhram!