"I feel the same way!" Debi nibbled at a scone, decided it was delicious, and took a real bite. "I'll definitely want to pick your brains about losing the baby weight. The stretch mark cream is fabulous, but I'd still like to fit into my bikini sometime this winter!"
She leaned as far forward as she could. "Does it really hurt as much as they say? The teacher in my childbirth class keeps saying it's not so bad, but - well - "
The memory of being cruciated rose up again, and she forced it back down. I made it through that, and so did Junior. Childbirth can't be that bad, can it?