Avoiding the dreaded H word...

[Shades]

I was always under the impression that it wasn't labour that caused hemorrhoids, but the weight of the baby pressing down in the final months... compresses blood vessels or something...

Not that that really changes anything, it seems it's luck of the draw either way!

[Glamourcide]

^ That theory makes a lot of sense. I personally didn't have haemorrhoids until after DD was born, but for a good two months beforehand I just... couldn't do *anything* (sorry if that's TMI). Ugh.