Caryn, I agree with you on the "I've heard this story" line - it's not some joke that you heard in the pub, it's YOUR story. Even if some blabbermouth has already got there first - wouldn't they want to hear it 'from the horse's mouth' so to speak? How rude... I've read your birth story and anybody who turns down an opportunity to hear it told in person is missing out - it's their loss!

I still simultaneously wince and giggle at the thought of the "Hand of Pain".