I don't think it's lame to look forward to labour. I'm getting those inklings again, thanks to reading everyone else's excitement. I was excited first time, then was hanging for TTC to do it again, excited for most of the pregnancy then I just had a moment of "Ugh, hang on, who am I kidding? It hurts!"And it does hurt, but there's a reason marathon runners keep going back to that intense experience. Because it's also amazingly awesome.
I wrote a thread about how to avoid making as much noise in labour next time... I think I had a vision that less noise= more peace with the pain. But some posts in reply to that, and on another HB forum I visit made me realise that trying to be something you're not is using too much conscious brain. So if making noise is your thing, then make noise. I'd love to have a zen, quiet waterbirth video to look back on but I'm not going to kid myself or make myself feel lesser for not being that woman. Not sure if that feels relevent Arimeh's Eden but it was a good moment for me to come to that realisation and acceptance.
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