I don’t care

 I don’t care if women give birth medicated or unmedicated.

It’s your body. Your life. Your call.

But I’ve done both.
And the unmedicated birth was otherworldly.

It wasn’t just pain.
It was a crossing.
A stripping down.
A meeting with something ancient and powerful inside me.

Time disappeared. Fear burned off.
It felt primal. Sacred. Almost unreal.

Not better. Not superior.
Just a completely different realm.

And once you’ve been there,
you don’t forget it.