I have a uterus, Alhamdulillah.

i still get an overwhelming feeling everytime i see the birth of a child.somewhere between ultimate joy and ultimate disbelief that every mother goes through this process.it is indeed a huge miracle.a scary one at that.i think everyone, regardless of wether you want to be a doctor or not, should witness this battle between life and death that women all over the world go through.when u watch the blood, tears and all that energy drained out of a women in labour, only then do you really appreciate our mothers.

i like observing the fathers in the labour rooms. u have the strong ones, the ones who encourage and support their wives through the looong difficult process.praying and zikir-ing to try and ease the pain.some of them 'push' more than the wives,its a wonder they dont defecate in their pants.comel.but these are the minority.the others stand there dumbfounded and blur.with no words of encouragement.scared perhaps?

and they call women the weaker sex :p

every mother is a hero. imagine having to carry around this little parasite in you for 9 months, with the nausea and vommiting. the sleepless nights.the UTIs.the diabetes and hypertension.with all the risks of antepartum hemorrage, the death that can occur so easily. not to mention, the extreme pain in childbirth. then after delivery some of them go thru the blues.and even more sleepless nights!

and yet, after all the screaming and unbearable pain, the incision and suturing at sensitive parts, as soon as the child is thrown onto the mother's chest(yes,they throw the baby), its as if none of that happened. one mother told me she was ready for her second child right after giving birth to the first one. :)

i guess u'll never know your full capacity to love someone until you have a child.

Giving birth and mothering a child is definitely not for the weak.i guess thats why God didnt provide men a uterus. ;)