Sigh.. the pain on the left side of my back is really annoying! I don't think Joey has grown that much, but now I am feeling the weight on my back. The pain & ache has been there since yesterday. Is it the way I sit or the position I stand?? Hmm.. I really don't know, but I just pray & hope that the pain will go away soon.

I wonder if Joey has turned 180 degrees to face head down yet? Today, I watched a video clip of a woman delivering her baby. Although it looks quite grotesque, she didn't really look that painful, and the delivery took place within a few seconds. The head came out first, then the shoulders (which is supposedly the most painful part) and then the rest of the body.

I wonder how my delivery will be like. It's kind of scary, knowing that my threshold of pain is so low, & some people have been telling me to just endure it through without any epidural. It gets frustrating sometimes when people who have gone through this themselves keep telling me not to take epidural because if they can endure, surely I can endure?! But different woman different, right??

Though I would very much like to believe for a supernatural birth where pain is little & no epidural is needed, I don't like to be pressed and told that I should not use epidural at all and that I should just endure it through. Surely I can decide for myself?? On the other hand, my gynae has been fully encouraging me to use epidural because of the many benefits. Hmm..

Maybe I shall decide when the contractions come. Then, I can know how much I can take then.. : )