# Is 24 + hours of painful, bloody misery really too much to ask? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677 "2003-06-18T12:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/21 "2003-06-19T10:32:12Z")
Yay!! Congrats and enjoy the little one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/22 "2003-06-19T10:38:33Z")
Congratulations!!! Love the name, too. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/23 "2003-06-19T11:11:55Z")
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Glad to hear everything went well, gorgeous name (I’m thinking of Gregory Peck in TKAMB) for what I’m sure is a gorgeous baby!(hint hint, photos soon please). Good Luck, well done! ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/24 "2003-06-19T11:20:00Z")
Congrats!!! ---
**Author:** ![hedra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@hedra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hedra)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/25 "2003-06-19T12:46:07Z")
And here, I was coming on to say that 41 weeks 1 day is average gestation for women of northern european descent (no idea if you are, though). But I guess that’s a bit late for news, huh? 🙂 Congratulations, and hope you got a good birth out of it, along with the beautiful healthy baby (and while I wasn’t a big fan of Atticus, name-wise, somehow, now, it seems perfect). YAY! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/26 "2003-06-19T13:13:28Z")
Ooooh! Atticus! The best name ever. Wish I’d have thought of it. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/27 "2003-06-19T14:52:27Z")
Yippee! Happy Baby! Wonderful Name! ---
**Author:** ![mcms\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mcms\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcms_cricket)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/28 "2003-06-19T15:15:16Z")
Wow! Congratulations - that’s awesome. Cricket ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/29 "2003-06-19T15:48:34Z")
Yay for Doper babies! Congrats to you, **Belladonna** and family! ---
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/30 "2003-06-19T18:52:47Z")
Congratulations belladonna! Wonderful name. I wish you the best. Ask and you shall receive, huh? Interesting that she had the baby almost exactly 12 hours after starting this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/31 "2003-06-19T18:53:32Z")
WOO HOO!!! What wonderful news!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/32 "2003-06-19T19:28:58Z")
Congratulations. When I was born, I was nine days late. I was supposed to be born on my mom’s 40th birthday, but I wouldn’t come out. It was warm up there! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/33 "2003-06-21T23:45:26Z")
jpegs, jpegs! 🙂 & congratulations to you and Atticus, yay ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/34 "2003-06-21T23:50:35Z")
Yay! CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY! Thanks for letting us know, Abbey! I was GOING to to post that my mom’s doctor thought I was two weeks late (though she’s not so sure about that) but she has been known to hold it against me anyway. 😃 Pictures! We want pictures! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/35 "2003-06-22T00:54:22Z")
Congratulations! When do we get to see pictures? Absolutely perfect name, too! koee ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/36 "2003-06-22T01:41:32Z")
Great name! Great size! (Big enough to be substantial but not TOO big.) Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/37 "2003-06-22T01:45:37Z")
I noticed that too, **chrisk**. It might not have been easy, but at least it was mercifully short for her, yay! Congratulations to the **belladonna** family, wonderful name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/38 "2003-06-22T01:56:05Z")
Congratulations! When you gonna post pix ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/39 "2003-06-22T02:02:18Z")
I’ve got goosebumps!! Way to go, **belladonna**! The easy part is over with…now you gotta raise him! 😉 Much love to you, your new baby, and everyone in the family. I hope you feel great soon. Congratulations to the **'donna** family! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677/40 "2003-06-22T02:04:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by belladonna \* > \*\*Really. That’s all I’m asking for. Several hours of gut-wrenching pain, followed by an hour or so of agonizing pushing, and then a lifetime of worry and busywork. Why am I being denied this pleasure? Why am I still sitting here bloated, aching, akward, and way way _way_ too pregnant? I’m over a week late now! What’s the damn holdup? > > ::whimper:: \*\* Aw poor baby how about I make you some nice pork chops. They might be a little greasy cause I use lard to cook 'em but they’re sure tasty! Um Um! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-24-hours-of-painful-bloody-misery-really-too-much-to-ask/182677.md?page=3)