http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/news/20090713/go-ahead-and-curse-it-may-ease-your-pain
I read this and even though the size and quality of the study was not high quality, it rings a bell for me. I remember being in labor diliated to 8 cm, with parts swelling that should've been opening up paired with the sensation of the baby's head slamming against that part....certain swear words did make me feel better. Although near the end, I was not able to form words- it sounded more like ffffmmmmrrrrahhhh! which I guess could be the motherload of curses all smooshed together. And now I am trying to eliminate these words from my vocabulary because I have a baby that is beginning to speak. The only time that this task is difficult is- you guessed it- when I hurt myself...so I guess I can harken back to the motherload, or maybe go Battlestar with frakin' or even Firelfy and curse in Chinese. Flip, darn, chucks...to me words are words and really there are no bad words just bad intent (Carlin anyone?), but I realize that Theo will have to be socialized with the rest of the world at some point. I guess I can be more eloquent and creative, that is until the next time someone almost rear ends me or I slam my toe into the coffee table. "@@^^****!!"
yeah Julie! I completely know what you'r talking about. Like today I took a shower w/ haydon playing in the tub w/ me. He as always never plays w/ his own toys instead the shampoo bottles and accidentally dropped it on my one toe; the same toe he somehow managed to drop things on everytime. So I screamed out funny noices instead of cursing in vietnamese or fffffffffffffarghhhhhhhhh coz I already almost stop saying/forgot about the f word. So even when u curse in another language he will learn it and teach other kids or curse at them pretend he's chinese or my son. LOL.....
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Anna D
oh and when i made those funny screams and noices he burst out laughing over my pain
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