“The task of the cervix is to stay closed, to make an impenetrable wall protecting the fetus, for approximately forty weeks of a pregnancy. After that, by means of labor, the wall must somehow become an opening. This happens through dilation, which is not a shattering, but an extreme thinning.” FeminismBabyBirthPregnancyDeliveryAnatomyUterusCervix Book:The Argonauts Source: The Argonauts
“This sounded good — I like physical experiences that involve surrender. I didn’t know, however, very much about experiences that demand surrender — that run over you like a truck, with no safe word to stop it. I was ready to scream, but labor turned out to be the quietest experience of my life.” FeminismBabyBirthPregnancyDeliveryAnatomyUterusCervix Book:The Argonauts Source: The Argonauts