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" Clare lost her blowing rhythm and began growling, “Ow, ow, ow, ow, shit, shit, shit!” At the end of the contraction, she fell back against her pillow scowling. “That really hurts!”
“What did they tell you in class?” Margy said.
“That there would be discomfort. And that I should visualize my birth canal as a tunnel of golden light.”
The nurse pushed away from the rolling stool where she’d been giving Clare an internal examination. “Well! You weren’t kidding about those contractions. You’re already eight centimeters dilated.”
“Visualize your birth canal as an express elevator,” Margy said. "
― Julia Spencer-Fleming , Hid from Our Eyes (Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries, #9)