Pregnancy is the ultimate endurance test. If a man says it, it must be true | Suzanne Moore
You can keep your Tour de France or your Arctic treks, growing and pushing out a human is the hardest work a person can do
When Harry spoke to the press in his dazed and delighted way after Meghan had given birth, he said: “How any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension.” I guess he meant labour, childbirth, that everyday agony and ecstasy that is part of women’s lives. How do we do that? After months of feeling not too grand while exposed to every myth going and being told what to eat, wear and how to behave, we have to get the baby out somehow. It’s what we do.