it's gross for sure! i am glad that they talked me out of doing this under twilight sedation as i probably would've kicked someone in the head! but that said, if i had the choice i'd have a morphine drip right now ;)

(but i do feel like i sort of have some understanding of what labor is like now. though instead of having a baby at the end of it i have a pile of crushed stone, which is not as great a reward in some ways)