your mother and mine would get on like a house on fire, kitty!
my dad, by contrast, was born to a Mayan woman who had them all at home, squatting over a tub, co-slept and bf'd till all 6 were two years old. when she had her last, at the age of 47, she refused to go into hospital. as she said, 'no wonder all those poor white American woman have so much trouble having a baby, flat on their backs with nothing to take their mind off the pain.' she couldn't for the life of her understand that.
today i almost lost the rag with her.
she'd been on and on about how i needed to see a doctor. i kept saying, 'why? i'm not unwell.'
then she wrote, 'good for all those British woman. i'm glad i had mine in the good ol' US of A.'
i had to remind her that i am now a British woman, my daughters are British girls and that i have given birth twice in Scotland and i am still alive to tell the tale, so something must be working.
oh, and that i never have to bother about fecking health insurance or going back to work 2 weeks after having a baby because of lack of paid maternity leave.
b*gger that.
i'd rather live in a cave here.