bad sex awards: how about childbirth?

[Elasticwoman]

Article in the Times touched on the literary award for bad sex in a novel. I wondered whether any one has any contributions for a literary bad birth in a novel?

Can't think of any toe curlingly embarrassing childbirth in fiction myself, but a funny one in Adrian Mole, when Adrian witnesses the birth because the nurses mistakenly thought he was the baby's father, so we see the birth through his eyes and then the fun of the nurses' horror when they realised who he was! (Thanks Sue Townsend - a memorable scene.)

obm, read all his posts in book thread, only book threads.

Enable CATs and someone might tell you.

I feel I have to go and buy one of your books now UnquietDad, I really hope I have the right person, I've probably got it soo wrong.
You have a red book that's kind of appropriate right now don't you???

VS - yup!

Yay!

UQD - Only one more copy in stock on Amazon.

did consider it when I saw how long VS's suggestion was.
will look to see if there is a way of refining amazon search to only include books with only 1 in stock -hattersley -o'farrell -parsons

I haven't figured it out yet.

C'mon, UnquietDad, think of the sales.

The live chat.

The endless possibilities for name-changing.

I have CAT Kathy.

james may has a red book.
tell me no.

Someone here has actually mentioned the title in this thread! Believe it or not.

Now I'm even more confused from all the scrolling and searching. Good job I love a mystery.

Unquietdad with his red book here

lol swedes.. hmm james may/GB can't decide.

UQD looking radiant

I like this game

Are you losing faith in your ability to work it out yet OBM?

yeeeees.
can't go through whole of UQD's posts - my self-image as confident outgoing person with varied interests and a wide circle of freinds will implode

The thread was in september OBM.

you see, I was quite enjoying this when UQD was the Hunted, and I was the Hunter.

However, it now appears that I am, in fact, an overweight tabby hopelessly chasing catnip toy for amusement of jaded literary audience.

Lol obm, just email me fan-fkn-tastic at hotmail dot co dot uk and I'll tell you!

Humbug.

I did that book (the "red" one) three years ago, it took about half the time a novel takes, or less, and yet it's still the one people come back to again and again and ask me to talk about on the radio more than any other. I am a Serious Writer! I have a Serious Novel out! (affects pose with back of hand against forehead). I want to be interviewed Seriously about Serious Things!