“We were really stubborn about wanting to avoid a C-section, but it was a long labor and the epidural kept me from feeling how badly the position I was in was actually hurting me.” The lithotomy position, legs spread as far as they could go, which she indicated with her hands in her lap. “I had an old dance injury in just the right spot. Wound up causing a hemorrhage in my spinal column. I didn’t know how bad it was until I tried to get out of bed the next day.”
