If you had an epidural and they pumped you full of pain killers, things grind to a halt. Even if they’re inducing labor. I’m gonna guess they had you on your back the entire time also, which makes it worse. And it sounds like they tried a forceps delivery, or perhaps they needed to use forceps...
Are you talking about a planned date? Like, “We’re inducing labor on the 14th.” Maybe that’s different then? My son was an emergency C-section. I put on scrubs and went into the operating room and sat next to the anesthesiologist. The nursed held a sheet up so I couldn’t see the operation, but...
I’m just having a hard time wondering why you’re drinking anything other than bourbon neat this time of year. If it’s summer and hot, perhaps on the rocks, or maybe White Russians if you need to stay sober.
But once you start using uncommon words, you lower the story's readability. Simple, clean, and direct language is better than showing how great your vocabulary is. If your reader can't understand it, then it's wasted.
There's a misconception that using "fancy" words or an enormous variety of word choices that aren't common makes the writing better. It's ok to occasionally take out the thesaurus, especially when repeatedly using the same word in a few paragraphs next to each other.
Kind of decided to take the little flash stories I leave in the comments on my book and turn them into a little collection. Based on real life experiences.
https://www.scribblehub.com/series/205322/tales-from-appalachia/
I think this could work as a Fanfic since this is like a mashup of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Beauty and the Beast.
Maybe some kind of parody. The ML must travel with his best friends—a small talking dragon and meerkat—through wonderland on his flying carpet, where guided by his cricket...