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I definitely think my ten- and six-year-old boys would relate better to the chart she suggests. I am tempted to print it out and bring it with me next time someone has to have a needle stick.
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LOL. I totally HATE those charts.
And what do they really tell you? Our experience of pain can be exacerbated or minimized by our expectations for and fear of pain. No where is this more evident than in natural childbirth.
Posted by: Barbara C. | 08 August 2010 at 11:54 AM