A question I get asked a lot is 'What is it like to play the straight guy all the time?' And I'm totally okay with it.
Normal birth to me should not be numb from the waist down and waiting for the doctor to tell you to push. There's a reason we feel it. There's a reason we need to feel it.
The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.