The long time -> a book that never made it into the Bible, basically puts it like the following.
Earth is our mother and as you know a mother doesn't give birth to 10 kids at once, can you imagine doing that, hence the time factor?
However, I think this book also gave an idea of her age and was suggesting, she was near the end of her child bearing years.
So Manny, you might be that last bugger still in the birth canal, a breach birth it would seem And I heard that there will be no C section for you, your gonna have to come out the hard way.
As Jesus puts it, it's just the beginning of birth pains, so suck it up
