Madonna says her adoption of Malawian baby David Banda was like "natural
childbirth."

Madonna says adoption of David Banda was like "natural childbirth"

The '4 Minutes' singer said the adoption was an incredibly painful process
because it involved so much bureaucracy.
Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, in France, Madonna said: "It was
painful and a big struggle and I didn't understand it. In the end, I
rationalized that when a woman goes through natural childbirth, she suffers
an enormous amount. I went through my own kind of birthing pains."
However, the 49-year-old singer is not bitter about the experience, and
insists it has made her stronger.
She said: "Everything that happens to me is a karmic thing. It was meant to
happen."

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