My grandmother had only just arrived in australia a few months before the birth of her 1st child and spoke only a little english. so her prenatal care was somewhat disjointed. she tells me that when she went into labour she had no idea of what was going on and thought that the contractions were a bad sign! She didnt realise that they were working to help the baby out, so she said by the time she started pushing she was hysterical and no-one thought to comfort her. she has told me that it traumatised her so much that each birth after that was difficult and scary. she is amazed at how much knowledge women have the chance of gathering for their birth and post-partum experience. (she was sent home with the baby and not told ANYTHIING on what to do or how to feed etc).