Does anything...and I mean anything at all hurt more than child birth?

[Salsa]

I went thru labour and delivery (30hrs from start to finish) 2 weeks ago.
Yes, it hurt - but I wouldnt really say it was pain, if that makes sence?
It was intense. The contractions grip your body, but you gets breaks in between and you know it will end. For me it was not an enjoyable experience and I was not one of the post delivery elated women that you sometimes hear stories of or see photos of (the imediate photo of when they handed him up to me I look horrified )

Basically it was alot of hard work, hence it being called labour. The actual delivery part was most difficult because the pressure to push for me was so strong, but the actual pushing was HARD! Painful, no not really, not for me anyway, it was more the hard work to push that I struggled with. I wasnt prepared for how hard pushing could be and by that stage I was exhausted.



I would imagine that it would be far worse to suffer burns or such than to have a baby. I think there are probably a few things that would be much worse 'pain' wise.

[~Raven~]

Actually I can think of another.

Attempted manual removal of placenta with external uterine massage. Hurt a hell of a lot more than birthing the baby 10 mins before.