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

[sunshine_sieben]

Mmmm, this is a bit late, but I found child birth painful - but not unbearable (natural water birth).
I have been in worse pain. Having my wisdom teeth smashed and pulled without a working anaesthetic was worse. Actually, the injections after birth for the local anaesthetic to stitch me up (had a small labial tear) were worse than childbirth itself.

During childbirth, I always knew that this pain was not gonna last, so I knew, I was gonna get relief from it sooner or later. I never felt that something was wrong. I never felt that I couldn't take it. Not once did I even think I needed pain relief. I knew there was a reason for this pin. To me it felt more like when you really really push yourself during exercise. Not a pain associated with an injury, but a pain associated with an extreme load on your muscles, with pushing your boundaries.
It's hard to describe, but I didn't see it as pain. It was more like trying to find the strength within you. yes, I did sometimes wonder how would I get through another contraction. But my thoughts were more around finding a better position or something like that, rather than about how can I stop this pain.

I cannot wait to do it all over again!!!

Sasa

[BellyBelly]

My xh would be adamant that a broken shin was more painful than ANYTHING in the whole world. He didnt get any brownie points from me for that.

[LaDeeDa]

I reckon my gallstone attack was worse than a 50hour labour and c section combined!!!

[Lolli]

I'd love to hear what Ali has to say on this one, after the fact... Ali? Any thoughts hun?

[AliBaby]

I have been meaning to come back to this thread to let you know what I thought about it.

I think I was very fortunate to have a fantastic birth experience. Yes it did hurt but nothing that would stop me having another child. I think this thread really helped me in that I had an open mind and knew that it couldn't be too bad if people went back for seconds or thirds or even more!

The contractions were painful and the crowning, well that stung but what hurt more than labour for me was the stitches. The ob went to stitch where there wasnt local that had set in and DP said that i screamed louder then than any other time. She almost got kicked across the room.

I actually felt labour to be very empowering.

Here is my birth story if you want to read more https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...baby-girl.html

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread. I hope that it does help others who are curious about the amazing gift of giving birth.