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

[BabyQ]

I have said to people that I would go through another labour to avoid the pain and associated problems of breastfeeding! (however I went through labour using calmbirth techniques)

[Lolli]

I have said to people that I would go through another labour to avoid the pain and associated problems of breastfeeding! (however I went through labour using calmbirth techniques)

So true... I had a very painful labour but I would still say the next six weeks of breastfeeding all put together where much more painful. Added to that, i expected childbirth to be painful, but no one even warned me that breastfeeding hurt!

[Glamourcide]

^^ OMG yes.
I read an article about the pain of breastfeeding in a Sunday paper liftout (I can't remember whether it was the Sunday Herald or Telegraph)... I was going to quote and post it in another thread because it pretty much summed up my experience and I wanted to put it out there for those mums who just couldn't handle bfing!!

[alioops]

I think I need to update my answer, Diastasis of the Syphisis Pubis is worse than drug free labour for me.

[Livinthedream]

Here here on the BFing. I dont know how many times I have said I would rather have 10 babies than try BFing again. At least with labour, you know it is going to be over in a matter of hours, not so with the BF.
FWIW, I went from 4cm to 9cm in 2hrs, used the gas and coped fine, I then pushed for almost 2 1/2 hrs, finally I had syntocin and an epidural and he was vacumed out,(he was posterior and had his head tilted sideways) I ended up with a 3rd degree tear and lost a litre of blood from the tear alone.
However, when all is said and done, I have had more painful and traumatic experiences falling off horses.
I know I had an epidural, but TBH, the whole thing just wasnt that bad, I dont know what I expected, but it was totally bearable. And the recovery from the tear was no prob at all, just kept up with the pain killers and was pretty much back to normal in about 7days.
I do acknowledge I was prolly pretty lucky tho

[jamakin]

I have to agree with everyone on the breastfeeding, no-one ever said how hard and painful it would be!! but i have to say it is definatley worth it. I also found my labour to be surprisingly bareable.

[black_rose]

For me dislocating my knee cap and having it stay out is more painfull. It has happened twice once for about 2 hours and the second about 8. The second time I had the gas, pethedine and morphine and the pain was still out of this world as I had to be moved of the mountain where we were skiing and back to Melbourne

Giving birth wasn't pleasant but nowhere near as bad as my knee, but still painfull as it was a fast labour (40 min once my waters were broken) so my body wasn't fully prepared. I asked for an epidural as the midwife said I was going to be in labour all night but by the time she left the room to get the papers I was pushing once I got the hang of breathing with the gas it was bearable.

I agree about the breastfeeding being difficult in the first few weeks it was comepletely unexpected.