Does it hurt more to birth a larger baby?

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Position of the baby does play a big part. DD1 was typical vertex? position. Facing spine, head down, all the rest. But DD2 & DS were sideways/posterior & that was harder. Intense back pain.
DD1 at 7lb 5oz grazed me
DD2 at 8lb 9oz 1st degree tear
DS 8lb 7.5oz nothing
Didn't have stitches with any of them & had gas & peth with DD1 just becuse I was fighting the contractions & the labour kept slowing down.

My friends 7lb baby came face first, so was a bit different to her 10lb 9oz DS who crowned properly.

There are so many things that play a part in it all. The only advice I can give, is be sure you are supported & relax. You need to let you body do what it needs to do. You need to be focussed. I found focusing in on each contraction & humming through it, visualing what it was doing, helped me get through DD2's labour quite well til transition.

& yes, iductions are often alot harder on the body. First of all, your body often doesn't have the time to start preparing itself for labour, which is usually painless opening of the cervix the first little bit. Then the contractions build up gradually. With an induction, the preperation time is skipped. Things just start happening & the contractions ar kinda forced onto the body. Its not natural. Its not the body doing its thing itself, iykwim. Its drugs forcing contractions when the body isn't quite ready for it.
Does that make sense?