Put it this way, it is not a picnic in the park, mine started with little pains that gradually grew to bigger and bigger pains until they were humungous.
With each one of my children I asked for (can't remember the name damn...) you know the painkiller injection, that you get in your leg??? (how dumb am I)

Anyway, by the time they got it ready it was to late so I had them all with no painkillers, except gas which made me feel sick. I felt pretty much in control, never made it to the screaming bit

The thing is though, that once the baby is born and the afterbirth is done with, you forget all about the pain. You have your lovely little baby in your arms which makes it all worthwhile