I really DIDN'T want it to stop. I was 11 days overdue, i wanted the baby OUT and i knew it had to hurt more for that to happen, so i suppose in a perverse way i WANTED it to hurt (?). I was thinking during contractions "Down baby" and "yeah, give me more!" when it was intense. I am a masochist in many ways though. I have sensory issues, even pain is interesting for me. But i really felt when i was relaxed that labour pain was a burning, but GOOD pain, like the pain of a wobbly milk tooth - it hurts but you can't HELP but wiggle it anyway, because the pain is somehow tempting...? When i was tense and when i screamed that one time it felt like every fibre of muscle from my thighs to my boobs was being ripped slowly apart - it was AGONY. I can't imagine going through hours of that. I enjoyed the pain of my labour, but not those bits, when it felt like it was really injuring me.

Bx