1. During pregnancy one & I hated it....it was awful, felt awful & I bled for what felt like ages. I must admitt it's the one time in my life I've felt violated LOL...think that's because I had no idea what to expect. During labour from memory 3...mostly by the midwife & the last one by the doctor. All to see how far along I was - these were requested as my labour came on very fast after being induced & felt I needed to push early on. Though there were some non requested ones as bubs head was around the wrong way & had to have my waters broken by doc too.

2. As I said during pregnancy I hated it & same goes for labour. I just found it so uncomfortable, I never screamed at my husband during labour.....but the doctor got a "get your f#*@ing hand out of there"! he,he.

3. The doc explained it very well during the pregnancy, TBH can't remember what was said to me during labour.

4. I felt they were justified at the start, but as it got more painful I was getting a bit peeved off, I think I may have had more than 3...WOW it is true you can forget the pain - I cant remember much LOL.