i think if you said the exact same thing AFTER you have the baby no one would laugh at you. and i hope you still think the same way after bub comes along! :-) it is productive pain but it still hurts like hell! :-) i dont understand wanting a c-sect over a V birth either. it seems a lot scarier to me! and its kinda nice to go through all that hard work to get your bub. the other thing that doesnt make sense is it is gonna hurt no matter the size of the baby, bigger doesnt necissarily mean less pain. DD2 was bigger than DD1 and i coped with that labour a lot better! :-)