I don't think it was silly at all. I think it's all the way people *think* of the pain of labour and birth. I was petrified of having a c/s, and thankfully I didn't have to. I was in pre labour with DS for almost 2wks, and gave birth in an hour. The pain of birth does not bother me. The pain of labour is more 'hurty' and annoying for me than actually giving birth. I was in labour for almost 24hrs with DD. I was threatened with a c/s and pushed like hell to get her out to prevent it. Luckliy it worked. To me the pain of a c/s would have been 100 times worse than the pain of labour and birth. BUt again that's just what I think. Maybe for those women, the thought of labour and birth is worse than the thought of a c/s. And for you and I, the thought of labour and birth isn't as bad as the thought of a c/s. Everyone is different.