For me, labour was not really painful and the effort I had to put in was manageable and controlled by me. When I needed a break my contractions paused. When I had strength so did they. My tattoos on the other hand were a pain that started high and gave my endorphins no chance to catch up. I thought I was going to be sick with the pain. Yet it kept going and going. Yeuch.

Anyway I much prefer labour pain, but I can guarantee you I will only be submitting myself to tattoo pain in the future