When it comes to the pain factor. Why do people think that a bigger baby is going to hurt more than a smaller baby?

Seriously contractions are contractions and it's going to hurt. And as for the pushing out, sure I'd imagine that a 9lber would be a bit harder than a 6lber, but that doesn't necessarily make it more/less painful!

On many occassions I've been told my labour/birth didn't count on the pain factor because DS was only 3lb 6oz. Not only does this hurt, but it really p***es me off! If anything my body had to work harder, because it had very little to actually push out! And not only that but I still went through 2 weeks of pre-labour and 18+ hours of established labour.

Why does the size of the baby matter? Why is it such a competition to have the biggest baby?

Sorry, I just had to get this off my chest....