I think she raised some very interesting questions.

I honestly believe that there is not enough education or preparation about what sort of pain we're actually talking about here - the lady who was freaked out by the tape illustrates that.
Part of the problem I guess is that there IS nothing in our day-to-day experience that is really comparable to the pain of childbirth, so with nothing to compare to we end up going in thinking "well how bad can it be?? I have a pretty good pain tolerance, I can do this without drugs". But you ain't ever been in that sort of pain before sister There needs to be an acknowledgement of this instead of sweeping it under the carpet by saying "yeah it hurts but you forget it" or "it's a good pain" - these things are true but they AREN'T the full story because it does hurt worse than anything you ever felt in your life. How can you prepare for that if you don't acknowledge it?
Before I had my daughter I had always been fascinated by the process of birth, had spoken to many women about their births and yet I remember thinking when I was in labour that I still honestly had NO CLUE what I was in for. So how about a woman who has had no interest in learning about it until she is pregnant herself? What hope does she have?
I think we really need to speak in realistic terms about the reality of the level of pain, the realities of managing that pain - especially over a very long labour when you are sleep deprived which makes everything so much harder - if we want to give women real choices when it comes to pain management in labour. They have to know what they're in for before they can plan for it.
Perhaps my view of the pain is skewed as well because I had a synotocin induced labour. I'm sure I overdramatise the pain because of that LOL.