Avasmum#1 I had my first daughter all by myself in the bathroom. Thankgod not breech. She arrived in under an hour and a half and the intensity of it all was incredible. I too have had mothers tell me how easy I had it and also that I have no right to complain about pain in labour lol. For years I actually felt guilty, that maybe I did have it too easy. But that is a load of cr*p. Our bodies still have to dilate and go thru every thing the same as others only much much quicker. Since my first daughters birth I have had a son that took about 8 hours and another daughter in under 2 hours (I didn't get a chance for pain relief with her either). From my experience the quick are the harder.