Sara,

I reckon be careful of the self fulfilling prophecy. Those people probably were told by their mothers that labour is unbearable and horrible. They went into labour with this fear and it came true for them. I think the absense of fear / positive reaffirming birth stories actually helps us to achieve the natural birth we want. Our bodies can do this! Women successfully gave birth before drugs, and we can do it again.

I tend to walk out of the room, or at least shut the convo down, when people try to tell me scary birth stories. See you soon.