Are women not afraid of the pain that giving birth entails?

Oh man. Yes. We are afraid. With my last pregnancy, I remember crying on numerous occassions that I was not going to be able to do this whole labor/delivery thing. My husband looked at me like I had a third eye. "Um...You can do it...you have done it like a hundred times before. You are awesome at birth.... read more

Even when a woman gives birth, they are not all necessarily experiencing the same amount of pain, as there are many different factors that contribute to the overall discomfort, such as baby size, the position it's in, the mother's pain threshold, right up to the amount of pain dulling hormones the body releases during child birth. read more

Women have been doing this forever and believe it or not -- we keep doing it even after the first time. If the pain was the absolute end of the world we'd have a world with a bunch of only children! Enjoy the last bit of your pregnancy and look forward to holding your babies, worrying about labor and delivery is a waste of your energy. read more