Does childbirth pain decrease the more babies a woman has?

It may seem surprising that two women can have such different experiences. But labor pain varies dramatically from woman to woman, and even from pregnancy to pregnancy. Until you go through childbirth, you won't know where on the spectrum you'll fall. read more

The pain is a combination of many factors, so while there may be weak evidence that women who have had many children tend to have decreasing times of labor, the pain issue is still present. My wife, for instance, had much greater pain with our second child than with our first. read more