Is giving birth the most painful thing?

Question

I know its gonna sound bad but after watching my sister give birth to her daughter in the delivery room, im having second descisons about having kids!

How bad is it gonna hurt when i have kids?

Answer 1

I have had skateboarding accidents that hurt worse.

Child birth hurts for a few hours. and then it's over...and in exchange...you get the best gift ever!

I had my boy 5 months ago...and I would do it again and again in a second...just to have him.

It's totally worth it.

And if you're still afraid..you can always get an epidural...but honestly...It wasn't even really that bad and I was in labor for 14 hours and ended up with an emergency C section.

Like I said...Id do it again and again...

Answer 2

Oh, no they don't look to be. Labour starts off off like era pains...however the extra you dilate, the greater your contractions get. It sounds like a extensive hand is squeezing your uterus very very puzzling, on the two factors; as nicely, a large number of ladies persons have backache labour, the place the soreness is so severe which you would be able to't undergo to be touched, won't be able to undergo to lie right down to be examined, all you're able to do is gasp your way via that variety of soreness, every time thinking "i will not be able to take any further". For me, pushing replaced into puzzling artwork, felt such as you have been attempting to bypass a soccer out! At this degree of transport, there may well be a small perineal tear, so with a view to dodge this, midwives oftentimes make a small decrease, to permit the newborn's head extra area. .you at the instant are not in all probability attentive to this being painful till afterwards. Contractions are the toughest section; once you get to eight centimetres, they are coming one on top of the different and lasting some minute each, and that's extremely, very hard then. you experience such as you will in no way get away from the soreness - after which, unexpectedly, the midwife says to you "ok. With the subsequent contraction, you are able to start pushing" and you do. And unexpectedly you experience the newborn slipping out.....and after the soreness, the exhilaration. You ignore how puzzling this is been.

Answer 3

That depends on a lot of things. How prepared you are for birth. Your body and the size of the baby. My first was 8 1/2 pounds and hurt like nothign I had ever experienced. My second however at well over 9 pounds was a breeze. When your time comes you just need ot make sure you haev someone there whos SOLE reason to be there is to help you. Try childbirth education classes although they don't always help either. Your age and maturity level will help determine it as well. How well you handle stress and pain.

Answer 4

I can't help but laugh... I went through the same thing after watching a video of a birth in health class in high school. I NEVER wanted kids after watching that trauma!

However, I'm 6 months pregnant now and I've got the mindset that anything can happen during delivery, but women have been doing this for thousands of years, and if THEY can do it, I should be just fine.

No matter what, we have all kinds of medications and technologies that haven't always been available. I'm going to aim to have a natural birth, but it's nice to know that if I feel like it's unbearable or something goes wrong, I have options to make it more comfortable.

I just like the idea of doing it on my own with very little medical intervention.

ALL moms have said the same thing to me, "No matter how bad your labor story is, you always forget the pain as soon as you hold the baby." Most women have more than one, so I'm assuming it can't be that terrible if they're willing to do it all over again!

Answer 5

It's really the labor that hurts,and there are always pain meds. Those things make it much easier!

Childbirth is not the most painful thing I've experienced actually. I had a pinched nerve in my groin that caused some serious pain in my leg. I remember joking at the time that I'd rather give birth 5 times over than to have to deal with that kind of pain again.

Don't let the fear of pain keep you from having children. Our bodies are built for childbirth, you can handle it....women do it every day. :)

Answer 6

The way I look at childbirth is it can't be that bad if people go back and do it again and again. I think the labout is pretty rough in it's later stages but the actual birth isn't too bad. And look what you get at the end of it. I had two births without any pain assistance, and am due in late June. Again I plan to have a drug free pregnancy.

Answer 7

It hurts pretty darn bad! But the neat thing is, after you give birth, you pretty much forget all about it the minute you see your baby's face! And, if you have a "normal" vaginal birth, often you feel back to normal very quickly. I was up and walking around a few days later, and withing a couple weeks I felt great. I did have a broken tailbone, but that's a very rare complication! Don't worry!

Maybe having you see her in pain and not wanting kids was her exact purpose!!! She is trying to teach you the hard way not to have sex!

Answer 8

of course it hurts, but it is all worth it and the pain stops as soon as you deliver! remember you can have drugs to help with the pain if it gets too much to handle.
I had appendicitis when i was younger and i thought that was more painful!
Every birth is different and so you won't know how you will cope-you could find it easy!
I thought i would be screaming for pain-relief medications but I found it all very manageable, did not use any pain relief, and enjoyed the whole experience.
don't let the thought of the pain put you off having children!

Answer 9

I'm only 20 but this is the reason I'm on birth control and do not mess it up!

I'm TERRIFIED of child birth. I want the belly and the baby growing in me...just let it stay in there. haha.

I'm very very scared of stitches and that goes with child birth so child birth makes me face 2 of my 3 fears. (the other fear is airbags)

I've heard stories and seen shows of child birth and OMG! OUCH!

My brothers girlfriend told me about her labour and oh my....I didn't even kiss my boyfriend for about a month or two after that....I was just like "get away from me child birth kills"
I was really freaked out.

the worst part is I want 3 children....but I refuse to take drugs....so I'm gonna be crying and screaming....


anyway I think it hurts like hell but is worth it. Children are so amazing!

Answer 10

The worst part is just when the baby is coming out. Epidurals help a lot, I hear.

I have a tough time answering these questions. I was in labor a long time (23 hours), but since the baby never descended and I subsequently had a c-section, I never actually went through the worst part of it. That is not a picnic either, BTW.