How much pain?

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Originally posted by Nothing But Net
because they will tell you there is no worse pain than childbirth.

I don't know what causes the most pain, but I can tell you that childbirth MUST be on the list of top 5. I would think, though, that the actual birth is just part of it. The labor leading up to it is excrutiating, IME.

When I had my little boy I experienced 15 hours of labor, all without pain meds or epidural. I did it this way for personal reasons, but it was moot. It wasn't until I was ready to deliver that I was told I needed to have a Caesarian. Of course, they pumped me full of drugs for the C Section and gave me a spinal block. After the birth I had spinal headaches for 2 weeks. Ugh.

Also, though a bit off topic, my son was born a couple hours after the WTC was attacked.

(I apologize in advance if that was too much information. )