Is Childbirth Really The Most Painful Thing Or Is It Exaggerated?

@ poster, honestly yes it is painful but another way its an experience that most women cant be able to explain cause at that moment all you want is deliver the baby so i cant really say. but after the pain subsides. Another thing is most women are LAZY( they dont do any form exercise during pregnancy) and when they get to the labour room it seems like the whole world is coming to an end. My dear pain is part of life so dont be sacred to get pregnant its a good thing.
Also when u get preg. try to be having more sex, it helps. peace

what of kidney stones, huh?

@ OMOIBO, wat do u mean if i remember very well i can see u MALE not female,  all the posts are from mothers not those who dont know anything about child-birt. i dont think there is anyone who has contributed that has not had a baby,  but so be the case they dont know then.
  Personally 2000 when i had my first baby most of my female freinds ask me how it was TO ME its an experience that i CANT explain. caue at the moment i felt differnt things at the same time. NO ONE IS A KID HERE.
   So mind your post,

Im praying seriously to get married and become pregnant immediately. i'm not scared by what some women are saying that child birth is painful. afterall my mother did it for seven good times. so if it is that painful, she shouldn't have gone up to seven times. i like some posters that really encouraged would-be mothers like us that it is not a big deal, labour pain has been there and will continue to be there. we all came through that process and must exprience it too.lol

@ toppiano true talk, for me it wasn't like expected it,  most people over exaggerate it.

I believe childbirth is the most important painful thing in this whole wide world. Its easily done without forcing someone into it. What I mean is that, you get impreginated easily by enjoying the most lovely and passionate things about being pregnant. When in labour (delievry time), you find it difficult to release what is about coming out of you which is the opposite way of grabbing it easily. Thereby, becoming a path-way leading to death, some may even lead to barrines and some may lead to ailness that associated with delivering. I am giving it a second thought, parherps adoption would better in Nigeria this days 'cos am afraid of loosing the greatest partner of my life (my dearest wife). Life would be nothing without her. (Love You Mamma Cita).

I think childbirth and renal stone are about the same, painwise

I was  talking to my mother,she says its painful but you

get brakes in between contraptions so its not as bad

Also theres something to push out,so its not just pain for nothing.



Shes had kidney stones too.

@poster thanks for the topic.

 It is a very interesting topic and educative for future mothers.
I think it is one of the painful experience a woman have to go through,but like other mothers the joy is in having the baby well and alive cos some still gothrough the pain and end up  looseing the baby.I think that those of us who have gone through the pain should try as much as possible not overemphasize or (over exaggerate) in other not to scare the future mothers from getting pregnant cos if i had read this before i don't think i would have agreed with my husband in making babies. I guess we should encourage the pregnant women and yet to be mothers to having babies and also share with them the positive side of it cos in as much we go through pains, we dont go through it for the complete 9months.
You know when i was pregnant with my first child, i remember how sad i was cos i wasn't ready for it. But thank God my elder sister and my sisters inlaw where always there telling me what to do and what not to do together with my hubby's love and care i was able to pull through not. I don't think i experienced as much pain as its being painted here.

During my days of pregnancy, i enrolled in a gym house and with my hubby's support i was always going for the exercise classes even when i fill tired  he will always trick me into going somehow.Always going to the hospital with me for anti-natas and when it seems like am forgetting  something he will always remember, it was as if he was more interested in the baby than i was.Takes me out and makes sure i was never lonely even in the office i felt pampered by both senior and junior colleagues.
I was always keeping myself busy with my house chores-we divided it between ourselves cos i didn't want a househelp cos it would have made me lazy.With all these during my pregnancy i was able to give birth without much pain cos i was strong and very active. My first child is a boy and i only laboured for 2hrs 30mins and the second are  my two beautiful girls and i spent about 5 hrs in the labour room and it was all a natural birth,no pain relief and my husband witnessed the two.

After the first one, it becomes relatively less painful and easy. So you can have 10 if you wish. 

hmmmmmmmn

sometimes i get really scared you know 

helo female nairalanders, childbirth is not as painful as it sounds,even though its different 4 every1. its sweeter n relieving wen u hear your baby cry. its a nice xperience. i know u will like to xperience it. goodluck n remove fear.

There lots of children that are in motherless baby home, so u could help yourself out.
A saying goes 'Ikoko to ba maje ata idi e a koko gbona'. idi yi most 2 gbona

It is painful and tiring.  I have twins and I pushed them out, so you can imagine. Thank God for epidural!

I wouldn't think so, otherwise, all the 13 or 14 year old girls
wouldn't risk indulging in sex. I thing rape is the most painful thing a woman
can go through as it will stay in her mind for the rest of her life.