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i think the pain is neccessary to establish a connection with teh child i mean if you were just dropping out babies with out feeling it 1) that wouldnt envoke the animal instinct to nurture it and 2) you wouldnt feel as connected to the child and wouldnt try as hard to make an effort in its life because no pain no gain...
childbirth is a very delicate process and the pain is an indication of how things are going like with any pain it lets you know where and what is happeing to take the proper measures ...
i read somewhere that it is impossible to remember pain ...you remember the feelings and that ir hurt but the actual pain its self cant be remembered because trhe pain is felt by the nerves not conjured by teh brain and the brain cant resend the signal to the nerves to recreate pain.