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Originally Posted by MidasGirl 
I think pain during childbirth is actually nature's way of controlling population. Think about it, if giving birth were as pleasurable as the sex that produced that baby, we'd be at trillions of humans and animals.
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Have you seen the statistics on population???
[/QUOTE]Another point to consider, apparently being birthed is said to be one of the most traumatic events the baby goes through. Being expunged through that tiny tube can't be funny for that baby, although it's not thought about much.[/QUOTE]
Well evolutionarily speaking ... my three childbirths were painless. I mean come on people epidurals were created for a reason ... why NOT use them? Some wear the badge of natural childbirth like it's the best thing ever ... and it very well could be. Like walking instead of driving a car or writing longhand correspondence instead of hopping on the internets. I'm all for using science in medicine as a tool. And there is still pain involved as with any other mammal ... other animals lick themselves clean and/or eat the placenta and get on with it. We humans are the only ones who whine about it
(joke)
And why is pain being characterized as always "bad"? Piercing and poignant, pain can be a triumph to overcome ... an indicator of great success ... a benchmark for courage ... and a tool for increasing awareness. Physical pain can create major rushes of endorphins ... ask long distance runners.
Point being ... I've experienced child birth three times. When the epidural wore off there was still pain ...and it was powerful. It was almost poetic seeing myself and all the other mothers in the hospital perched in their peach nightgowns; babes suckling at their breasts, being honored by families and doctors and nurses for their courage and love in bringing new life in the world.
Then again ... I'm quite a paradoxical chick and I choose to see what can always be gleaned from experience. Giving birth to my sweet babygirls was the most illuminating and powerful experience of my life.