AS woman's childbirth labor - Pain or No Pain?

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This just struck me as kinda funny, and made me remember the terror of being in labor.
No one could give birth if it was a voluntary act.
That's the terror of it. It's completely, I mean COMPLETELY out of your control.
Aspies like to have control.
This is the biggest, longest loss of control possible.
Twenty seven hours.
With an epidural at hour sixteen.
Seemed a better choice than killing myself or dying of fright!!

Having given birth, I concur.

UNfortunately, since I know that SEX is what started it all, I've pretty much given up on that too.
We can send a man to the moon.....

Where is my 100% contraceptive?

I found labour hurt a fair bit but wasn't screaming just crying and asking for pain relief. I didn't have an epidural because the staff didn't think it necessary - they said just hang on a little bit longer because you're very close to having your baby.

If anybody did that stupid breathing thing like some men do in movies when they're "helping" their partner, I would have been cross and told them to leave me alone. Someone who was in the hospital the second time said I seemed to withdraw into myself.

Gosh the pain was incredible. I felt it through my whole body. It was all encompassing and yes I still remember it. I couldn't stand it any longer and had an epi after about 8 hours with my second. With both my two I had emergency cs and preferred the cs pain than labour. I want another bub but I am going to have a cs once I go into labour or waters break.

Hospitals make me nervous as well. I remember too well when my nana died and being around sick people really affects me. I can calm those thoughts if I need to but don't like it.

I was too scared to have an epidural because of reading about all the things that could go wrong with one.