Childbirth is painful - shock horror report

A report from researchers at Newcastle University reveals that New mothers are often shocked at the "intensity" of the agony they experience in Labour. Apparently "unrealistic" expectations led many women to believe that they wouldn't need pain relief.

I am amazed that this is news to researchers; I have been reading for many years that new mothers think that there was a "conspiracy of silence" between the medical profession and existing mothers over the sheer agony of giving birth. As one mother of just the one baby said to me, if women knew how painful it was going to be they wouldn't get pregnant.