Are you ALWAYS honest when a woman asks you if giving birth really hurts?

Question

i don't lie i'm quite honest about it, but should i be a bit more considerate if asked again LOL?

Answer 1

Yes i tell the truth as well. My delivery didn't hurt it was the labor in my right side and yes it hurt like he**.

Answer 2

Oh i don't dance around that it hurt like h**l! why lie they are gonna find out anyway that it hurts.

Answer 3

I tell anyone who asks it hurt before I got the epidural, then I just read a book and talked to my mom until it was time to push.

Answer 4

Yes im always honest. No labour is the same so my story is just an insight to what goes on but i loved my labour and i never listened to horror storys ppl told me whilst i was pregnant

Answer 5

I always tell it hurt like h**l when i had a c-section. Why lie? It hurts to have a kid, whoever thinks it don't must can't feel nothing.

Answer 6

Of course, what's the point of lying?

Answer 7

First off I always start with every birth is different everyone woman is different so no one will ever experience the same thing they will have to know for themselves. so I just tell them yes it hurt but it's a short while before all is forgotten when you see the baby in your arms you forget that you were in that much pain. That way they know it's painful but there is something better in the end to look forward to so they don't freak out and get scared they get excited about the future to come.

Answer 8

Yes, But i also tell them how amazingly wonderfull it is too.

Answer 9

I am truthful about MY labor experience. They are all different, so you should never prepare yourself from someone else's experience!!! Be open and ready for anything...because anything and everything will happen...and if you plan for one thing, the other will happen :)

Answer 10

I have a twin sister and she is undecided as to whether or not she wants children. I am her only sister so i really want her to have children then i can be an aunt so i really play it down and say its really not that bad. I also think she would live to regret her decision so i don't want to put her off. I will be there for the birth if she does decide to have children so i can spend the whole time apologising for lying :)

Answer 11

I'm always honest, because I feel my answer will always prepare someone for the worst so they'll actually be pleasantly surprised when they pop the baby out in 6 hours with just gas and air! My labour and delivery was extraordinarily difficult, painful, and resulted in many post-labour complications, so it's highly unlikely that many people would be as unlucky as to go through the same thing.

Also, if I'm honest, I get a little sick to death of women on here banging on and on about it being "the most natural thing in the world" and how they'd "do it again in a heartbeat". Those are the people who have had relatively ok experiences, and I think there needs to be a counter balance!

Answer 12

I always tell the truth and appreciated people telling me too however I always stress to everyone that each experience is different.

Answer 13

yes but say in the end its a joy

Answer 14

Dont think ive ever been asked that question...... ;-)

edit - oooo you ladies so brutal with your thumbs down  to ickle old me sob ;-)

Answer 15

i am always honest about it when someone asks me. My labor wasnt painful (i got an epidural) the most pain i was in was after labor when i was trying to sit up, move around, and use the restroom...i was stitched in 3 places down there.. but my labor didnt hurt a bit and i was in labor 16 hours.

id tell the truth if someone asked me, either way their still going to have their own experience eventually if they decide to have kids so it doesnt really matter if it hurt you, it may not hurt them.

Answer 16

I'm honest but not brutal. That the key!!

I say, yes it does hurt, but it's a different kind of pain, not like 'OMFG I fell off the bed and broke both my legs' pain =))

Then in the next breath I tell them about gas and air and epidurals...

Answer 17

Yes, I'm honest. But, I think some of the women I talked to before giving birth were exaggerating! Yes, the labor was painful, but it wasn't the "I'm about to die!" pain that women told me about.