Is childbirth as painful to animals as it is to humans?

Question

I don't have any knowlege of the area. It may not even be an answerable question. I just thought I would ask.

Answer 1

Both animals and humans get contractions, thats what hurts the most, yeah the head's are going to hurt too but I think animals also feel pain.

Animals can't tell us they are hurting so us as ignoranus humans think they feel nothing.

Answer 2

possibly the first time and maybe second but after that really only the first one to come out might hurt but then they should all just slip right out. but im not sure what i've seen it seemed like that but im not them and i can't tell if they are thinking "OW HOLY FING SH*T" or  "are they out yet?"

Answer 3

Yes, they just don't whine about it as much.

Answer 4

Yea

Answer 5

Well it largely depends on which animal. From what can be observed, the birth of LARGE mammals sometimes seem painless to us. I've seen a giraffe give birth to a large calf and shown little to no signs of pain.

On the other hand, the tasmanian devil, gives birth to a tiny pea sized pup and it screams half to death during labor. So even though it certainly shows that animals experience pain in labor, it shows that size isn't neccessarily the main determinant of pain.

Answer 6

honetly about the same some are worse than others after all a spotted hyena gives birth through a birth cannal like a p***s and a kiwi bird lays an egg the exact same size as itself.

Answer 7

It is as painful in humans with no exceptions.

Answer 8

I live on a permaculture farm, and have hundred of animals born on my farm every year.  I've also spent years of my life around exotic animals.

As long as the animal is having no complications, then no, birth is not as painful a process for animals, as it is for humans.  Generally speaking animals are having a much smaller baby, in terms of relative size.

A 130 pound human mother will give birth to a 7 pound infant

A 200 pound gorilla mother will give birth to a 4 pound infant (and that is a completely full term, full sized gorilla infant).

Animals have to have quicker and relatively painless births, or the predators would find them and eat all the babies, and birthing mothers.

~Garnet

Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years

Active wildlife study over 40 years

Answer 9

My pet/friend Monkey told me yes       (duhh!(

Answer 10

Childbirth is more painful to humans because we walk upright, which requires a different hip structure than most other mammals.  This makes the pelvic cavity smaller and technically not even big enough for the baby's head (which is why human babies have soft heads when they are born).

This is obviously just a very crude and quick explanation, so to all the "experts" who try to clarify or "correct" what I am saying, I am completely aware that I didn't use proper terminology or explain as thoroughly as I could have.

Answer 11

No.  The main pain of human birth is due to the over sized head.  In fact, once the head is out most of the pain is over, the rest of the body is almost boneless and very flexible.

Human childbirth may not be as painful as modern societies make it out to be anyway.  I have seen several births in poor Latin American countries and none of then had the drama and screaming north americans think is normal.

A part of the problem seems to be the method of having the woman lying flat on her back and preventing the use of most of her strength during delivery.  This slows everything down and prolongs the worse parts.