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[quote=Anonymous]For me it wasn't so much excruciating pain as exhaustion. It went on for like 24 hours and with no sleep, not eating, etc, I was just plain worn out. I also had to do a lot of pushing (think like 3 hours) so for me it was exhaustion more than anything.

If you have done physical exercise like running, hiking, climbing, etc. you will know at one point in the exercise it feels like your body is screaming "I can't do this" but if you keep going it becomes obvious that your body can do this, and in fact is doing it. And when you stop you instantly feel fine--you are not being injured. So a lot of it is a mind game more than anything else, I think: your body complains and says "I can't do it" but in fact it can.

Also, because contractions build up and get more intense over time your "tolerance" to it can build as well.

I'm not going to lie--it wasn't my favorite thing ever and I don't look forward to doing it again. But it, for me, was totally doable and I preferred it to what a medicated birth would involve.[/quote]

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