Childbirth - read details before you respond please.?

My children are 7 and 14 so I'm sure this doesn't meet your criteria, and I also had cesarean sections with both of my children (not my first choice but the only real choice I had), so you may say I didn't actually 'give birth', but I have experienced the pains of labor, which is more than any male can say. I would challenge any man to experience the pains of childbirth for just a few minutes and then say that us women are the 'weaker' sex. Now, I realize that you're not calling women weak, but this is an experience that brings a level of pain that you can't even fathom.

Regardless of advances in the medical field and the medications and technology that is now available compared to, say, 50 years ago, childbirth is still a painful process. Sure, there is pain management that can SOMETIMES be given to help ease the process along, but for those women that give birth naturally, that pain is the same today as it was centuries ago. The only real difference is, instead of women giving birth at home with the assistance of a midwife, or family, or maybe the local doctor if available, hospitals and medical care are more readily available.

I had my two children via C-section; if I could have had them naturally and vaginally, I would have. I did go into labor with my first child, who decided he was going to try entering the world earlier than scheduled. I managed the labor pains tolerably (I have an extremely high tolerance for pain), until I had no choice and the spinal block had to be given for my C-section. The recovery from a C-section...was excruciating. Try walking an hour after your spinal block has worn off, after you've had the muscles in your abdominal wall and uterus incised. My childbirth was a little more than just a trip to the clinic. I commend those women that are able to give birth naturally, knowing the level of pain I was in with my trial of labor and then C-sections.

My mother had four children, each of us delivered naturally without pain medication. Today, after numerous surgeries on her knees, ultimately resulting in complete knee replacements in both knees, still says that childbirth was the most excruciating pain she's ever endured. My mother-in-law had four children as well, each delivered naturally without pain medication. After multiple surgeries from being born with polio, numerous surgeries on her heart, back, knees and feet through the years, she still says childbirth was the most excruciating pain she's ever endured. I would encourage any male to compare the absolute worst pain they've ever experienced, and then liken that to natural childbirth. What many guys fail to realize is, childbirth is not always a quick process. It's not "breaking a bone every couple of minutes for about a minute." My mother was in labor for over 24 hours giving birth to me. My sister was in active labor for over 14 hours with my niece.

And what are you taking about with 'epithelial' and 'novacaine air gas'? Epithelial is a type of tissue. Novocain may be used with a local anesthesia during labor, but it's not a gas. I think you're referring to an epidural anesthesia, and maybe nitrous oxide, which is a gas (what people call 'laughing gas'). You might want to know what you're talking about first.

Excruciating. It's still excruciating, and it's still dangerous. I haven't given birth, but I've witnessed it recently, and I know several women (who've given birth in the past 3 years) who d@mn near died giving birth. No matter what drugs they give you (and they can't always give drugs anyway) you're still pushing a human being out of your genitals. They also can't give the drugs until a specific stage, and not after a specific stage; and remember that contractions & labour can last hours and hours, sometimes more than a day. Just for fun, here's a video of 2 dudes attempting to endure a couple hours of simulated labour: http://jezebel.com/5977894/holy-****-watch-these-g...