What does giving birth feel like ... exactly like depression. That’s why postnatal depression isn’t identified in half of all cases: because it’s so hard to tell the difference.

Thankfully, there are ways to manage childbirth pain (such as epidurals and breathing exercises) and make it more tolerable.

The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) called for research to determine why ... pain is inescapable whether through normal delivery or CS. “Every woman was created with the ability to give birth.