04/15/2026
As a doula, it is very often I hear the “pain tolerance” thing when a mom is trying to decide if unmedicated is the right way for her.
I always put it this way.
Your pain tolerance to every pain you’ve experienced before is going to be completely different to the pain of childbirth because childbirth is actually biological. Kidney stones, toothaches, broken bones and migraines are NOT.
When your baby is ready to be born, your body will provide natural pain management, hormones like oxytocin, and endorphins will help manage the pain. However this hormones don’t survive very well in stressful situations.
Other type of pain don’t come with these hormones..
In order for these hormones to work, you have to understand what is happening during birth, we have to prepare for the sensations and practice decision making. Other way, the experience can turn into a nightmare.
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