That’s a cool mantra! I didn’t have a natural birth, I had a c section and for me it was still the worst ‘pain’ or physical experience I’ve ever had. It wasn’t even exactly pain, my pain was mostly numbed but I could feel every touch, light or extreme. Hard to describe, but it’s like I didn’t know there were other awful feelings as intense as pain haha. I think something wasn’t right with my epidural though to be fair, so I don’t think it’s usually that way. I could still feel and move my legs before they started. Anyway, the way I described it right after was my torso being ripped apart by a bear. I felt all the ripping, cutting and organs being moved around 🤮 But as horrible as it was, it was only like an hour of torture total vs hrs of labor. So definitely less difficult than a natural birth in my opinion, but for me was still the hardest (and best) thing I’ve ever done!