Another thing I didn't know was that the pushing is actually a good feeling, there is a lot of pressure down below when baby is crowning, and once you start pushing through the contractions you can't really feel them (I couldn't anyway).. Also when Odhrán was being delivered, I expected a completely different pain down there, it's more of a chinese burn feeling, my mw done so much that I wouldn't have even asked for, she was pouring ice cold water down there when I was pushing until Odhráns head was out, it was the most soothing thing I could have had, I will ask for this next time it helped me push harder and longer xx