I have always been very curious to know the difference between endometriosis pain and pregnancy pain. After I heal from my surgery on Thursday I will be trying to get pregnant. I would like to know what to expect when it comes to labor pain. It may sound weird but I feel like once I go though labor I can more accurately describe my pain level to people. I can say that it feels like someone is stabbing my right ovary with a dull red hot icepick but I have never actually been stabbed so, I do not technically know what that feels like, it is all my imagination. I have never experienced anything that comes even remotely close to the type of pain you and I live with, so when people ask what it feels like or the pain level I always feel like people think I am over reacting. I have heard so many times that I have a low pain tolerance and I am sick of it!!! So, I have a strange curiosity to know the pain of labor to be able to compare. What do you think?? How was your labor pain compared to your endometriosis pain?

My labor went relatively quick and I had an epidural. I'd rate labor before the epidural on the same scale as my endo pain, except I knew it would be over much quicker than the endo pain. Even if it's a long labor, it's a lot less of a duration than the pain I had when I got my period.

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I have always been very curious to know the difference between endometriosis pain and pregnancy pain. After I heal from my surgery on Thursday I will be trying to get pregnant. I would like to know what to expect when it comes to labor pain. It may sound weird but I feel like once I go though labor I can more accurately describe my pain level to people. I can say that it feels like someone is stabbing my right ovary with a dull red hot icepick but I have never actually been stabbed so, I do not… read more

posted August 8, 2016

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To be honest, I had my daughter naturally, unassisted and drug free and I can tell you, I would choose labour over endo pain ANYDAY!!

posted September 21, 2018

2 kids checking in. My first I pushed for 2 straight hours then had an emergency c-section. I've always said my endo pain was much worse than labor but no one believed me! Thank you everyone for justifying my feelings!

posted June 5, 2018

I would have a hundred babies to one month living with endo. When your in labor you know it will stop where as with endo pain you know when it subsides it will just be back..

posted June 5, 2018

Let’s just say labor was nothing compared to endo ( IMO)

posted June 9, 2019

I'm excited to find out. lol My boy is due in August and everyone keeps telling me that I'll need an epidural and I'm like "Umm....10 years of endo, I think I got this." lol

posted June 5, 2018

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