Pain in Labor

Peggy O'Mara
12 min readMay 23, 2023

Tried and true non-drug labor soothers

Photo by RyanJLane

It’s safe to say that the №1 worry for most pregnant women is pain during labor. Secretly, you ask yourself,

“Will I be able to handle it?”

But it’s hard to know if you’ll be able to handle something you’ve never experienced before, especially when the cultural messages about birth in the US do not inspire confidence.

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Peggy O'Mara

Peggy O’Mara is an award winning journalist. She was the Editor and Publisher of Mothering Magazine for over 30 years. Her focus is Family, Health, and Justice.