"A midwife said that swearing was very common on the delivery ward," says Dr. Stephens who witnessed Mrs. Stephens utter a few cuss words while in labor. "This really got me thinking about whether swearing affects pain directly and lead to this research."
Interesting.........not sure it required a full research study, and how they determined that yes, swearing does lessen pain, but I have certainly heard it all during the process of labor and birth!!! Dh says all I would say over and over was 'Owwiie, owwie, owwieeeeee'!!!lol
I'd be interested in seeing more doula and L&D nurses comments on this :) I made an effort in my labor's to pray rather than curse, and it worked out pretty well!
