One word to describe how it felt.
Hell.
I was screaming for an epi but it was too late.
Was a short labour but god was it painful, nothing like i'd ever felt before...
But as soon as your baby is born your overwhelmed with love for your child and all the pain and trauma of the past however many hours is gone and you know it was all worth it
(i never had a water birth, my auntie did though and she said it was marvellous and thepain was so much less than with her first

)

xxx