I do know that many, many women these days have epidurals done these days where they feel nothing or very little of the actual birth, need additional assistance during the birthing process because it kills the muscles required to give birth, and have to been wheeled out of the delivery room on gurneys. When I gave birth to my youngest, I got up and used the restroom a few minutes later, and all of the nurses were staring at me, saying I was the first they'd seen walk right after birth in a very long time.