As I begged for gentleness in the name of all that was merciful, he explained to me quite calmly that childbirth is painful only because God intended it should be so as a punishment to all women (the falling of Eve and such), and so, obviously, pain connected with any female part related to the process of childbirth, which would include all of them, should be endured to its fullest, with no attempt made towards its alleviation in any way.
