To me, the first is kind of true anyway - otherwise no woman would willingly give birth to more than one child. Your brain is very good at brushing distressing things under the carpet, so trying to remember exactly how painful something was is pretty difficult. You can say, “Being in labour for 26 hours was agony.” but it’s almost like a dream a few days after the fact. And I’m okay with that. I’d be far more concerned about having a false memory of something. I find the whole idea of false memories quite disturbing - even though your brain has created a kind of false memory regarding how painful the giving birth was. The thought of me having ‘imagined’ a whole (distressing) event is more than a bit frightening.