What is labour and childbirth really like?

I have not gone through one myself but have read a few blog posts that captured the labour process. Was finding these posts to help encourage my friend so thought to share those posts here as well: http://pastureliving.blogspot.com/2015/03/second-pregnancy-birth-story-and.html http://cheeserland.com/2016/05/my-baby-2/ http://fourfeetnine.com/2015/03/23/labor-part-deux/ mostly posts from mummies at their second pregnancy as my friend was having her second baby.