I had a natural water birth, no tearing, and the
pain was barely noticeable. A lot of people say how they had massive
pain when weeing and pooing after birth for the first time, but the hospital gave me Ural which takes the acidity out of the wee, and it just felt normal, no pain whatsoever. As for the bowel movements, I took stool softener in the hospital and honestly, NO PAIN at all when doing it!