The greatest pain for me honestly is probably watching my husband suffer with a progressive degenerative disease that will never improve and will slowly steal his life. I can honestly that that childbirth and everything else pales compared to watching that happen. I've had kids without epidurals, I've broken bones, I've had a tooth pulled with no novocaine, but none of that truly hurts compared to living with the pain of each day and watching your spouse deteriorate. It's not something I usually speak of, but for me that would have to be it.