Can you describe the feeling when the baby crowns in the delivery process? and how long does the pain from having the head crown last, for hours or minutes? is that what causes stretching and need for stitches if tears?

Child birth: Most women would say that when the baby's head crowns, in the absence of anesthesia, the feeling is pretty awful! Without an epidural, most women describe pretty significant burning. With an epidural, the feeling is more like a "pressure". If the birth is well controlled, often the skin of the perineum can be stretched to allow the head can be delivered without tearing or stitches.