Although giving birth is something 90 per sent of women will experience, women`s views on the subject are often eclipsed by the opinion of "experts". today a pregnant women will learn how her body is changing and how her baby is developing. she may he taught how to breathe, or given a series of drills for coping with contraction, but seldom, if ever, will she be on the receiving end of the kind of childbirth wisdom that those who have already given birth possess.