Video: Watch: Chinese hospital gives men a taste of childbirth pain A group of male volunteers were given the chance to experience childbirth at a hospital in China. Using pads that carry electric shocks, nurses strapped the equipment above the mens' abdomens to simulate the pain of childbirth. Nurses could alter the strength of the shock on a scale of 1 to 10. One volunteer said: "it felt really painful. I feel like giving birth to a child is actually really not that easy. It felt like my heart and lungs were being ripped apart. I can't even describe how painful it was.