Did Mary experience labor pains?
Genesis 3:16
16 To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband’s power, and he shall have dominion over thee.
John 16:21
21 A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
1 Timothy 2:15
15 Yet she shall be saved through childbearing; if she continue in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.
Catholic view (generated):
Catholic tradition generally holds that Mary's childbirth was painless due to her status as the Mother of God, in fulfillment of the belief in her perpetual virginity and the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. This belief is not explicitly stated in scripture but is based on theological reflections emphasizing Mary's unique role in salvation history. Ultimately, the question of whether Mary experienced labor pains is a matter of theological interpretation and belief.