I had orgasmic labour.
I was having amazing (unsexy) waves of feeling when contractions were happening. It totally rocked!
I don't often mention it, for fear of upsetting other mothers, who maybe didn't have any pleasure in their labours, but I enjoyed the labour, and riding those waves.
I suppose I would describe the pleasure akin to the feeling you get with a good sneeze, or the pleasure from having a good poo. So not very sexual, but very pleasurable none the less.
I think the Judaeo / Christian / Muslim mind is conditioned to think of the body (and especially a woman's body) as inherently disgusting and shameful, and our sense of pleasure and wonder is diminished because of that mis-belief.
As a Buddhist, we are taught that Buddha nature indwells in all sentient beings, and therefore there is no need for disgust at the body, or shame of its natural functions, including arousal.
When I was breastfeeding I would have milk let down at random moments - not just when thinking of my baby, or feeding her.
When I was pregnant I had many spontaneous orgasms, and a very high libido.
It would be interesting to read of Animist / Shaman beliefs about and experiences of birth and whether their feeling of revulsion and disgust with the idea of natural orgasms during birth is the same as most 'prudish' readers of this newspaper article have expressed...
This article in the paper has a curious angle I think - to make woman feel inadequate (yet again) about their bodies and their experience, and I hope no one is feeling upset that I enjoyed my labour, pregnancy and breastfeeding let down, if they did not.
I think it is important to remember, that these reported orgasms are not 'rubbish', or false. They are a valid experience of some women, and should be respected as such.