I asked my mother, grandmother, cousin, and aunt, “Was it painful when you gave birth?” Each of them gave a very different answer. The changes in medical standards, societal views, and living conditions over four generations are reflected in their responses. The relationship between mothers and daughters is also vastly different. How do they face the choices they’ve made, and in what way do they choose to relate to their daughters? As a member of this family, I also witnessed the daily interactions in various mother-daughter relationships: between myself and my mother, my mother and my grandmother, my cousin and my aunt.