The mother of two who masturbated during labour - and says more women should do it too because it is the best way to relieve the pain of giving birth

'My second baby's birth was remarkably more empowering then then my first'

Angela Gallo was in the grips of labour.

Contractions surged through her body and she felt 'fragile, helpless and overwhelmed' - but in that moment, she decided to masturbate.

While many would be shocked by this, Mrs Gallo insists that 'clitoral stimulation' worked as a natural pain relief and made the transition stage of childbirth more manageable.

So convinced that all women should be doing this, the 30-year-old has written a very frank and revealing on the subject, which she has shared with FEMAIL.

While it is not uncommon for women to orgasm during childbirth, having an orgasm during labour as a non-sexual form of pain relief is a taboo topic rarely spoken about.

Mrs Gallo told Daily Mail Australia that is one of the reasons she chose to share her story.

While it is not uncommon for women to orgasm during childbirth, having an orgasm during labour as a non-sexual form of pain relief is a taboo topic rarely spoken about.

Mrs Gallo told Daily Mail Australia that is one of the reasons she chose to share her story.

Best form: mother-of-two Angela Gallo has spoken out about how masturbation works as a natural pain relief

'Something I'm particularly passionate about is choices in childbirth,' she said.

The birthing photographer, from Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, said women in mainstream birth cultures were limited with their pain relief options - with an epidural, gas or nothing at all being the main choices.

Mrs Gallo described her first birth as 'highly medicalised' and she underwent an epidural that left her feeling out of control of her body.

In her second labour, through masturbation she was able to have a birth free of medical interventions. It lasted for six hours as compared to her first labor which went for 45 hours.