Afghani Childbirth

Yesterday, my Afghani student was assuring me that childbirth is easy. In Afghanistan, the doctors also insist on doing C-sections. I gather it is because they are so busy that they try to schedule everyone's deliveries. Alia, however, absolutely refused to have a C-section. Instead, she went into the hospital, had her baby naturally, and went home. I asked if this was normal. Yes, she assured me, any woman who has a natural childbirth will only spend a few hours in the hospital. In fact, just last week her sister-in-law went to the hospital at 1 pm and left at 4 pm. With her new baby. I'm not sure what I think about this. Clearly, Afghani women are much stronger than I will ever be.