when you are pregnant how does labor pain feel?

what part hurts , i mean i asked my mom how it feels and she said that you can't feel the pain while your giving birth you can just feel movement down there , then she said that the thing that hurts the worse is the Contractions . i really want to have a baby but i honestly DON'T take pain good at all , So i really want a baby , but i am just terribly scared of what the pain is gonna feel like , and i also would want to have an epidural but then i scared of needles , so i am kinda torn , but in the end , it would be ALL WORTH IT !!! <3