Natural or Epidural birth?

That's really a hugely personal decision. To each his own :) I had all three of mine without any drugs but they weren't as readily available when I had my children.

I went natural with all 5.

first birth was natural. after going through that stupid decision, my last child was pain shots AND epidural. LOL

I had epidurals with all three of mine, but the last one didn't take and it screwed up my back, too. It hurt like hell without the epidural (because I was induced, too) but with the back issues, I don't know if it is worth it or what I will do with the next baby.

"after going through that stupid decision, my last child was pain shots AND epidural. LOL"

LOL! I was going to add that if they'd given me drugs I'd have taken them in a heartbeat.

I WENT NATURAL WITH MY FIRST AND WITH MY SECOND I WILL BE DOING THE SAME.. NOT BECAUSE IMMA STRONG WOMEN AND I NEED TO PROVE MY WORTH... IM PARANOID AND DON'T WANT MY BABY TO BE DRUGGED. I DON'T WANT TO TRUST THE DRUG I JUST LIKE THE FACT THAT IN MY HEAD I DIDNT HURT MY BABY. IT'S PROBABLY HARMLESS BUT NO CHANCES ARE TAKEN WHEN IT COMES TO MY CHILD'S HEALTH. I HOPE I DON'T SOUND STUPID. I KNOW PPL WHO DIDN'T GO THROUGH WITH NATURAL BIRTH AND BABIES CAME OUT SUPER HEALTHY. IT'S JUST ME.

1st epidural worked perfectly, 2nd didn't work and had to ask for shots. 3rd was all natural w/o anything except an understanding husband and 911 operator that turned out to be my cousin. You would have thought I was a sailor. lol If after 30 years there's a #4, I'm demanding 2 epidurals just in case #1 doesn't work.

Why would you want a natural birth ??
Why would you want a medicated birth ??

What do you want/not want and why ?


For myself, I won't ever choose drugs or any unnecessary interventions (even vaginal exams, etc) because of the unnecessary risks. No need for that, too many safer wonderful options.
:-)

Natural for me.

Define natural. I delivered vaginally but needed help to control the pain. I still delivered a baby and didn't have a c-section. As it turned out my daughter had the cord around her neck when I went into a contraction and the cord stressed and snapped at her belly button site. The doctors had never seen this before and were thankful that I was already doped up. Her Apgar scores were 2, 4 & 7. She was very blue and I knew there were problems but the drugs helped take the edge off of the entire situation. She was born at about 6:30 pm and I didn't get to see her until almost 3 AM. I am very glad I had the epidural and all the other drugs they gave me because if I didn't have them I would have been in worse emotional shape than I was already in.