Unmedicated birth is a fairy tale??!!
This is my first baby and need encouragement!!
Tell me your natural birth stories please!! What helped you through labor?
UPDATE~~
Thanks ladies!! It helps so much to hear these stories! I am determined to do this or at least do what I can. Ultimate goal of course is to have a healthy baby and momma so if any intervention is completely necessary I am not going to be devastated, but as long as I keep progressing well I am confident I can do this med free!!





Quoting somuchlove4U: Think about this. How many of those people have actually given birth without medications? They are only saying that because that's all they know. When I get to my computer I'll post some home birth videos. Also you should watch Business of being born. It's on Netflix.

Quoting Lax5: I had 4 non medicated births, it can be done!

I've never had an epidural. I've given birth 5 times. First two were medicated hospital births, with nubain. The third was an induced labor, no pain meds. My last two were homebirths, so obviously no pain meds.
I've never felt the need to have an epidural, nor have I "screamed." Yes, I made noise, it hurts, but no, it was not overwhelming. Breathing, and moaning helped me the most. I'm not one for moving, but I know several other people who said that helped them. I just don't want to be on my back.

These are two of my favorite birthing videos to watch. With my last home birth there was pain and I did scream. With that said though, I'm getting ready to do it again in September. I believe what happened last time is I was trying to "run" from the pain instead of embracing it. If you aren't to far along look into taking a Bradley Method class. We are doing that this time around and it is helping me to prepare for the upcoming birth. I honestly believe in relaxing as much as you can when the time comes. That's what the Bradley method teaches.
This is the link to the movie I told you about. http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70075502?trkid=13462100


I have birth to my second son in a hospital, without an epidural. I had nurses keep saying "tell us when you want your epi" and "are you ready for your epi now?" It made me mad because this time I wasn't losing focus and screaming. Luckily, dh was a good support system for what kind of birth I wanted.
If you want an unmedicated birth, try taking a birthing class that teaches methods for natural pain management such as breathing, massage, and pressure points.
Good luck, it's not a fairy tale :)
- kari_1002
on Jul. 12, 2014 at 8:58 PM