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[quote=Anonymous] Natural means without any medical intervention at all. That means out of hospital, no blood transfusion, no sutures, nothing. It can mean a birthing pool, or whatever non-medical aids to birth people wish to use. Unmedicated means no medication. People understand "no pain meds", but occasionally laboring mothers need other medication than pain meds, such as steroids to mature the lungs of premature newborns. I had two pain med-free births in hospital. As a shorthand, I have said "natural", but that's actually wrong. I was stitched up, given steroid shots for DC1's premature birth, given IV fluids, etc. [/quote]
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