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[quote=Anonymous]The poster who is arguing that women shouldn't think or be told they need pain relief in order to handle labor: I don't think you understand what happens during a pitocin induction. Pitocin (synthetic oxytocin) inhibits the body's production of natural oxytocin. Natural oxytocin is what took the edge off the pain during your unmedicated labor and helped keep it manageable for you (I had this experience myself, so I hear you).

However, if you had been receiving pitocin then it's much less likely you would have been able to manage that level of pain on your own. Meaning, contractions would have felt much more painful to you (Pitocin contractions can be more intense). Even women who don't get any pitocin may also have lowered production of natural oxytocin especially if they are extra stressed or scared (adrenaline and cortisol also interfere with natural oxytocin production).

Epidurals can also be helpful to calm down, get necessary rest during a long labor, and relax a tense pelvic floor. They aren't only for pain management.

I really get what you're trying to say but I think you are looking at it through a very narrow lens of personal experience.[/quote]

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