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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, assuming this is an honest question, I suggest you educate yourself about the history of obstetrical anesthesia in America.  A superb book is "Deliver Me From Pain," a fascinating and accessible medical-social history.  There are plenty of other excellent books, such as "Gentle Birth," "Immaculate Deception," "Orgasmic Birth," and "Pushed."

As someone who has had one late epidural and seven unmedicated births, who is looking forward to her third blissful homebirth, I urge every mother-to-be to learn as much as possible about the physiology and psychology of birth.  When women experience birth in privacy, with loving support and respect, they often experience the greatest moments of pleasure in their entire lives.  There are benefits to the baby and the mother when birth is allowed to unfold unmedicated, as the body's custom-made hormone cocktail works to ease the baby out with just the right mixture of work ("labor") and rest.

In many countries, throughout history, birth was not feared or experienced as torturously painful.  A lot of work, yes, but also blissful, gorgeous, celebrated.  It is a shame many women miss out on that experience. [b] Every woman deserves to birth surrounded by love, deference, and respect.[/quote][/b]

I had all of these things with my medicated labor and ultimate c-section. I bonded with my DH and my baby. I look back on that time as perfect, b/c the end result was my gorgeous, healthy daughter. To me that is all that matters.

That this is even a subject of concern in that others are opining on others' birth experiences -or how respected they felt during giving birth- just baffles me. It is a luxury women in this country have. And, I find it odd. And a little gross.[/quote]

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