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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, this topic has been done to death, dug up and done again...

I had two med-free births because I wanted to experience labor/delivery fully (yes, even the pain) and have the best shot at avoiding a C-section. The first labor was great, the second was much harder, but I'd still skip the epidural if I had another one. I really don't care what anybody else does, as long as they are making an educated decision rather than just being terrified by people going "IT HURTS SO MUCH, YOU *NEED* AN EPIDURAL." If you want one, have one, but don't tell other people *they* can't do it without one. Clearly the experience is different for different people. To each her own.[/quote]

Again, you are not responding with factual information, [b]refusing an epidural does not decrease nor increase the chance of a C-section[/b]. The educated decision is that there is a safe prudent medical solution to the pain of child birth. Refusing to use it is pure ignorance and has been perpetuated by a community of ignorant people who don't have the education, knowledge or capacity to even speak or talk about childbirth. yes this is america and there is freedom of speach but when it jepordizes or harms people it needs to be addressed and stopped.

This is the stupidness of the natural birth crowd. Part of the problem is the naming, it shouldn't be called "natural" it should be called 
"Primitive" or "Refuse modern medicine" crowd. What if you started bleeding out and needed a doctor would you just let it run it's course because it's natural? Please say yes so that there is one less of you spreading false information and fear into community.[/quote]

Actually, it is YOU who is not responding with factual information.  There is research suggesting that getting an epi before 5 cm increases the odds of needing a c-section.  Getting an epi at 2 cm gives a woman a 50/50 chance.[/quote]

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