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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, refusing an epidural does not decrease nor increase the chance of a C-section. 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]

Wow, PP, you have a LOT of anger. That's not healthy for you. My natural childbirth was not painful at all. I had a hospital birth, prepared for it well, but kept an open mind about pain medication since I had never actually felt labor before. At no point did I feel like I needed it. I talked to my OB about the epidural thing, and he told me his expert opinion that having an early epidural absolutely can slow down labor. He also told me about scenarios in which he felt an epidural saved a mom from a c-section (in instances where she was simply exhausted and where the epi allowed her to regain her energy and push when the time came. I think my decision, which was to use natural and effective methods of pain medication first, was an educated one. I did my own research but worked with an OB who supported me every step of the way. It's very sad that you, PP, are so insecure and angry about someone else's choice that you wish somebody would die. I mean, really? Or that you want women talking about natural childbirth to be "addressed and stopped." That's just crazy talk. If I "needed" a doctor for bleeding, yes, I would absolutely take help. My point is that I did not want or "need" an epidural, so I labored without one. It's really insane that you somehow think that was *riskier* than taking the drugs. Just...wow. [/quote]

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