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[quote=Anonymous]I had my baby drug free.  It was like I had a broken toe for a little bit.  It wasn't that bad.

Took a Bradley birth class, which I recommend to anyone wanting a natural birth.  Understand how the body works during labor and you can work with your body, instead of against it.

Bradley says that when you know you're in labor, do 4 things in any order: eat, sleep, walk, and shower.  I really wanted to go to sleep as soon as I knew i was in labor.  If you sleep for half of your labor, how awesome would that be?!

Another key I thought to having a good natural birth and staying away from medication was not going to the hospital too early.  Bradley said to go when the contractions was 1-2 minutes between contractions (4-5 minutes from the start of one to the start of the next), they were about 90 seconds long, and we'd hit the serious emotional signpost where I had couldn't walk/talk through contractions (had to stop), and I was really working hard through them.  Work at home as long as possible.  We were at the birth center for 2.5 hours before baby girl popped out.

I got very sick from castor oil.  She was 10 days late, and I was at risk of loosing my midwives.  I couldn't labor in positions that allowed me to minimize back pain or speed up labor.  I would have like to have been on hands/knees for some time or over a birth ball.  I couldn't lay down, so I had to sleep sitting up in 10 minute increments, because the natural labor stimulation immediately kicked me into major contractions.  As a result, I was in labor for 34 hours.  I knew exactly what was going on and I adjusted my expectations.  So what if I was throwing up or couldn't get into those positions?  I worked through it.

I also took a Hypnobabies course that gave me a lot of tools that i used during labor to get ahead of the contractions.  The mental tools i learned were instrumental in helping me redirect the pressure from my back.[/quote]

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