Epidural, Medicated or Natural Labor during childbirth? Which one did you have?

my first i had the epidural and oh my it was great. after i had her i felt wonderful and i didnt want to let her go. i didnt want to sleep and i didnt feel like i was going to die. lol. now my second one i didnt get the chance to have any meds and well lets just say it HURT!!! after i had her and checked her out i was so tired i could hardly keep my eyes opened. i remeber that after i had my first it was like the next day i was up and moving and not relly soar and she was 7lbs 9 oz and the second kid i hurt for 2 weeks and didnt get around all that well either and she was only 6lbs 1 oz so if i ever had anotehr the shot would be the first thing i was begging for. when i asked my doctor about it he said the pain and the continue of pain was because i couldnt relax my muscles at all during birth so there fore they were over worked and when i had the 1 st one i was able to relax when i wasnt pushing. so my muscles had a break and i wasnt near as stressed.

The doctor broke my water at 7:30 pm and I had my daughter at 9:36 pm, so i wasen't in labour very long. I had about an hour hard labour and did end up getting a shot of demerol 15 minutes befor she was born, so it kicks in after the fact. If I end up having another one I am going to try to go natural but who knows when your in the situation. I have heard that pregnancys can be completely different so i might end up having a longer labour next time, i hope not and I really do give credit to the woman who have gone through a long labour.

With my first birth I only had the gas, with the second it was too late for anything so I gave birth as natural as can. It hurt like hell. But I survived. Epidural never even entered my mind, I saw it as whimping out just like voluntary c sections.

I had epidural. And it helps tremendiously. It is advisable to have this.

I had an epidural because I was told I was going to have a c-section. I didn't and it was very weird pushing without feeling it. I didn't feel like I was really doing anything. I think the next time I'm going to take childbirth classes and try for natural, my labor was fast and I was handling the contractions fine before the epidural. If anything the only thing that made it worse was all the doctors and nurses coming in, they were making it so I couldn't concentrate.

I have had 3 children and I have not had an epidural for any of them, all natural. Not to say that I wasn't open to the idea. I was! But I really didn't have any time to get one. Once I went into labor with all three of them, it only lasted 4 hours from start to finish, and voila I had a newborn. The pain was intense, brutal, and mind blowing, but I really didn't have a choice as the doctor wouldn't give an epidural at that late stage in the game. lol Everyone just stares at me when I say 4 hours from start to finish like I am an alien or something, but I really don't think I could have lasted much longer than that!lol

I thought I would try natural with my first but the pain was too intense so I got an epideral. My second son I went straight for the epidural. With my son I'm pregnant with now, I still will use an epidural. I feel that if I don't get the epidural I will be concentrating on the pain more than the baby being born.

All of the women in my family have natual births because we are all tall and have large hips. The only time a woman would need anything like that in my family is in a multiple birth, which is very rare.

I had my first 3 just being medicated cause I was terrified to get an epidural (I hate needles!). When I got pregnant with my youngest, I decided the day I found out I was pregnant to get an epidural! My hubby was really nervous about me getting it, but I was NOT going to go through hours of hell again! I got my epidural and I swear if I EVER have another child, I woudn't think twice about it! Why go through that kind of pain if you don't have to? The epidural man was my best friend when I had my youngest child and I made sure I told him so! I give tons of credit to anyone who can go through labor with nothing!

i have three children and all of them are antural birth. i always go for natural birth as natural birth is a lot easier to heal than ceaserian or meidcated child birth also it is more economical. luckily i have strong body.

I had a natural childbirth with my daughter and it was a wonderful experience. I had her in the water and let me tell you that water really does help with the pain. When I first found out I was pregnant I was ready to sign up for the epidural right then and there. But I went to check out my local birthing center and quickly changed my mind. I decided that having birth is a very natural thing that women do all the time and I told myself I could do it and I did. I'm just glad I had that watertub to help with my pain. I'm not sure I could have done it without it. The water really helps you to relax and I think it also helped me to keep from tearing (sorry if that's too much information lol). If you want to have a natural birth with your next one I highly recommend trying out waterbirth.

When I went into labor I insisted I was going to have my daughter natural. When the doctor on call decided in the end that I would have to have C-Section I had to get an epidural. They didn't even have time to wait for the epidural to numb me before the did the operation.

I have the Epidural.

For my first daughter I was induced with Pitocin, so ended up BEGGING for the epidural. But with my second, we took Bradley classes and we had a natural birth with NO meds. It was extremely painful, but so much more bearable than the pitocin birth. For a long time after having my second I didn't want any more children, but the memory of the pain has faded enough that I can't wait to do it again.

Hello! When I gave birth to my daughter I had her naturally. The only thing they gave me was a local anesthestic right at the end that they said they give to everybody. My labor with her was really not bad and I'm honest when I say that. When I went into labor with my son it was different. I hurt a lot worse but I had been sick with bronchitis and that was what made difference. I still wanted to have him natural but because of the bronchitis and my coughing so hard my doctor was concerned for my son's safety so I agreed to have an epidural. Mercy I hated that! The first time they gave it it did not take so they wound up having to give me a second one! The epidural did help in the final stages of labor though. My son got here safely and that was the important thing. It was worth going through that extra period of being uncomfortable just to have him come into the world safely.