I gave birth naturally & it wasn't as bad as people think it up to be. I dilated so fast that I didn't get the option to have epidural like I did with my first pregnancy but I'm glad I did. With epidural & the other drugs given to women to help ease the pain causes you not to remember what happened when you were giving birth.. that made me sad because I wanted to remember everything But I can only remember bits & pieces of that whole night.. but honestly to me contractions are worser than giving birth naturally.. especially if your son or daughter was like my son & decided to just pop out