Natural birth vs epidural

Hello!

People who have given birth: please comment with how you made the decision whether or not to have a natural birth?

How did you decide? Who influenced you? Do you regret your decision? Did your decision change during labor? Did you feel empowered by your birth experience?

I’m currently in a reproductive health politics class and I’m doing a project on pain managed birth (epidural/anesthesia vs. natural birth). Your stories would be so helpful for me!!! Of course I won’t include any identifying information, not even usernames or the name of the app.

Please please please comment!! Please upvote as well, even if you don’t have a comment, so others can see this.

Thank you so much, your help means everything!! In case you’re curious, for the project I’m making a website designed to empower women to make informed decisions about pain management during labor.