Why have a Natural Birth???

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I hear alot of women so persistent about having a natural birth. Or a birth with low medical intervention. What’s so bad about the epidural anyway???
I had one with my son and plan on having another with my daughter in June. This is from a person who had a spinal headache as a result of the epidural, but it was relieved quickly and no biggie. 
The epidural was bae for me. I don’t feel like I could have done it without one.
What your position on “natural” birth?

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To each their own. An epidural has never had an appeal to me, I do not want to be numb from the waist down while trying to push a baby out of me. I had a natural birth with my son and will have one with my next. I am very grateful we live in the year 2019 where women have so many options on how they want to give birth.

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FTM  to be here, so I may change in the moment and totally want an epidural but for now, I’m planning on not having one.
The biggest reason is that I absolutely hate to feel out of control in a situation. So if I am numb, confined to a bed, unable to move around, that would cause me a lot of anxiety. 
The second thing is, that epidurals statistically are correlated to higher rates of intervention, specifically C-Sections. The thought of major abdominal surgery + recovery + taking care of a newborn terrifies me more than a natural vaginal delivery. 
So my answers are control and fear 🤷🏻‍♀️

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An epidural sounds AWFUL to me. If I can do it without one, I want to. And not everyone is fearful or doesn’t do well with pain. I personally want to manage it on my own.
The cascade of interventions that come with an epidural also sound wholly unappealing. You can spike a fever, have blood pressure problems, and tear more easily. Sounds like a crap time of you ask me.

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Epidurals have higher rates of intervention, have higher rates of tearing, can slow down labor, spinal headaches, has a history of back pain even years later. I have had two med free homebirths including a 4 1/2 hour labor with super intense back to back contractions and i would do it over again med free in a heartbeat. To each their own though but my reasoning is too many unnecessary risks.

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I had an epidural with my first church stalled my labor so I had to have pitocin which made our baby’s heart rate drop and she went into distress so THEN I had to have. Vacuum assisted birth and I tore. Then my OB did my stitches too tight and I had to see a pelvic floor specialist. 
This time I am going to a birth center with a doula and will not have any pain medicine.

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I wanted natural births. It's amazing working with your body the way its intended to.  Epidural is just not for me! I met a woman who had an epidural go wrong and she was a vegetable for life. I won't take that chance no matter how slight. I'm strong. I can handle the pain. I've had both of my children Unmedicated. Im not going to knock someone for having an epidural, I'm just not going to use one. So why knock a woman who doesn't want one? Why not have a natural birth?

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I loved my epidural. I was terrified to get it. I could still bend my own legs with it, despite thinking I would be completely numb and immobile. My contractions were back to back with no time for relief and I was miserable. Epidural allowed me to enjoy labor. I was able to walk almost immediately after labor. By the time our golden hour was up, I could walk. With out a doubt, I’m getting it with this baby too

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I didn’t have time for an epidural. I had plans on doing it strictly bc everyone tells you horror stories of how bad natural
Birth was (including my mom) always saying “don’t be a hero get the epidural

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I gave birth on January 18 with the help of an epidural, and if I planned on more kids, I’d get one again. I did not feel the needle go into my back. A numbing agent is applied first, then the needle is inserted. All i felt was a slight “electrical” charge which I was warned about. The epidural was at its highest 12 hours before I started pushing so that i could get some sleep. I still felt every single contraction when delivery got closer. I had control over my legs too. My doctor refused to turn it up higher when it was time to push, even though I was begging lol Life is full of choices, and i made the right choice for myself.

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Labor went too fast for me to get a choice from epidural so I went all natural with my first involuntarily. Chose epidural with my others. Prob going to chose it again in Aug.

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