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How many of you have had an all natural birth? No pitocin, no epidural. Nothing? Please comment.

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Girl that shit hurts idc what no one say I was asking for a epidural and it was to late for me because I was 9cm dilated when I got to the hospital

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I did - no interventions, no medications. It was hard and I would absolutely do it again in a heartbeat.

Moving throughout labor/every contraction and continuous support, massage, and direction from my midwife made all the difference. I don't consider myself to be a super tough or "in shape", strong woman, but the experience made me feel powerful and amazed by my own body.

By the time I thought I couldn't do it any longer, it was time to push and baby was born 20 minutes later - no cuts, no tears - and I was up, walking around 2 hours later, after some prolonged baby snuggling. 🙂

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With my daughter i did everything natural. Labor was 21hrs total. Started at 1130 the night b4 n i stayed home till contractions were 3mins apart n so painfull i cldnt stand. Got to hosp at 330 that afternoon n i refused all drugs n the epidural. Had her at 826 that evening. Pushed maybe 3times. She was 8lbs 3.6oz
With my son my water "broke". I had a small leak at 330am but was half asleep so i just peed n grabbed a towel to cover it n went back to sleep! Lol i really ddnt think bout it till i woke up at 7am n sat up n had a bigger but still not huge gush. So i fed my bf, daughter n i breakfast, we all got showers n after dropping gabbie off i went to the hosp. Got there at 10am, they checked me n sure enough it was my waters so they had to induce me bc i wasnt in active labor even though i had been dialated to a 4 for 3wks!! Lol so they started pitocin at 12ish, finished breaking my water round 6or7 n i had him at 1012 after pushing 2 or 3 times. He was 8lbs 1.2oz n i refused all pain meds again. 
So ive done it with no meds both going into labor on my own and no meds after bn induced n its soooo much better if u can go naturally into labor! Ur body is made to do this n its a better progression n less stress if it happens on its own. That pitocin is no joke! Them contractions r killer!! Lol but i think its worse just bc they get stronget faster than if its natural n progresses on its own. Its still gonna hurt either way though.... its called labor 4 a reason! Lol Good luck! Ull do great wutever way it happens!!! :)

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Me! 🖐🏼 With both of my children. And plan to with baby #3!

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The only medical intervention I had done was they popped my water after 16 or more hours of being in labor. I was contracting every 3-4 minutes but stuck there and at 7cm dilated.

Labor lasted 29 hours total, had a 8pounds 12 ounce baby boy.

Pushing hurt the most for me

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I tried with my second, but unfortunately due to common interventions hospitals use, and being forced to stay flat in bed (they literally wouldn't let me get up without any reason to keep me in bed) my contractions stopped causing dialation at 8cm, was stuck like that for 7 hours (after already labouring for 37 hours.....it's a long story but basically i had a stitch in for the first 30 hour's due to incompetent cervix so couldn't dialate and they took their sweet ass time to take it out hoping my contractions might fizzle out) before my placenta partially ruptured and i landed with a crash caesarean so that included a spinal tap :( my first was complicated, i was only 19w6d and when i arrived with contractions I was already 5-7cm (was told 5 but my notes say 7), didn't even know they where contractions i was just being a better safe then sorry person, now in hindsight I'm angry because i want natural birth's, i was only 17 and the nurses told ne pethadine might stall my labour enough to help me make 24 week's, obviously i accepted because i wanted to save my baby, i can't even remember if i only had 1 or if i had 2 shots, but the one i remember was the next morning before lunch time and i got some sleep in, not sure when it wares if etc....so it was the next day i was 20 weeks, and by the time i was birthing the pethadine had worn off and i used mild gas and air, he was born at 9:56pm....for both my births i feel like really i don't need pain relief, next time I'm attempting drug free again and this time more aware of how labour works and what maximizes efficiency and will be my own boss and not let Dr's bully me.

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I had epidural issues with placement and my babies came fast both of them way before the doctors expect with both my epies didn't even kick in until way after the babies came lol, completely pointless! I'm considering just not getting anything this time what the point I have natural birth whether I want to or not

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I had 100% natural. By 9cm I was screaming for an epidural but it was too late. I'm glad I went all natural though.  It's worth it

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Natural here. The gave me the choice of picoten when my contractions slowed down but I went with a vontuse instead

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I did. At a hospital in the US with a midwife. I didn't go in until my contractions were every three or four minutes, as they recommended. I spent two hours walking around in my hospital room and one hour pushing on the floor and there she was. I got a minor abrasion, no big deal but it stung to pee.

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