For those who've given birth..

How bad is labor and delivery pain? If you got pain meds, do you think you could've done without? Are contractions really worse than delivery (crowning, ow)? Anyone who went through it naturally, was it hard to resist pain meds or epidural? Any other thoughts on it? I realize the pain will be so worth it but I also feel unprepared for what it'll feel like because I never got bad period cramps