re: First time mother

Quoting *Turtles*:" I would take natural over epidural any day."

You did natural!? Did you do it in home?

my labour was drug free... i must be a freak lol

Quoting *Turtles*:" I would take natural over epidural any day."

ditto ! im terrified of needles thats the only reason i dint get it tho.

Quoting Aribean:" Not all mothers who go through natural labor say that it was horribly painful...... Someone just posted ... [snip!] ... Someone just posted that they had an all natural labor and they were tolerating it enough to do their make up and hair lol..."

i've seen 12 years of labor and delivers and no natural ACTIVE labor has ever done that. with an epidural yes, without no. Even the women with epilepsy that tend to not feel contractions and painless labors, feel the ring of fire and actual delivery and scream and freak out.
I have however had MANY women lie about going through natural labor to family and friends. I've had scheduled c-section patients that never had a single contraction tell everyone they had a natural, med free vaginal birth - whose gonna know otherwise. to hear women talk here and in real life you would think the epidural rate was like 20%, but it's actually 80% in most places. Why is that? cuz people lie plain and simple.

Quoting nursemaya -mommy to 2:" i've seen 12 years of labor and delivers and no natural ACTIVE labor has ever done that. with an epidural ... [snip!] ... think the epidural rate was like 20%, but it's actually 80% in most places. Why is that? cuz people lie plain and simple. "

Yes. I think a lot of people are misinformed and don't realize they did not have a natural labor. Someone was just saying the other day that they had natural labor. The more I got details, the more I discovered that she just had no idea what an IV was. lol

I have 7 sisters and they all had easy labor so I expected it would be easy boy I was in for a shock I had a HARD labor.
Its worth it tho.
Don't freak yourself out just go in prepared for anything and keep calm knowing its all worth the beautiful gift God gave u   my baby girl is 7 weeks  

Quoting Is that still my name?:" Yes. I think a lot of people are misinformed and don't realize they did not have a natural labor. Someone ... [snip!] ... day that they had natural labor. The more I got details, the more I discovered that she just had no idea what an IV was. lol"

there was one on her just last week saying that she went natural, but as she was questioned she admitted she had an epidural! ummm hello?!?! that's not natural

Quoting nursemaya -mommy to 2:" i've seen 12 years of labor and delivers and no natural ACTIVE labor has ever done that. with an epidural ... [snip!] ... think the epidural rate was like 20%, but it's actually 80% in most places. Why is that? cuz people lie plain and simple. "

im not lien   i was in active labor in my hospital bed trying to straighten my hair while my sister tried to put make up on me. but that was before they broke my water after i was laying down telling my mom MIL and sister to leave me the smurf alone.

Quoting -Amanda:" im not lien   i was in active labor in my hospital bed trying to straighten my hair while my sister ... [snip!] ... me. but that was before they broke my water after i was laying down telling my mom MIL and sister to leave me the smurf alone. "

So, what you SHOULD do is thank you goddamn lucky stars and realize you are a sole freak of nature. lol

Quoting ~Nimlorel~:" my labour was drug free... i must be a freak lol"

Not at all, i'm 26weeks and hoping to have a natural drug free labour too...my family think my nuts.

Labor with my son felt like someone was peeling my skin off with a cheese grader. There is no way to describe that measure of pain. I thought I was absolutely dying.

Quoting 1stTymMummy:" Not at all, i'm 26weeks and hoping to have a natural drug free labour too...my family think my nuts."

You'll know what's right for you when you are in labor. Everyone's labor and every individual labor is different.

Quoting Bandera Roe:" I have 7 sisters and they all had easy labor so I expected it would be easy boy I was in for a shock ... [snip!] ... go in prepared for anything and keep calm knowing its all worth the beautiful gift God gave u   my baby girl is 7 weeks  "

saying it was easty afterwards, and actually easy.. are not always the same.

I've never had a labor patient say it doesnt' hurt.

smurf.. a few weeks ago I had a pateint having her 4th kid, who took a deep breath and baby FELL out... and she was begging for an epidural. She'd never had pain meds, longest labor 1.5 hours.. and in the heat of the moment.. even SHE wanted meds.

no one things it doesn't hurt.. until they are embellishing their story later.

Quoting Is that still my name?:" You'll know what's right for you when you are in labor. Everyone's labor and every individual labor is different."

I guess, I hate needles and proberly can't have an epidural due to back problems. Though thinking of having gas if I need it.

Quoting -Amanda:" im not lien   i was in active labor in my hospital bed trying to straighten my hair while my sister ... [snip!] ... me. but that was before they broke my water after i was laying down telling my mom MIL and sister to leave me the smurf alone. "

yeah that was before active labor lol