re: No Epi.

I've gone natural twice and epi once.. Let me tell you with this baby if I can I'm getting the epi as soon as I can lol!! It feels like your going to die going natural lol

With my first delivery....Pushing is nothing compared to the contractions. After 7cm it was complete hell. The pushing is a piece of cake...i ddn't feel when he cut me although he did inform me he was going to do it. He didn't mention anything about numbing me. And the stitches I could see him doing them but I didn't feel that either. We'll see how my second one goes, hopefully easier and the pushing just as painless as the first.

Quoting jami [♥]:" I've started strongly considering trying this birth without an epi. I am planning to labor as much as ... [snip!] ... is pushing just the easy part? Also if you need stitches , do they numb you first, or do you feel them sewing you back up?"

I went natural with #2
and needed a pitocen drip for #3 because I stalled dilation at 8cm
I had originally planned on an epi with both of them but they came much faster than expected and there wasn't time for one, but honestly if I were having more kids I'd go natural again...
I HATED induction with #1 and even though I had the epi with him now I don't think I really would have needed it...
going natural was tolerable it hurt yes but it wasn't nearly as bad as I had expected.
And yes if you need stitches they give you a local anestetic in order to sew you back up.
Pushing wasn't bad, if anything it made me feel better...it was the contractions that were the most painful for me.