https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:09:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349778 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:31:14 +0000 littlejoy 2349778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Having another home birth would be my plan, so yes, I'd need to go med-free to acheive this. Thankfully, my first labor/birth were "textbook", and I had a very short labor.</p> <p>It still hurt. A LOT. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349777 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:31:05 +0000 sarac 2349777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Really similar to you - one epidural birth that still hurt like hell, then a second natural birth. Which hurt like hell. Absolute, miserable hell. I'm all done with babies, but to be honest, I'm not sure I'd have another natural birth if I got pregnant again. I hated my epidural, but damn, that was hell. It was only tolerable because it went very quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349755 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:18:48 +0000 Charm54 2349755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an unintended med free birth for DD2. I went in wanting that epi so bad (it's the first thing I told the nurse), but there was no time. The pain was honestly so awful I didn't think I would get through it. The recovery was amazing thoug and I felt kinda proud of myself. I had an epi with Dd1 and the pain was more manageable, but the recovery was a bitch. I think if I had a third I would still get an epi again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349734 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:08:21 +0000 MoonMoon 2349734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes because it went well for me, and I'm deathly afraid of the epidural which is why I decided to forgo it the first time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349722 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 18:54:07 +0000 Foodnerd81 2349722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, that's plan. I'm open to an epidural if needed but I did it the first time and have ovehelmingly positive feelings about my birth experience, and the high after was incredible. </p> <p>The only downside (aside from the pain- ha) was at the end I felt pretty out of control with pushing and everything. I suppose with an epi I may have felt more in control? But I was happy for my body to take over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349675 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 18:05:01 +0000 matador84 2349675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes two med-free deliveries. I would def do it again mainly because I probably wouldn't have a choice with my history of fast deliveries. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349648 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:38:00 +0000 MrsSRS 2349648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. First labor was three days and I had a shot of a narcotic at night, plus magnesium and other labor stopping drugs. Second labor nothing at all. If we weren't two and through I'd do it just the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349643 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:34:59 +0000 MrsStar 2349643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not allowed epidurals but wanted med-free anyway (well no pain relief since I had to have meds for my bleeding disorder).<br /> Lo1 I was induced with pit, had back labor, no epidural which was super intense and painful but had an easy delivery (only pushed once!) and easy recovery.<br /> Lo2 was natural, no epidural and labor was only 4 hours, easy pushing and easy recovery. I'll go without pain meds when we have a third child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349621 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:01:55 +0000 PurplePeony 2349621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd probably try to do med-free again with the option to change my mind, which was my plan the first time around, too. I lucked out with a fast L&amp;D so by the time I thought "hmm, I guess this is why people get meds" it was time to start pushing anyway. But if labor had been prolonged, I might have gotten meds at some point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349618 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:57:58 +0000 Greentea 2349618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and no. I labored unmedicated for 16 hours. I started vomiting during contractions and we decided to get a low dose epi so that I could finish my antibiotics and relax before pushing. It was amazing! She was out an hour after the epi and I only pushed 3 times. I now have a positive memory from the horror I went through, so yeah- I plan to do the same, wait as long as possible, labor at home, and hopefully get an epi at the last minute if I want to!</p> <p>It was a walking epi, could still feel everything, but took the horror of my back labor off. I walked right after! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349615 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:53:25 +0000 JenGirl 2349615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're probably one and done, but I've thought about it. Labor wasn't too bad but pushing was excrutiatingly painful for three hours and at that point I couldn't get the epidural. So, yeah, I wouldn't mind missing the pain at pushing. But they say pushing is a lot easier the second time, so I don't know. I don't regret going med free the first time, but it might be interesting to have the epidural experience as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349594 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:32:08 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2349594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did it without drugs, but after pushing for two hours I ended up with a c-section which they gave me a spinal for...so I guess in the end I had drugs and didn't go med-free? I was induced too at 42 weeks and there were some periods where the contractions were intense and they had to turn down the hormone drip a bit. I hope next time to not need to be induced and have a vbac without any pain meds again. I remember wanting something when I was at about a 7, but now I barely remember having any pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349592 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:31:20 +0000 Nutella 2349592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In a heartbeat! Was so intense but also pretty amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349587 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:27:32 +0000 avivoca 2349587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely do it again. I don't even remember the pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349583 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:24:56 +0000 birdofafeather 2349583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done it twice now. I've been lucky to have pretty straight forward l&amp;d experiences, but that being said, DD2's l&amp;d was only 4 hours start to finish and it was crazy. There was no time to get an epi, but if I felt that pain for more than a couple hours, I would have folded so fast! For our next, I just hope I have enough time to get to the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349571 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:19:43 +0000 buttermilk 2349571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Part of me is curious what the epidural experience would be. But yes I think I would end up doing it naturally again. I wanted a natural birth and was successful and I keep thinking "Hey this didn't kill me, it hurt but obviously I made it through, so why wouldn't I do it again?" Plus the biggest reason I chose natural was to avoid the epidural/pitocin/cesarean spiral, and I would still want to try to avoid that next time too. Also my recovery was a breeze! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349563 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:15:51 +0000 Anagram 2349563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not having more kids, and I didn't have a med free birth by choice (there just wasn't time for an epi) AND I had a great epi experience the first time...so I would probably preferto have an epi if I were doing it again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349541 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:03:41 +0000 MsHangry 2349541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The worst thing was I thought my labor would be like my mom's first labor (20+hours). So I thought the pain was going to last all night long (went to the hospital at 2pm) but he was born just before 6p!<br /> Knowing that second labors are usually faster, I'll probably do it Med free again. However, even now I don't think it would have been a big deal to have meds.<br /> I definitely WILL get the lidocaine shots for stitching up next time. I was an idiot for turning those down. I don't know what I was thinking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349540 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:02:55 +0000 Torchwood 2349540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure what to vote since we're one and done, but I would go med-free if that were to somehow change (though with out history that 100% won't change). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-a-medfree-labordelivery#post-2349491 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:41:03 +0000 mrsjyw 2349491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>would you do it again?</p> <p>I had a medfree labor/delivery and my pp recovery was/is amazing! For that reason I'd want to do it again if we had a third.</p> <p>However, the intense pain (albeit a short amount of time)... makes me cringe at the thought of another medfree labor/delivery... though labor/delivery with DS1 was painful for me too (with an epi).</p> <p>If you had a medfree l&amp;d, did/do you want to do it again? </p>