https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 04:23:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth/page/2#post-1782350 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:47:40 +0000 DigAPony 1782350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also dislike the term natural because it implies that there is such a thing as unnatural birth. I use the term med-free rather than "natural." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1782281 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:48:05 +0000 Sapphiresun 1782281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really a term I use personally - same issues with calling anything "unnatural" which has negative connotations. However, if someone asked me if I had a natural birth, I'd assume they meant unmedicated, vaginal and say no. Which yeah, led down the same line of questioning as the OP indicated. "So you had a C-section?" and then all confused when I say no to that as well. No epidural either, but I did use gas, and a local anesthetic afterward for stitches, which I think precludes me from saying I had a 100% unmedicated birth.? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1782250 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:26:36 +0000 anandam 1782250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To me "natural" implies totally free of medical intervention - no induction, no augmentation, water broke on its own, no analgesia/anesthesia, no postpartum pitocin, etc. Like it all seriously would have gone the same way if you'd been in the woods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1782145 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:41:02 +0000 Espion 1782145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKoala: Seconded. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1782134 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:36:36 +0000 skibobrown 1782134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it depends on the context, but typically I would assume med-free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1782129 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:33:38 +0000 rachiecakes 1782129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I had so many stitches and PP issues that I may have been better off with a csection! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1782104 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:14:26 +0000 spaniellove 1782104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: Same here. I'm not even sure I was in the room for my vaginal birth, I was so medicated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781914 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:41:19 +0000 MrsTiz 1781914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"Natural" to me is a med-free birth on HB,</p> <p>but IRL a natural birth is just a vaginal one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781880 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:27:38 +0000 lamariniere 1781880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I talk to people IRL a natural birth is vaginal. For anyone who spends too much time on HB, it's a med/intervention free vaginal birth. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781443 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:29:00 +0000 sunny 1781443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I totally agree. </p> <p>I think among my gfs, it means med-free.<br /> If men are present, it means vaginal with or without meds.</p> <p>Yes, it is childish :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781432 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:25:28 +0000 Purpledaisy 1781432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think of natural as being unmedicated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781404 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:17:02 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1781404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When someone says "natural birth", *I* think about someone giving birth in the woods, on the ground, surrounded by "nature".</p> <p>I've been around other people have used it in both contexts - medicated/medicated and vaginal/section. I don't like the term for reasons people have mentioned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781349 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:56:20 +0000 HLK208 1781349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Vaginal without pain meds. I had three vaginal births but I won't call them natural since I neeeeeded that epidural each time and got it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781341 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:52:36 +0000 LovelyPlum 1781341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I agree!</p> <p>But I also agree with @GrapeCrush: about my association with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781328 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:47:37 +0000 GrapeCrush 1781328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: :heart:</p> <p>When I hear natural though, I think med-free </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781306 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:37:52 +0000 PawPrints 1781306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not really a fan of that phrase, but if I heard someone else say it, I would assume they meant med-free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781300 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:35:55 +0000 bisous 1781300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I like what you said! I don't want to put anyone else in a "negative" category because of connotations.</p> <p>I tend to refer to my med free birth as natural but notice many around me think of natural as vaginal (with or without meds). Going to try to change this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781289 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:32:43 +0000 Foodnerd81 1781289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't usually use the term because I think it's confusing and people mean different things, so I'll say I had a med free birth (which obviously also mean vaginal). If someone asks a question (like if a friend had a baby and someone wants to know if if was c section or vaginal) I'll skirt the issue and say she didn't have a c section. </p> <p>But generally if someone says they hada natural birth or are planning one I assume they mean med free (pain meds and pitocin). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781280 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:28:18 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1781280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Natural means out of the vagina. Med - free further clarifies the natural birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781274 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:25:57 +0000 .twist. 1781274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to think if a baby comes out your vag, that it is pretty natural. </p> <p>I prefer terms like "medicated" and "unmedicated". </p> <p>Whether medicated or not, it still came out your vajaja! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781263 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:21:59 +0000 Alivoo01 1781263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Natural = vaginal birth with or without meds </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781256 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:20:44 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1781256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it means med free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781254 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:20:35 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1781254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When people specify natural, I think they usually mean med free. I avoid using it, because I think I had a 'natural' birth...and I used meds! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781195 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:06:29 +0000 mrskc 1781195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get unsure of what people mean too. I try not to say natural at all even for med-free because I think it puts a negative connotation on other types of births. So I say I had a med-free birth. I think people tend to mean they had a med-free vaginal birth when they say natural. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781187 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:03:30 +0000 Mamaof2 1781187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>med free </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781184 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:02:01 +0000 Arden 1781184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I purposely try not to use the word natural because I think it automatically puts other births in an "unnatural" box and gives them a negative connotation.<br /> I just say "unmedicated vaginal birth", if I'm thinking about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781180 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:00:51 +0000 looch 1781180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>natural to me means intervention and med free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781172 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:58:17 +0000 snowjewelz 1781172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To me it means med-free too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781171 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:57:59 +0000 MrsKoala 1781171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-natural-childbirth#post-1781169 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:57:25 +0000 Adira 1781169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I think some people probably say "natural birth" when referring to any vaginal birth because they don't want to use the word "vaginal"!! </p>