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I did consider it, actually I probably would have followed through without the epidural the second time, had I not been on pitocin. Those pitocin contractions were insane!!!

Well...I thought about it but in reality I'd chicken out. I think what I went through with the epi was plenty...why go without?
I am still feeling achy in my back from it though. Chiropractor said that would go away with 6 months.

Heck no! That epidural was sweet relief! I guess I don't see the point to being in pain if I don't have to be.

I plan on trying for a med-free birth with any future children. With DS, my water broke at 3am. I started pitocin around 8ish and labored until I reached the maximum allowance. I continued without any pain meds until 8pm, when I got the epidural, and ended up in the operating room around 9. I really hope I'm able to do it next time around!

Nope mine was perfect, got it At dilated to five and slept until I was a ten! No side effects really.

I just did! The epi the first time wasn't bad. It probably stalled my labor a bit and I didn't like how I could not feel when I needed to push. But the real reason is that I just wanted the no drug experience that so many women before me have had ... call me crazy.

I would! DS was in a bad position and I only experienced back labor & then trying to turn him, vacuum & episiotomy. If #2 was different, normal position, normal contractions, I'd definitely try to go without.

I wanted and had the epidural the first time, but went for med-free the second time. The epidural experience was positive (very!), but something told me afterwards that I could do without it for the next baby.

so, I wanted to experience that... but mostly, i wanted to try my best to not expose the baby or myself to any drugs. I was blessed to have a fast labor and good support team to make it happen though!

I would definitely consider it since my labour with #1 was painful but not bad.

I hadn't planned an epidural the first time around, but when I got it, it made my labor so much more enjoyable! The 24 hours pre-epidural were miserable and painful. I don't think I want to do that again.

I would! Only because the two hours of pushing (when my epi had worn off) was the hardest for me and I got through it; so I'd like to attempt it med-free! We'll see though!

I can't imagine much more painful than the two hours of back labor during transition when my epidural stopped working and I got through that...I imagine that I could and there's even part of me that wants to...but then I remember the glorious (and much, much needed) rest the epidural let me have when it was working, and I think I'd probably end up getting it again.

Yes. I only had an epidural because I needed a really difficult series of interventions. If I go natural next time (I hope I hope) I would be unlikely to have it. The pain from pitocin was horrible, and I'm glad I had an epi, but I hated the way it made me feel.

Definitely not! I loooved the epidural - no pain at all once it was put in, not even during the pushing, and I had no problem pushing even though there was no pain. Epidurals are awesome.

Nope, I felt contractions and that was enough for me (I'll have to have a c-section anyways so that's not an option!)

I didn't want any epidural at first but I ended up getting one (and eventually ended up with a csection bc LO was too big)...I would definitely get another one and probably would choose to have another csection (my recovery was a piece of cake)

I would consider it. My epi failed me twice as it was and I swear it slowed down my labor.

Sure, I'm open to however it feels at the time. I expect it to be faster than the first, and that was less than 8 hours.

I only got a small dose epidural the first time- I definitely would do that again, I could feel my legs just fine, and it wore off very fast, but most of the pain was gone and I could labor down with it for a while.