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Yes! I loved my L&D experience all three times.

@mrsjyw: nope. I had an unplanned/emergency induction due to pre e at 39 weeks, my on was out of town. I was in labor for 43 hours. I pushed for 2 hours then my epi failed, had to get fixed then pushed another 2 before she was born. So that was not fun but recovery was easier than I expected. The reason I was unhappy is that I have 4 shift changes and I felt that communication/ nursing styles were so different each time especially is a birthing area with only 8 rooms. And the nurses on shift insisted my epi did not fail and to took hours to fix it, they caused me a lot of literal pain (and possibly could have caused a section or worse if DH had not gone over their heads and figured it out). I won't deliver at that hospital again, and I will use a midwife. We gave really honest feedback to the manager of maternity at the hospital. It may not sound upsetting to some but it was and is still traumatic for me.

I'm happy that we're both OK but I had envisioned something very different. 57 hour failed induction to c-section with no sleep for three days prior was very difficult. The nursing and care I received was wonderful and DD1 would not be here if we hadn't been there.
My RCS with DD2 was so smooth and easy, but my after care was awful and resulted in me demanding to leave at the 24 hour mark. For a while I had some guilt that I didn't try harder for a VBAC but now knowing #3 will have to be a RCS I'm feeling better about it.
Hopefully the nurses are nicer with DD3 in a few weeks.

no. the only i vehemently did not want was a c section and that's what i had after induction didn't work and i developed other risk factors. I am hoping for a VBAC with #2, but feel more realistic with the possibility of another c section, so if it happens, i hopefully will be less disappointed than the first time. In the end, i am of course grateful that my son turned out perfect and he himself had zero complications post partum.

I had a great experience. The nurses were wonderful and my midwives were so encouraging.

Kind of.

Baby 1: Had to be induced which I was sad about, and my epidural wore off too soon, but overall it was smooth and relatively fast for a first baby, and for an induction. Baby and I were both healthy, even though she had the cord loosely around her neck, she was ok, and I managed to get her out without a vacuum assist. Her apgar was a 9 and she had the pipes to prove it.

Baby 2: Had to be induced due to failing health (Hyperemesis), was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia in labor. Pitocin was not a part of the original plan, my OB wanted to break my water (I was already at a 4 when I went in), and have me walk a bit and then labor naturally, but because of my unbelievably high blood pressure, they recommended an epidural and then gave me pitocin to speed things along. My epidural was administered by someone being taught by the actual anesthesiologist, and it failed. Because of the high levels of pitocin, I went from a 6 to a 10, in 45 minutes, confined to the bed from the useless epidural, feeling every single thing, escalated by the pit. I was really out of it, and whimpering because I couldn't even scream. I thought I was going to die. After I delivered, I can barely remember anything, but I hemorrhaged, clotted, shook like a leaf for hours, and felt extreme nausea. They kept me in the delivery room for hours longer than normal. Then, I had a fever and they were concerned I had an infection. My mom was there in the delivery room, and she cries when we talk about it, she thought she was going to watch me die. It was very traumatizing. I don't minimize my trauma, but I do feel grateful to be here, and grateful that my baby is here, and we're both healthy. My OB was calm, on top of everything, and took really good care of me. I'm so glad I delivered in a hospital.

Yes. My goal was healthy baby, healthy mama, and that's what happened both times.