If you've had both a "natural" and a medicated labour / delivery, which did you prefer and why?

My first labour was very medicated, almost thirty hours and included an epidural, pitocin, episiotomy and a ventouse delivery but my second labour was just shy of twelve hours with only gas for pain relief.

On one hand, the medicated labour was much more pleasant due to the epidural but recovery was longer and harder however on the flipside although recovery has been much easier after my "natural" delivery, spending almost five hours going through transition with just the gas was brutal and really unpleasant!

So how about it, which did you prefer and which would you choose to go through again?