How painful is natural childbirth?

I think that if you take child birth classes and have the right doc that natural child birth is great and painful, It’s the kinda pain that can not be described only felt! It’s very painful I opted for the epidural after dilated to 7 I tried but it was just to much.
Good luck

It sucks! I had my first 3 natural, and my 4th with an epidural. Go with the epidural, seriously! Unless you have an incredible threshhold for pain! I could have kicked myself in the a$$ after I had my 4th w/ the epidural for not having one the first 3 times. Don’t get me wrong, it is SO worth it, but why suffer if you don’t have to?

I did not have a doula, but it all depends on your pain level. It did not hurt me at all, like it seemed to hurt the girl next to me. And we were dialated the same amount. If you can’t stand getting pricked by a pin or any type of pain it is best you go with the epidural. I also ended up having that with my first child because I started getting sick and spitting up and was pushing at the same time ( not on purpose). And I need to go ahead and get my princess out.( For her health.) But to be on the safe side keep an epidural as an option.

My second child was a vaginal birth NO DRUGS. Compared to my first, who was a C-section because he was breach, I would go vaginal/no drugs ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!!!!!!!!!! Go in with the mind set that “it is only one day of your life of pain” and you will be fine. My labor was 22 hours and I’m still alive!!!! I was up and around within an hour with no recovery “down time”. I went snow skiing within weeks!

As far as a doula, I personally HATED having one. She was the nicest lady and I did not find her to have an over-bearing personality prior to my labor but there were so many times during labor that I just wanted to slap her. They are there to make suggestions, help you feel comfortable, etc but you know….all of that went out the window for me. I just wanted to be left alone. In fact, the only thing I wanted to do when I was having contractions was get on the floor on all fours and wait for the contraction to go away. Sounds pretty funny but that’s what I did.

So………go for it!!!!!!!!!!! From personal experience, I wished I could have had all three of my kids that way (the third was a C too…breach as well). It really isn’t that bad.

Good luck to you, whatever you decide.

My fist child was drug free. I did not take the pre-birth classes either. It hurt sometimes really bad, other times the pain faded away. Once I held my daughter in my arms, I totally forgot the pain. My second I tried pain killers but it didnt do anything, I honestly think they just faked using them.

I had my first child on 10/23 at 31 weeks of pregnancy…from the 1st contraction to the time my son was born was 6 hours…the 1st 3 hours the pain was very manageable…the last 3 it was pretty intense. Although I felt the contractions in my lower belly…My BACK was hurting so bad. I could not lay on my back at all…I had to lay on my side most of the time. I wanted and epidural but my labor progressed so quickly there wasn’t time for one…the part I found surprisingly painful is when the told me to push…I have heard so many women say it felt better to push…NO WAY…that was really uncomfortable…it really hurt. So they told me to push and I stopped in the middle of pushing and announced to the whole room that I was not going to do it. And then the funniest thing happened…MY BODY kinda just pushed my son out on it’s own. It was like I had no control and he was out on the 3rd push…it happened so fast that they told me to STOP pushing because I was tearing but like I said…it felt like I had no control. Hope this helps!

It totally depends on the person, the amount of support she gets durning, how focused/metatative mom can get durning, the size of the baby and even the baby’s position. Some women have very little or no pain, while others have pain so bad they swear off having another child.

I was in less pain if I could get up and move around. With my first I got stuck on the bed and having to sit there was aweful. I’m not one that can meditate by myself and with my first I was stuck on the labor bed and not allowed to get up. I ended up getting an epidural because my labor was progressing slowly and every contraction hurt. With my third I was able to drastically reduce the labor pains by bouncing on a labor ball (kinda like an excerise ball).

if you can afford it, get the doula or a real midwife. Both will sit right there with you through the entire labor helping you reduce the pain, giving you ideas on what might work, talking to the nurses (those commando nurses are horrible, but it seems every hospital has one). I can not recommend having one with you enough.

Well, I had to have an epidural in for my 1st one as he was born breech, and they had to cut me to get him out in the end. My second child, again was around the wrong way, not breech, just facing around the wrong way. They induced me with her and gave me something to speed up the birth, and it was painful, so I wanted to get an epidural, but just before they got me set up for it, my daughter came. Yes it was painful, but afterwards I just got up and held her. I felt great. My 3rd child was a face first, again in a difficult position, just my bloody luck, but he was in such a hurry to come out. I broke water and somehow got me and him up onto the bed before he bungy jumped out. It scared the midwife because he would have landed on the floor. He’s been the same ever since. So I’ve had 3 of the worst kinds of birth needed/wanted afterwards drugs, but I didn’t have a choice really. But I felt really good after the births that I had drug free. Yes it hurts, but as I felt it, you roll with the wave of pains, breath and move through it, and just remember your not a failure if you do decide you need the drugs, the reward comes afterwards.

Labor and delivery are extremely painful. I had an epidural with my first, nothing with the second (not by choice) and my third I had to have an unexpected c-section. Give me the pain relief any day. And if you want to do it natural and end up needing the drugs for pain, don’t beat yourself up about it. The result is still the same regardless of what methods you use. A beautiful baby!

i had my 3 child with no epidural or anything.it was the most painful thing i have ever felt in my life.but after it is all over & you see that little baby forget about the pian.if you are lucky laber will go fast.go luck to you and your baby.

(don’t feel bad if you get the epidural i had the epidural with my other 2 kids and glad i did!!