I am thinking of doing natural childbirth. What are your thoughts?

As apposed to?

I think its natural to have a natural childbirth otherwise hmm….

That’s my plan too unless I have to get a c-section. Good luck!

Naturally giving birth is still the way to deliver a baby according to my friends. Because the more it is painful the more you will feel you are mother. Besides, after all when you see you baby, it is really worth it.

that is the best way to childbirth. If you have no problems with your health and the baby is coming the right way you should definitelly do natural.

Ok, since I didn’t see anyone else post about this from PERSONAL experience, I will (sorry if someone has by the time this is up).

I went through childbirth totally naturally (or at least as natural as allowed by a freaking hospital because we have no midwives within driving distance here, so I had an IV in, just in case, but with nothing coming through it). It’s really NOT that bad. Yeah, sure, it hurt for a few minutes, big deal. Do NOT listen to the idiots who have NOT given birth themselves who try to tell you how terrible it is (I had tons of people like that while I was pregnant). Get on youtube and look for homebirths and water births if you want to see natural birth. THOSE are natural. I’ve actual talked to one of the women who posted a video on there. I think her screen name was something like “Aspiringmidwife” or something like that, and she had a water birth.

My labor was long. It was something like 70 hours or so, but for the first 45 or 50, I didn’t even know for sure that I was in labor. I was having contractions, but I couldn’t feel them. I didn’t even know I was contracting until I got to 3cm, and then I just thought they were Braxton Hicks contractions. The only part that was actually painful, and not just somewhat uncomfortable, was transitional labor. When I went from 8.5-10cm, I was in pain. It lasted about 5-10 minutes, and then it stopped completely. When I was pushing, there was some discomfort, but the pressure of the baby’s head coming down numbs you down there, so you really don’t feel it very much. I had a mild tear and needed a couple of stitches and didn’t feel a thing. I pushed about 5 times (somewhere around 3-5 minutes) and that was that.

My point is this: If YOU want to do it, give it a shot. Don’t let anyone talk you out of it. BUT, do not decide that you will not take anything. Decide that when you are in labor. Just decide beforehand that you are going to try, and that you’ll go as long as you possibly can without drugs. While you’re in labor, just keep reminding yourself that your body was built for this and that you can do it. If it does come to a point that you are in pain and don’t want to continue without drugs, it’s ok. You aren’t a failure for it and you gave it your best shot.