Why do women refer to their epidural/hospital birth as natural?
ByA hospital is the farthest u can get from nature. When i hear women say they had natural childbirth “with an epidural of course” it makes me laugh. Are women really that out of touch with nature?
Is the c-section rate up so high that its now the norm as opposed to vaginal?
I’m talking natural, as humans. Where do we do all other “natural” things, like make these babies? Do we need a doc. to tell us how to do that to?
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13 Comments
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I would guess that the women who say that are using natural as a synonym for vaginal.
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Hahaha, apparently. I have never heard anyone refer to having an epidural as natural childbirth! LOL, too funny.
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:38 pm
They mean vaginally as opposed to cesarean.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:22 pm
I’ve never heard anyone refer to an epidural birth as a natural one. Natural birth is considered to be one without drugs. Personally I think those ladies are crazy as there is no way i’d have a baby without an epidural. Epidural’s are heavenly.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:31 pm
No, women refer to an epidural/hospital birth as natural because that is what the doctors tell them, and vaginal birth is considered natural whether or not you use drugs. I guess you can look at it however you want, others just have different thoughts on it.
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:11 am
Wow hun. A natural birth doesn’t refer to “nature”. It means a vaginal birth rather than having a C-section. lol goodness
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:43 am
What i assumed as Natural birth is when you have it via Vaginal and with no DRUGS. But I guess Natural would mean like in nature. Its a good question.. I know I had my daughter in the hospital with IV because I was dehydrated but I had no drugs helping me, and it was via vaginal and I guess I considered all natural.. but I guess I was wrong.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:06 am
i would imagine they mean they delivered it vaginally rather than having a c-section.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:49 am
i think what they mean to is vaginal, as vaginal is the more natural way opposed to C-section. and you can have a natural birth in a hospital, you don’t need to bee outside or in the forest, come on don’t be so picky about it. if you go drug free in a hospital it is a natural birth.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:26 am
I would assume that by naturally, they mean vaginally and without pitocin… My personal idea of natural is with no intervention though it may or may not be at a hospital. Even Bradley insists that a hospital is ‘natural’.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:41 am
Well, I’d laugh if I knew of a woman (in America or another developed country), running outside to deliver her baby, in nature… Since it was nature you mentioned, then even a homebirth with no meds, fits your criteria for ‘natural.’
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:58 am
Having a baby in the hospital vaginally IS having a natural birth. Having a c-section and/or an epidural ( like I had to do) is not considered a natural birth. I personally would not have wanted to wander off in the woods to give birth to my daughters. I did opt for an epidural after the first 10 hours of labor because i was in a lot of pain. After 22 hours of labor and lots of concern for my unborn babies health the doctors finally decided they needed to get her out and soon so I had to have an emergency c-section. She could have died had I not been in the hospital. I also had to have a c-section with my second daughter do to safety reasons. My body just wouldn’t have been able to handle natural birth this second time.
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:04 am
Unfortunately that now shows that the term natural childbirth is meaningless.