Oh boy, some people really get pissy re: epi or no epi. I had an epi after feeling some pretty painful contractions for about 2 hours. I still felt a lot even with the epi. It wasnt painful though, but I was glad that I still felt some things. I know some people are very numb and that is too bad but for me it was wonderful. I was able to stay focused and really enjoy the entire process including watching my baby being born through a mirror. Look, with todays medical advances we have options, for those that choose to do it drug free dont be jerks to people who choose to get some assistance. I find it quite funny that these women who choose not to get drugs act all high and mighty telling people the pain wasnt bad. Eveyones pain threshold is different you idiots!

Women who have not had a natural childbirth are not qualified to comment on it. I had all three of my children without any drugs and it wasn't that bad. Maybe I'm tougher than the rest. JK. The only thing I wish is that I was able to get a good midwife who had some good alternatives to painkillers. There are many ways to relax the mother and diminish the pain and none of that was available to me. All doctors can offer is drugs. Some choice.

What really irritates me is that women spread this conception that childbirth is so painful so that women who have not even given birth think it's such a big deal. They think it's going to be intolerable, so it is. If you had an epidural, how do you know childbirth is painful? You didn't feel it. We need to stop spreading wives tales. It's nothing you can't handle. However, the rewards are great. I felt my whole birth, good and bad. I felt my body doing what it was supposed to do. Afterward, I was flooded with endorphins and felt euphoric.

I have had 4 c-sections my first was almost 10lbs I was in labor for 3 days,I was breastfeeding within the hour and up moving around the next day,by my last one I was up the same day and helping my room mate the next night.
As for the lady with the one daughter,God has a master plan some people are given many children some are given one and some are given none."So tell them that Gods plan was for you to have one princess." On a side note we probably all no someone that has children that they should not have had,the ones who abandon them and abuse them, to me this defies logic, so I am still questioning this.
Now on the remarks of Melissa she is a wonderful actress and a beautiful person, and for her to be able to say this is healthy for her and for other woman also.People that talk bad about someone just wish that they could be that person.

5:32 PM Anonymous Says:

5:12 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.WITH A MOTHER LIKE YOU, YOUR "LITTLE" BOY IS GOING TO GROW UP TO BE A THUG!!!! I DO HAVE A JOB, THANK YOU, JUST TOOK A LITTLE BREAK AND SAW THIS POST. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS, I'M NOT YOU, BAD MOTHER!! GET A JOB OR SOMETHING. OR BETTER YET, TAKE CARE OF YOUR LITTLE THUG!! LOL!!
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Until you do have kids you have no right to be commenting on this and you have no right to be calling somebody a bad mother. You don’t know any of these people and what type of mother they are. Calling someone a bad mother is the most hurtful thing you can do to someone. Of course, you wouldn't know that because you are not a mother. By the way...I am a great mother whose son is in school right now and I am at work on my lunch break.

Aww! Her baby is adorable!

And sometimes, the right thing is to have the epidural. Jeez! There are extenuating circumstances sometimes and not all of us can have natural birth without putting our babies at risk. I had to have an epidural because of severe preeclampsia, if something went wrong the doctor wanted to be able to get the baby out by c-section quickly. Well, I'm glad I had one because things went very wrong, very fast.
Sometimes getting the epidural IS the best thing for mother AND baby.

I friggen care. Every mother likes to tell her story, it's a miracle. I don't know about you but when I bring life into the world I like to share it.And if you're b*tchin about reading about it you've obviously never experienced it. It's wonderful with or without meds.

Just facinated that this is of interest.. who cares. hey i clicked hoping to see nipple...

to 9:59 pm
I have had more than 10 miscarriages and have 3 children now. It was not easy but I wanted more children so I went threw it. Now what to tell people it is time to get rude with them.

Personally the idea of having an epidural scares me a bit; is giving birth all but paralyzed from the waist down really the way to go? For some women, maybe. If I have children, I hope to keep labor and delivery as natural as I can, with as little medical intervention as possible. But of course my body is in charge and may have other plans~

I had two natural births and ended up having an epidural when I had a hysterectomy. Natural births were a million times better. I felt like I had no control in the lower part of my body what so ever.

I'm looking for a truly great response to this question (after five miscarriages) regarding the fact I have one wonderful, incredible daugher who I love more than life. Is she your ONLY child? Emphasis on only. It bugs me but I could live with it. But when my now 5 year old comments on the fact that people seem too curious or too interested in the fact that she has no siblings it bugs me a lot. I would like to say something to these people without jumping down their throats. Yes, it's a sensitive subject, I WOULD love to have more children. But I have this great kid and if she is the one I'm given then so be it. I wish people would think a bit, just a bit, before they speak. Only seems to imply "not enough". As if having one kid is a loss. Or I'm selfish. I look at these other mothers who are going through what I went through for years just to have ONE kid and I want to scream with them that I am so gosh darn thrilled I have this one incredible child that she will never be considered an ONLY. She is the one and we love her. Nothing more, nothing less. Now if someone can fit that into one concise statement so I can shut these other parents up I'd love it. I don't want to be mean, just effective.

I am having a baby tomorrow and I am definitly getting an epidural!!!!!

Does having an epidural or not make you any less a mom? Um, no. I had a c-section because the cord was around my son's neck......did I have a choice? No, and I'm no less a mother than someone who went natural. I had planned to try it, but looks like God had another choice for me. Natural childbirth has been around longer, but it doesn't make it better. It's a choice, that's all.

Interesting, sucks that she regrets not having an epidural, but she healed quickly, that's the good thing.!