you know, if you have a healthy baby on the other end, that is reward enough. i personally thought the women screaming their guts out in natural childbirth were nuts. you do not get a GIRLSCOUT badge or other award for having done it without drugs.
My kids still tease me about giving birth to their youngest brother. My big word was, "Owie!" I was so sure I had screamed louder than I had.
When I had my daughter (#2) the nurse kept looking at me like I was nuts because I wasn't screaming.