[gobucks]

"I was glad afterward that I had and I still am."

Thank you so much for this reply. Can you give a couple of details about why afterward you were glad you did so if you don't mind me asking?

[LoudRepublicangirl]

I did not have any medications or epidural. It just wasn't an option I considered. I think that if a woman and her husband educate themselves about the labor and delievery process then they know what to expect and it is not as frightening. Our society has become too over-medicated. No wonder people are pressuring you.

[Zardor]

My wife & I did the Bradly method 8 years ago. Reason? Drugs are bad, M.D.s are part of the wacky establishment thinking ( we did the mid wife thing), my wife is a trooper (doesn't want the panzy route to anything), and we are free citizens in the USA!

My church members also gave us the unthinking party line about all of the above and then some. I also screwed up and got a vasectomy ...Bad mistake! Had it reversed 3 years ago.

We homeschool, don't eat chemical filled foods, live a slow paced life and enjoy God's creation.

Cordially,

[ShadowDancer]

The PC thing for me to say would be that I did it because I didn't want any drugs in me that may go into the baby's system, etc. But the plain fact of the matter of why I did it was ego. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it, plain and simple. Having said that, now that I'm tilting a little more towards 40, I don't know that I would do it again if the occassion arose. I no longer feel the need to prove things to myself, I know who and what I am now.

Whichever way it happens, it really does need to be your wife's decision. The moment that child is born all of the decisions about it should be made by both of you but this one should be hers alone.

[petitfour]

ALL of my LDR nurses told me afterward how going natural made things so much easier because you can get right up and walk around and go potty all on your own. I don't think anyone ever told me before labor what the negatives of epidurals are.

Pitocin is a big no-no in my book now that I have had it given during three labors. It makes the PAIN much more intense. If you (your wife) can avoid it, do.