OMG some of these recent articles have me shaking my head

Of course not. Why would you be in pain?

Its everyone choice- with my 1st I had gas and morfine. With my 2nd I just a gas as it was no time for anything else ..

I had one with drugs (it was a breech and highly recommended i have pain relief) the second was drug free (only because my labour was so far along, there wasn’t time for drugs) And I dont think there’s a difference. I bought home 2 happy and healthy babies, what more could you ask for?

I never believed in having a birth plan because nothing always goes to plan. I went in with the mindset of getting my bub out safely and that’s exactly what we did. I thought I would have got an epidural but when they asked I said no mid contraction. I had a natural (complicated) birth and only used gas when I had to get stitches.

I have had to normal births and two breech births, I had an epidural with the breech who was bottom first but only gas for the breech feet first. Any mother who gives birth albeit regardless of pain relief is a hero!

Everyone is different.

Well I felt a bit disappointed of myself for not being able to have a drug free one. But to be honest, we do what we can and always strive for the best and that’s all what it counts

Nope definitely not ! Every birth story is different

I am happy with my three births. All went well.But i agree with no one has any idea what will happen next during the labour even you plan.Safety is first.

GIVING BIRTH is SUPERIOR now matter how it occurs. There is no best way, no right way, it’s about what’s best to deliver a healthy baby. Everyone’s circumstance is different.

It really does come down to the priority of both the baby and mum being healthy. We all do the best we can 🙂

The thing to be proudest of is the fact that you gave birth and your child is healthy. It doesn’t matter if it’s natural or you need all the drugs available at the time. Also some people have a much higher pain thresh-hold than others.

I am on baby number four and really, it comes down to what is going on at the time. You can never pick if you will get through with or without pain relief, so well done either outcome, we are all proud mummas and congratulations!

I had done both, I have had two births with zero drugs including gas,,, I have also had 2 births where pain relief was used. One was because the pain was so intense going through my hips.. I had some gas but ended up making me feel sick so I stopped and one shot of pethidine which we found out I’m allergic too so that was the end of that. And my other birth I was on a morphine drip (my baby had unfortunately already passed away so I wanted it as painless as possibly as it was already hard enough)
For me personally I draw the line at epidurals as the thought of a needle in the spine and not being able to move freaks me out and I’ve heard too many stories of women having pain for years at the injection site.
Giving birth no matter how is a massive achievement And every mother should be proud.

I wanted to go natural but neither of my births went to plan. It’s great if you can do it, but it really doesn’t seem to have affected my kids in the long-term – now 5 and 7.

I had my first son ‘natural’ my waters broke & he was in our arms within 4 hours with 20 minutes of actual labour.
My second son I had to be induced, had him ‘natural’ also & he was in our arms within 4 hours of the gel going in & also less than 20 minutes of actual labour.
Both sons were born 2 weeks early (8lb6oz & 5lb6oz).
I tell people my story as I am entitled to, I don’t tell my story to rub it in in any way. Everyone has a choice in the way they bring their children into the world, some people can do birth plans & they go to plan, others have a birth plan & it goes nothing like they wanted & others end up in emergency situations. The only time I get annoyed is when I speak to people who elect to have a C-section to conserve their ‘vajayjay….
I am happy I got to experience drug free births as the body is an amazing thing & the side effects from the drugs are always a worry, but if I had to go down the drug route to have my babies in my arms safely I would have done exactly that, their health and safety was my number one priority.
I had more issues with breast feeding, my milk never came in with either of my sons, so I had to breast feed, express & also too up with formula to keep my babies fed & I got judged by people around me, midwives at the hospital & also the lactation consultants, I was made to feel like breast feeding is the most natural thing in the world that a mother’s body just does it, but my body didn’t agree even with all the medications & herbs, yeast bikkies didn’t help my supply, my first son was starving all the time & had no choice but to top up with formula, so for me I don’t care breast is best, yes! But ‘FED’ is best…
I think we all need to support one another as giving birth is an amazing experience that mummas have been doing for centuries. The world is a hard enough place as it is & we all go through mummy guilt at one point or another so no need to beat ourselves up about how we brought our children into the world, just do what works for u & be an amazing mumma.

My first birth was my easiest and I went to sleep for two hours before I woke to push; the second I was in and out of labour for three weeks, with a baby who kept spinning around inside, so I also had a couple of Chinese burns trying to turn her around before she was born. She ended up coming so quickly I had no pain medication and a girlfriend delivered her. The third baby was induced, and he really didn’t want to be born, it was a 20 hour labour, with pain medication and in the end I was facing a forceps delivery as he was splitting my bowel as I was pushing. All three were different and thankfully I got a great baby at the end of all three labours and really that was all that was important!!

I’ve had both drug and drug free births. What ever you plan you really cannot guarantee that’s how the birth will unfold. I get why they brag about drug free because it’s so hard and painful that once it’s over you really feel so powerful and proud that you endured all the pain without any drugs it makes you feel so strong. Having said that it doesn’t make you feel less powerful or strong if you used drugs because both ways you birthed a precious baby and endured so much pain. Also it’s not meant to make any other mother feel bad at all. pregnancy and childbirth is hard full stop and all mother’s are equally as strong .

Both my kids were drug free. I definitely used the gas to help me through. Both babies progressed quickly so drugs wouldn’t have been an option. With my first I went into shock when she was out and was kind of happy when they said I needed surgery for my retained placenta. My second I had no birth complications but my contractions barely stopped and I couldn’t even take a proper breath let alone use gas efficiently.
Does my drug free birth make me superior? No. Whether you have an easy drug free birth, or a long complicated birth resulting in a c-section, you still did an amazing thing of growing life.