Personally, I'd have a baby just for the epidural.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I thought I'd have the baby, and get super fit and strong straight away.
My wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.
Even if you are planning a birth with an epidural, the evidence suggests that a doula can help make things go much more smoothly.
I had a home birth because I really believe in the body's natural ability to give birth. The medical profession has kind of warped women's minds into thinking we don't know how to birth and we need doctors and epidurals and Pitocin.
Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!
It wasn't such a pleasant experience. We went through 14 hours with contractions every two minutes, no epidural, no nothing. Every two minutes, I would pass out. I went to the hospital on Saturday, and Levi was born on Monday.
I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.
Patients would come in and say, Well, my baby is going to have a cleft palate. I'm going like, that's not a reason. And the doctor would do the abortion.
I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck.
With Ciel and with Rex, I said 'no epidural.' I recovered, I was walking right after I had them, just did a lot of praying all through my pregnancy that they would be healthy and my deliveries would go without a problem. I was really blessed.