WARNING: Slightly braggy ramble ahead. No offense intended to other birth choices, I am speaking from MY heart and MY feelings, I am NOT intending to come across as thinking I'm better than anyone. I just think FOR ME natural birth is better, ME, as in no one else. As in don't take it personally. <3
As someone who birthed naturally at home I can say it's not that bad. This is probably in part because I expected it to be uncomfortable, and yes a little painful, but I was not going into it thinking "OH GOD THIS IS GOING TO KILL ME. I WILL DIE FROM PAIN" I went into it KNOWING I could handle it. That if I listened to my body, let it do it's thing, and had a great support network around me it would be manageable and IT WAS.
Three weeks after giving birth and I think back and all I feel is pure joy and pride in MY BODY and the AMAZING things it can do. I look back and think "Damn I'm awesome and strong and can do ANYTHING!!" I feel SO empowered and wish every woman could have this. I look at my baby and go "You were SO worth it!!" and recalling the FLOOD of hormones that caused my birth high right afterwards? I would not trade that for anything in the world.
I don't think I could get an epidural even if I wanted one (If we have a second child it will be another homebirth anyway so it's kind of moot, lol) after my natural birth, I LOVE the hormones, the connections, the immediate feeling of "MY BABY!!!" I got after she was born. I was full of mommy instinct and love for her, and it is because I felt EVERYTHING and it was GREAT. I couldn't imagine an "easy" "disconnected" (words I have heard women use to describe there births and they used them POSITIVELY like it was a good thing to feel nothing) birth that an epidural provides (The whole just sitting back relaxing doing nothing until being told to push...) I just can't. It's not for me. I'll take my "pain" and push through and come out stronger and empowered and high on the flood of hormones. IT IS WORTH IT.
And seriously, it isn't that bad. ;o
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