I prob should stay out of this one since I'm a guy, then I was about to share my personal experiences (I'm the modern guy who was in the room for both my kids, including the 2nd one, c-section...) then I realized the stories I had to share were NOT reassuring...so I'll just share 2 things...the epidural is not like other drugs that leave you doped up, it's more like a local applied to the area around the spine...no one would say you were a wimp for having a local to get stitches, that you should be EXPERIENCE the moment 2nd point, wife shared a room with another lady, a preacher's wife, who had just had her 3rd baby...she had gone "natual" for the 1st two, then given in & had the epi on this one...her words: "I don't know why ANYONE would want have natural childbirth again..."

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