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I have two children- my first I was induced with pitocin 2 weeks early because my blood pressure reached dangerously high proportions and my daughter needed to be born- I dont know if you know anything about pitocin, but it can cause labor pains to DOUBLE in severity.. i was in A LOT of pain. When the doctor offered me an epidural I gladl accepted, but unfortunately we discovered that night epidurals don't work on me so I wound up delivering my baby without pain medication anyway. My second was a c-section and because of the problem with certain pain medications not working on me, I was asleep when my second daughter was born so I have been from one extreme (NO MEDICATION) to another (ASLEEP) and FYI both my girls are happy, healthy, fully functioning young girls :) If you want to deliver without pain medication that's your business, but it's nobody's job to judge another person for making a decision other than their own.