"natural" childbirth

heatouel85

now see i always thought of a natural childbirth as one that did not include any pain meds. never really considered anything else. would you consider a birth experience that involved cervadil or pitocin to be "natural"?

 

*sallymad*

I personally consider all childbirth to be "natural", I call giving birth w/o meds "med-free" childbirth.

heatouel85

touche! very good point

 

star173

janineb:

*sallymad*:

I personally consider all childbirth to be "natural", I call giving birth w/o meds "med-free" childbirth.

this. anything else is judgemental imo

Really..so "nature" intended pitocin and epidurals? I had both, by the way. It's not judgemental to say you had a natural birth if you had no medical intervention. It's insulting/judgemental if you think you're birth was "the way" to give birth and you judge others for doing something different- plenty of people who have epidurals judge those who go without..it's not the term it's the intent of the person.