Hey all the best Gracie and Possum!

I had a drug free birth, my body actually took over and it never occurred to me once to want drugs, the hormones in my body (and maybe the fact I had a waterbirth, which eased pain) provided all the pain relief I needed!

I had an injection to hurry the placenta out, which totally wasn't in my birth plan, but I was losing too much blood and they wanted to figure out what was up - I was pretty out of it by then, but I know my birth support partners would have said something if they'd thought it wasn't necessary. Oh, and I had gas for when I was getting stitched up, cos I tore - I didn't even realise I'd torn!

I had people go 'oh you won't be able to go drug free, you'll be begging for an epidural'. I don't know why people try to discourage other people. But there you go, not only can you go drug free - it might be heaps easier than you think because of your body's ability to birth!