I suggest you wait until your ante natal class as they will go thru all the options. I planned to go drug free if possilbe but certainly wasn't going to be a hero about it. By the time we got to the hospital I was 9cm which ruled out the epidural, however I did end up using gas and after forceps had an emergency ceasar which they then gave me a spinal for. So I suggest goes with what works for you at the time and this may change as each stage progresses.