I agree with the statement. We certainly were designed to give birth naturally. We are fortunate to live in a time where medical intervention is available when it's necessary.. no doubt it saves many lives of mums & bubs, but I don't think intervention should be used just coz we can, I agree it should be for medical reasons.

My DH was a fantastic doula! hehe. When I was in a bad way just before the pushing stage, and saying I just can't do this anymore, he reminded me we knew it would get like this (ie transition where you feel out of control) and he basically told me that I HAVE to do it, I don't have a choice. He reminded me of what my body was doing and where it was up to, to picture the baby getting in position to come out etc etc and reminded me of the reasons we didn't want drugs, to have a bright alert baby. Altho right at the end before pushing he did ask me if I wanted the gas.. I think he thought I was dying or something LOL coz I was just flaked out between contractions and just completely worn out. But otherwise he completely supported me to stay drug free. He was also good at making all the pushing noises along with me! LOL. I teased him about that afterwards saying he made more noise than me!

We were pretty much left alone to labour.. which I was surprised at, I actually expected the midwife to be around more (she was there throughout the entire pushing stage tho). But it was good just being me & DH.

I'd do it again