A friend of mine had a little girl 4 weeks ago. We have a small hospy here with minimal supplies. The only pain relief we have here are gas & morphine. Anything stronger you need to travel about an hour for.
Anyway, she planned on going into hossy early so she could 'have the drugs'. She went in early, but they told her to go home a bit longer. 2 hours later she went back & 4ish hours later baby was born. In the end she didn't use anything at all. No gas, or morphine.
I was happy for her...til she said today that thats the biggest regret she has That she didn't have the drugs. I asked didn't she feel proud that she did without? But, no, she hates that she felt everything. She didn't tear or have stitches, I know feeling a tear isn't pleasent, coz I felt it with DD2!
I'm confused. I know we have different views on alot of these sort of things, but if you can do it, why not be proud of what you've acheived?