I had a blissful time with an epidural, but did have a period of about 1/2hr of the most extreme pain I have ever felt when the pain block wore off and I was waiting for the top-ups to kick in. I went from calm and controlled to bawling my eyes out in the space of 2mins. Funnily enough I never once screamed, I just moaned and cried silently! *L* (I was too embarassed to scream for some reason!)

Ironically, I would have no fears of going through labour again; likely because even though I did have the drip to speed up my dilation, I was in epidural land for so many hours. Its the memory of how sick I was with all-day sickness til week 16 of pregnancy that would make me think twice about having a 2nd baby. Talk to me in three or so years! *L*