This thread has been incredibly inspiring and I'm even more determined than ever to birth my first child naturally. I watched Ricky Lake's documentary 'The Business of Being Born' last night and although I knew a lot already (much thanks to Belly Belly!) I found it incredibly interesting and feel I'm even more prepared to go natural.

I just find it so sad that something so natural is often viewed as 'crazy' and I'm sick of people judging me already and telling me I'm trying to be a 'hero' because I'm opting to TRY to birth naturally. I have nothing against the drugs at all and hey, I may just need them or other forms of intervention but my inital plan is to have faith in my body and just let it do what it was born to do. Why am I trying to be a 'hero' for feeling that way? I have no doubt it will be painful, I don't know that I will be able to handle the pain and I cannot predict what the birth will be like but I CAN make the call now to just TRY and go natural. And you know what, I'm sure I can do it