I don't mind telling people (if asked, I don't just volunteer the information!) that I have had vaginal births. The technical term, according the terminology used in my file, is SVD - or standard vaginal delivery. I don't feel overly comfortable with the term "natural birth". First, because *technically* a natural birth is one that starts spontaneously and continues without any intervention whatsoever - including the gas. And I suppose second, because of the insinuation that anything else is "unnatural". If you by the technical definition, none of my births were 'natural', but at the same time I am uncomfortable with the insinuation that therefore means they were somehow unnatural. So I am happy with 'vaginal' - it's accurate and inoffensive (unless you really have a problem hearing the word said, in which case you shouldn't be asking me about my birth in the first place!).