Yes it is! I went drug free for my second child and it was fanstastic! At the time it was so full on (I won't beat around the bush with that) BUT afterwards I was on such a high and my recovery was significantly better than that with my daughter (I had an epidural in the last couple of hours before she was born and ventouse intervention). It took me a while to physically recover from her birth. I also had a very bad coccyx sprain.
So is it possible to go drug-free? Or am I really deluding myself? DH will stand by pretty much anything I want, commenting "don't argue with an angry woman in labour" (bless), but I don't want drugs!
I did lots of preparation this time around. I mean, I prepared with my fisrt child but what I thought I wanted then, I did not want this time around. I did Active Birth yoga classes, read a bit of Janet Balaskas, polished up with some Shelia Kitzinger as well. Active Birthing was amazing and I could move around. I could not do this with an epidural with my first, and moving around made a big difference. I had an excellent Midwife too and my DH was very supportive. He even attended an Active Birth Workshop with me at about 37 weeks and he took a lot of it is and he knew physical ways he could help me as well as emotional support. My mother is also a Midwife as well, and she was great to talk to with preparation as well. She was talking me into going completely drug free the first time. I should have listened better LOL. But I did it second time around and it was brilliant!
So, that's what we did anyway. I had a fantastic birth experience. Only problem was my MIL's tantrum a few days afterwards, but that's another story LOL.
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