i everyone,

I am just wondering if other women are feeling more pressure to have, for want of a better word, ?perfect births?, i.e. births that are drug free, with little to no medical intervention. By way of example, when I tell some friends/acquaintances that I?m quite happy to have an epidural if I need it, they look at me in horror.

I have also noticed that there seems to be an increase in the number of people who seem to think that medical professionals have 'hidden agendas'. When I told another acquaintance the other day that the best feeling about having my own OB this time around was that I could let him do the worrying for me, I got a lecture on how birth is an empowering experience for women and that I was letting the OB take this away from me!!

Sorry for the vent, I am just curious as to whether or not other women feel this way.