Sorry to those who I seem to have offended with my comment about not understanding why anyone would want a drug free birth (it seems I did, I applaud your choice). If you had the birth experience that I did you would understand why I said that. Feel free to read my birth story. Had I not had the drugs I had and the interventions that I did I would never have given birth. The birth experience was not what I expected and it's still very fresh in my mind having only gone through it a month ago. I have not yet reached that place where you seem to forget the pain you went through.

I had originally planned to labour in a bath both at home and at hospital but that became impossible due to the amount of fluid in my feet and legs (could not get out of a bath as my ankles just couldn't take it about 2 weeks before the birth).

I think it's great if you can manage a drug free birth, but it's not always possible. I wish that had been my experience, but it wasn't.

I also think it's great that if you want to go into birth wanting every drug available then that's your choice to do it or if you want to just see how you go with pain that's OK too.

It's all about choice. I think the best thing we can do for our pregnant friends and relatives is to not put any expectations on them. That was certainly my experience and I'm very glad that's how it was for me.