A friend said she wouldn't do pitocin without an epidural ever again in her life even if they paid a million dollars. the pain is immense, because it's forcing your body to contract while it's not entirely ready.

I was induce with pitocin twice both with no epidural or pain meds the contractions hurt so bad but it depends how much you tolerate pain my labor was fast just 45 minutes of pain and baby came right out for me my water has to break before they put the pitocin that way my labor is fast and I don't have to suffer a lot but every women is different Good luck

your welcome 💞

@ilondon, it's never too late to learn new things... I'm sure you tube has plenty of tutorial videos you could watch.. also distractions are the best I've Hurd of alot of women dancing though labor

@maya_rose, lol well you have earned the right to brag after going through that!

@aphrodite2014, I'm suppose to be induced next week so maybe it's too late to learn how to breath through labor, but I will start practicing now and hopefully it comes in handy

@ilondon, I love that name and the meaning "faith" it's really a mind thing with the pain I just kept reminding myself it's a part of the game lol plus i wanted to brag that I did it without an epidural lol

@babyboy14, that's the main question, how much pain can I actually bare!! and thank you for wishing the best for me, I hope it goes smoothly too :-)

@maya_rose, your daughter have the same name as me, Imani. and I hope my labor goes like yours and I'm able to resist getting the epidural too. 8 hours is not bad! I'm feeling a little more confident now.

@ilondon, there is your incentive to learn how to breath through labor

I was induced and I needed that medicine to speed up the labor I still had received the epidural its different depending on how much pain u can take hope u have a smooth and great labor

I did.

I did with my first and I didn't get an epidural...my doc suggested that I didn't get one due to possible long term side effects. I was only in labor for 8 hours @ilondon

no piticion for me but yes epidural lol

@daisydukes, thank you, that gives me hope that I can do it too without epidural, I was really disappointed when I found out I had to be induced.@aphrodite2014 yea that is one of the main reasons I don't want an epidural, I'm nervous I'll will end up needing an emergency c-section.😟

I went into the hospital at 37 weeks and they induced me because I had high blood pressure and was already dilating. I had to get the epidural because my contractions got very painful. But I was also on a medicine to lower my blood pressure so that could have had something to do with it. After I had baby it was hard to move also

I had to be induced but did not want any drugs

I'd try to resist the epidural because it can slow labor and that just increases chances of c-section

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