with my son I got an epidural and with this second baby I want to have a natural birth or at least…

You can do it! I had both of my girls with zero pain meds. It is an indescribable pain, but as soon as the baby comes, you forget all about the pain. If you want to go all natural, go for it! You are stronger than you think! 😀

with my first I got an epidural at 2 cm because I was afraid of what was to come at 2 cm in labor I was in pain but it was manageable but like I said I was afraid of the unknown but later I regretted not trying and with this one I want to try. I'm not opposed to getting an epidural if I absolutely can't handle it but when I tell my family I want to do it natural and they literally laugh at me and say you won't it's upsetting and makes me feel like if I decide to get an epidural they're all gonna have their "I told you so" attitudes @sarahb518

That's tough. They should definitely be supporting you. Maybe trying talking one on one with your SO and tell him how it makes you feel when they all laugh when you say you want to do it naturally. You shouldn't feel bad about any choice that you make with respect to your labor. @kayla93

@sarahb518, yeah I told him it upsets me and that I feel unsupported and all he said was "it's gonna be painful" and I was like obviously. I guess I'm just gonna keep my thoughts on labor to myself @sarahb518