No, for me my body was not relaxing. Once I had the epidural my body was able to relax and do its thing. Had the epidural with all 3 and it worked beautifully.

@labellacupcakes that's crazy, normally what I read about the epidural is that it makes labor longer.

All 3 of my deliveries I pushed for 20 minutes. The first was the longest because I was trying to go natural and it wasn't working. Once I got the epidural I delivered 40 minutes later. 3-10cm in a half hour was crazy!

No I meant to say you ur labor varies from each child you will have @amandacn

@mberjuste5 I know everyone is different, I've just been reading a lot of people's comments lately saying the first labor is the longest, which I even heard before I had my baby. I was just curious about people's experiences.

Every labor is different.... My first was the longest ever.... I say my last one was the shortest maybe by I stayed home for most of the time then rush to the hospital.

@ellieinmybelly I was so adamant about not having pain meds. They put me in the tub and it helped a tiny bit. But I was in so much pain because my contractions were constant. So I caved in and said I wanted an epidural ( which I really really didn't want) and half way to the bed my water broke and as soon as the guy came in my daughter was on her way.

@ellieinmybelly I didn't feel lucky, haha. I was puking and each time I did I became more dilated. I went fully natural, no pain meds, induction, or anything.