You can always try without and see how you feel. Typically your second labor will go faster so you might not be able to get it anyway even if you wanted one. Just be open. Whatever happens happens. I know my epidural started to wear off and I felt a lot of the pushing. Felt like my vagina was ripping open and I was telling them something was wrong. But in reality I didn’t even tear. Just take it a step at a time. There are also pain management things you can do such as laughing gas.

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I’d say try without it just remember that once you are at that point you can’t just go back on your decision since it could be too late. But I think the experience could have more pain but it’s better for you & baby.

Don’t get too stuck on a plan... just have a general idea of what you’d like and be open to taking another path.

My plan is to get an epidural and part of me is feeling like I want to try to do it without one. I had an epidural with my first little one and I felt absolutely nothing and I don’t know I just feel like this time is going to be different and I want to try something different. I just feel a little bit more emotionally ready for this baby to be here

What do you want to change?

This last time, my birth plan didn’t do as planned but it was still perfect!

My plan was to get epidural- didn’t end up getting it.

I didn’t want her to go to the nursery, but ended up going for 3 hours cause I really needed to sleep.