My pains weren't bad I was just scared. So if you can breathe through them try to go without.
That's my birthday...and due date. I got an epidural the first time around at 5cm and I failed to progress had to get a csection. I'm going for vaginal again and I'm going to hold off on the epidural.
There is a horror story to counter every pleasant story when it comes to epidural. I for one took the epidural cause I couldn't take the pain anymore. And I have a very high pain tolerance. And it was a wonderful experience and my daughter who is now 3 is fine. I'm due November 1st and plan to get another one. I had a friend who thought she wanted a natural birth (this was her first pregnancy) after a few min of labor pains she quickly changes her mind and got an epidural.