I suspect this is a really stupid question that is going to have some incredibly obvious answers so apologies in advance.
It seems as though most mums nowadays at least attempt a natural birth before accepting any drug involvement. But having spoken to women of my mums generation (mum, my boss, my aunt) they've all said they accepted the drugs they were given and it didn't have any sort of adverse affect on the baby.
Now I'm sure there must be a downside. There must be something I'm being too dim to notice, but what exactly is the reason for having a natural birth as opposed to accepting pain relief?
The only thing that's truly put me off so far was that we were watching an episode of OBEM and as soon as the mother was given the drugs she suddenly had this horrible glazed over look in her eyes as though she wasn't with it at all. She managed to push etc but honestly looked as though she was on another planet.
So tell me ladies, other than being able to say 'I did it naturally', what's the benefit to saying no to pain relief?
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What's the negative side of taking the drugs during childbirth?
weeblueberry · 26/11/2012 16:26
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