CAn anyone give me ideas on going all natural in Child Birth?!

CAn anyone give me ideas on going all natural in Child Birth?

I am going to have our baby this Thursday. I have to go without an epidadrul being of rod metal in my back .
Wha tcan I do to make it through it with any kind of pain meds ?I have a high tolerance to pain but others tell me I cant do it

Of course you can do it!! Congratulations on your soon-to-born baby!

I had my son without an epidural and it wasn't as bad as I had imagined it would be. One of the things that I was lucky enough to have to aid in the pain was the ability to sit in a warm tub in the delivery room. I had hoped to have a water birth but that didn't work out, however I can say that my time spent in the tub provided significant pain relief.

If you don't have this option available to you, there are a number of other things you can do to alleviate the pain of labor. Different things work for different women but try one or more of the following:

-- Listening to music (bring a CD you've burned with your favorite tunes) -- the rocking back and forth motion is great for backache

-- Meditation and concentration -- great for focusing on something outside the pain.

-- Have your partner massage you -- personally I didn't want to be touched (or talked to really) but many women say this helps

Just remember at the end of it, you will have your wonderful child in your arms and you won't be able to remember the pain of childbirth (why do you think women do it more than once!)

Good luck!