Reasons why you don't want an epidural:

Take it from someone who has been through this, 4 times now.... UHG

So when I had my first daughter I was 19, and scared. I didn't know nearly as much as I do now about things. But anyways I opted for an epidural when I first went into labor. Everything was fine, and went normal. Sounds great right??? NOT. The many things that can happen, and all the risks including signing a form stating that you may die! Yup I signed that.

4 years later here I am in labor with my second daughter, I labored all but 1 1/2 hours of it without any medication, completley natural. First off when your in so much pain and it's readily available, your more likely to use it, so here I was in transisition begging for something. Unfortunately I caved and they gave me another epidural, what I didn't know was that the anestesioligist had to do it twice beacause he messed up the first try. I labored and gave birth to my daughter and was fine, until the next day.

The headache began, it wasn't so bad until they released me the next day, I cried for almost 24 hours. The pain was unlike anything I had experinced. I found myself in the emergency room, to see what the heck was happening to me. After being stuck up and down my arms because they couldn't hit a vein for an IV, they gave me morphine and then continued on to tell me that they needed to do a blood patch. No big deal right, wrong again. They basically have to do another epidural and inject your own blood into the hole. So thats what they did. They told me that because of the first two epidurals in the previous days that I was leaking spinal fluid causing my brain to have less, which pulls on your tissues and makes your brain hurt literally.

I had one day pain free, to enjoy my new family.... Thankfully I got to be pain free on mothers day.

The next day I was back in the ER. Same amount of pain. They cannot do another blood patch although in some cases they will. Another IV and shot of morphine, they sent me home with a bed rest protocall and said if it doesn't go away in a week, to see my doctor.

Finally after three days sobbing and taking perkaset, it went away.

This whole experience was totally unnatural, and I regret not being able to wait out the last 1 1/2 hours. I never want to experence anything like this again, and if I so happen to have another child, I pray that I can birth at home, the way birth should be.

I hope you can all take something from this.

Nominated for Versatile blogger,

By My ever changing life.
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This contains four parts:
1) Thank the person who awarded you.
2) Write 7 thing about yourself
3) Pick 7 bloggers to bestow the award upon.
4) Contact and congratulate the bloggers you picked.

7 Things about myself:

I love nature walks, and can't wait to go backpacking for days on end like I used to.

I love being a mommy, wouldn't take anything back ever!

I strive to be minimalistic, and eco friendly, so that our children have a future on this beautiful planet.

I have a wonderful husband and will gladly tell anyone how amazing he has been through everything.

I love a good jam out of my favorite songs.

I like to visit coffee shops that are local and unique when I travel.

I want to travel, a lot, I want to see the world that I strive to change!

I can't choose 7 but here is my favorite one:

The info dome, I nominate you!