Anthony - funny funny, its actually a wonder that you are still alive and walking around, not to mention posting on LCT! :D :D

I did not mean to be promoting one birth method over the other. In the late 60's, the only relief was medication like Demerol or such that could get to the baby and make him/her drowsy for hours, not to mention us Mom's.....so the thing was to do "unmedicated" birth, and if near the end you needed something, then they would give you what is now called the epidural, except then they would only give it near the end - you know when you were screaming so loud that the whole world could hear you - haha - anyway, I think thats when the Bradley and Lamaze breathing technicques came into play, so that you could get thru labor as long as possible without a lot of meds that would effect the baby - whatever - it was the "hippy" era, I don't know where this all came from - but point is that is where the term "natural childbirth" is from I guess, meaning no meds at all if possible. Wheeewwww, I'm doing the breathing thing now.......hoooo hoooo hoooo, wheee wheee!!

Hey, its a personal thing and I think these days its finally right, the right combination of breathing techniques and small doses of meds, and epidurals, and its a great experience....no matter what, or how its done, in the end you end up with a little baby that the two of you have created together.
Thats my $5.00 worth!!! :D