When I talk to my patients, I find that they see a "natural birth" as one that
ends in a vaginal delivery.  Labor may have included an epidural, narcotics, 3rd
or 4th degree epis, forceps, or any number of interventions.  To them, a vaginal
birth is a natural one.

Megan Schmidt, RN, IBCLC



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> no, cthe saddest thing is that i have learned that if i ask a client, how was
> the
> birth? everything normal? no medications? and they say, yes, all natural,
> they often had an epidural but they think that is a natural birth . . . .
>

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