. I think these days, people try so hard to plan ahead that they get locked into decisions. For example, a lot of people think it’s bad to have an epidural.
I tried very hard not to make any decisions about my labor ahead of time. I had some guidelines about what I thought I might want, but nothing was set in stone. Make a plan, but be prepared for it to fall apart!
For example, you might vow not to have an epidural, and sure you could have a three-hour-long labor and not need one. But on the other hand, you could have been awake for 20 hours, labored for 23 hours, and then pushed for 4 hours, and be totally exhausted. Somewhere back there, you probably should have had an epidural!
—Susan Schreiber, MD, a mom of a son and daughter in their twenties and a pediatrician in Los Angeles, CA
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