you know i thought the same thing i took no drugs with any of my deliveries(that was the way back then 30 yrs ago) but as soon as i saw my daughter in pain i said take the drugs there is just not any good reason to be in that much pain. with that said with the second grandchild the baby came so quick 5 min after got to hospital there was no time and she said if she knew how much better she would feel the next day she would not have had the epidural the first time.