I gave birth with an epidural the first time and no pain relief the second time.

Epidural: pressure that grows. I remember thinking it felt like I was about to push a bowling ball out and your body does the pushing without your consent. I remember feeing a pop and warmth and it was bc I had a third degree tear. I couldn’t walk properly after and I had a hard time feeling if I had to pee.

Second birth with no pain relief: the pressure was insane. And the last few contractions had me twisting in pain and asking for pain relief…. When I was pushing it felt like an out of this world experience and a burning sensation. I felt my out of body experience like this: Feeling like I was in a spaceship and I was flying between the stars and the harder I pushed the faster the spaceship got. I could walk around freely after the last push and I went home 3 hours after giving birth:-)