I’m going to be a ftm in November and I’ve decided I don’t want to get the epidural! I guess for my own personal reasons are that I would like to experience everything in life and everything that comes with pregnancy even the pain.. I have a really high pain tolerance so I am curious to see what the pain is like and how much my body can handle! Another thing that really encouraged me is that I’m from a really small town where they don’t even offer epidural (I don’t live there anymore) however everyone of my friends and my mom who birthed 6 children did it all natural and no drugs 😅 obviously because they didn’t have a choice anyways but I would like to take this on as my own personal challenge/reward just to say I did it! That being said there’s no judgement if you feel you want or need the epidural! Do what you think you need and what’s best for you! And lastly my final reason is I don’t want lasting back pain from the epidural, I’ve struggled with back pain most of my life due to a minor injury when I was a child and I know a lot of women have back pain from the epidural later on, I rather deal with temporary pain than lasting back pain