I have a strong belief that childbirth should be done naturally, ive always told myself that when i had a baby, i would do it naturally as to not get any medications into my babies system... are there any mothers out there who have had natural childbirth that could give me a little insight as to how it was? like, was the labor long? was it excruciating pain? did you tear?
any information from mothers who had epidurals or other sort of medications is also welcome

im only asking because this is my first and im horrified!