BIRTH IS A LANGUAGE OF PAIN RELIEF This includes choosing an epidural during birth! Either if you are admitted into hospital and get a planned epidural before you are barely in active labor because you are scared, to if you transfer from home after laboring hard for two days and have not slept in over 42 hours and just need a flippin break, to if you are looking at having Pitocin and just do not want to feel the sharp unforgiving edge of that meditation—it is OK to not want to be in pain. Being in pain does not make you more tough, make you more of a woman, or make you a better mama. Being in pain is not an act of success or extra merit or ascendance. Asking for and getting pain relief does not mean you are weak, or less than, or giving in. There is no shame in needing/wanting pain relief in labor! Not wanting to be in pain is normal. Beautiful info graphic by @wfmother #epidurals #epiduralsrock #painreliefisagoodthing #birthofamama #motherhoodrising #empoweredbirthproject #thelanguageofbirth #Repost via @thelanguageofbirth