honghuzhenni (941.1 days ago) Thank you so much for that information. I`ll be sure to ask my midwife more about it in my case, but that was very helpful. I already have IBS and some bad hemorrhoids (they don`t hurt right now, but look awful from the outside...eww, I know, sorry). My 1st was 8lbs 6oz, we`ll see about my next. But that definitely makes me seriously consider an epidural. We hope to have somewhere b/t 3-6 kids total, so I don`t want to cause myself serious damage. I had the urge to push at 6cms, & the midwife thinks an epidural will help that, and thus cause less of a tear. Haha, yeah, no one wants to be wearing Depends at the age of 30. LOL Good luck!