I say it's your body and your choice. I personally will never do it again but thats do to the fact I have like fast food take out labors way to fast with not a chance to even take a breath. My contractions do not have any space between them unless you count a mere 2 seconds because they hump each other! I am sure there are ways in other situations with not such an aggressive labor to be able to go drug free. As far as natural to me that me a vaginal birth period. Hope everything works out the way you'd like it to, just remain optimistic. As far as the AARP people telling you there is no way tell them if they have nothing good say to keep the crap that is falling out of their mouths to themselves
and that putting it nicely.