Actually, epidurals can cause death in rare cases. I know with my epidural I had with my twins, I died and it took them 30 minutes to get me back. Come to find out I was allergic to it. My son Natural and after 3 days he came. The doctor kept sending me home saying I wasn't in labor because the computer, you know the one that's supposed to measure contractions, said I wasn't. Last time I ever used that doctor. Needless to say at the height of my labor with my son when I pushed him out when they are supposed to registering really high, I pushed him out at a 10. He didn't take into effect I am a swimmer and the muscles were blocking an actual reading.
My girls were c-section due to pre-eclampsia, my blood pressure was sky high and they stopped my labor and delivered them 6 weeks early. 
Then it was off to the NICU. What fun. All 3 of my kids are NICU babies. 
But we made it through.
But between the both I prefer Natural!!!!!!!
