I think that now women want it cos they 'can't cope with pain'!

My cousin is expecting her first child in July and one of the first things she said to me was 'I'm going to have an epidural because I don't like pain'!!!

I think if midwives can re-educate women to trust themselves and their bodies, women wouldn't feel the need to have it so much. When I was doing birth prep most of the women were asking me what birth was like. My anwser was that yes it hurts, it's going to, but to try and view every pain as a positive (not easy I know).
I would say to them that if they break there leg, it awful and there is no reward for that pain. Yet the pain felt in birth is bringing you one step closer to holding your baby for the first time, and it's the greatest reward you'll ever have.


Off topic abit there, ooops.
I'm not sure about charging though. I think on one hand, yes we should, but on the other hand, the woman has the right to choose and if she has had real evidenced based advice then hopefully she can make the right descision.