two of mine were pos or posterior or face up delivered okay had episiotomy full 1st bad dr choice then partial the 2nd...my third was regular and my fourth was sideways and turned as i pushed which only took 11 min from my water breaking....scary what can happen that is why i like to be w a dr in a hospital for the just in case my first 2 i had a wonderful epidural experience in california........my next two i had without meds even though i begged they figure they can't get sued in canada and don't care ....i would never recommend a natural childbirth wo epidural......i never knew pain that bad existed the best comparism i've ever heard come close might be chainsawing your legs off slowly....i am unexpectively preg again and due in june strongly considering an elective c i don't trust canada and don't want to go through that nightmare again i felt a more part of the birth with an epidural and a mirror i could watch the baby come out and enjoy it......in canada i was never offered a mirror and had to even wait fully dialated and in pain unable to breathe through contractions i had to wait an hour there was no dr avail and no nurse offering i started pushing on my own no longer able to hold back and the dr barely made it to catch my son i looked to see that he was a boy another thing denied to know the sex at st boniface hospital in canada...even though i asked its against hospital policy........very scarednever was before my 3rd