Melissa Joan Hart: I Regret No Epidural

Us Magazine - October 2, 2008 5:42 AM PDT
Story photo: Melissa Joan Hart: I Regret No EpiduralMelissa Joan Hart and son Brayden arrive at the "Celebration of Babies" silent auction and luncheon on September 27, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.Us Magazine
Actress Melissa Joan Hart has second thoughts about her decision to give birth to son Braydon naturally.

"I told my mom and my husband, don't let me have [the drugs]," she told Usmagazine.com at the Celebration of Babies to benefit March of Dimes in L.A. Saturday.

"I kinda regret that one," she revealed.

"But the thing is, the healing was so much faster," the 32-year-old explained. "I didn't have to get the drugs out of my system and was moving around a lot more."

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Hart, who had "a lot of medical intervention" during her first delivery, told Us that having a natural childbirth motivated her.

"I labored at home for 9 hours and then went to the hospital for an hour and a half - two pushes and he was out," she said.

"When you're feeling all that, you want to get that out as soon as possible, so you really work," she added. "You're like, 'I'm gonna push really hard but I'm only doing it once.'"

Braydon, born in March, is now 6-months-old. Hart and husband Mark Wilkerson also have a 3-year-old, Mason.

"They're just starting to relate to each other a lot," Hart told Us. "[Braydon] loves to laugh at his big brother and his brother loves to make him laugh."

So how did Hart lose her pregnancy pounds?

"Four weeks [after], I started feeling really good so I started going to the gym and started working out, went about three times a week," she told Us. "I got delivery food for a little while.

"What I did was make sure no Sprinkles cupcakes [were] in the house, no candy," she said. "I got used to the no sugar so I was like ok, 'no starches.' I slowly started to get myself back on track and get my will power built up."

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  • HER SON IS SO CUTE
    report abuseposted January 1, 2009 12:16 PM PST
  • OMG SHE IS SO PRETTY I LUV THIS PIC
    report abuseposted January 1, 2009 12:16 PM PST
  • Tracy T
    my first was natural and i was in labor for 18 hoursmy second was natural i was in labor for 12 hours with him. and my third was breach and i refused to have a c-section so they had to induce me and slowly turn him and slowly break my water this was a long process over 24 hours i couldn't stand the pain anymore so i got an epidural. i regret that choice everyday. i feel cheated out of my l
    report abuseposted December 26, 2008 2:33 PM PST
  • abigail
    i havn't had any children yet but i'm never using drugs. like they say 'no pain, no gain'. so if it hurts i'll just suck it up
    report abuseposted November 23, 2008 1:43 PM PST
  • Paul G
    i so love her .im only 12 & i don't regret havinin epidural
    report abuseposted November 4, 2008 5:30 PM PST
  • i luv smut
    i gave birth to both of my children all natural.. no drugs. will i ever do it again? prob not.. but i feel its better for the babies.. but after they cut that cord.. its like hello where is my drugs... first child labor for 16 hours.. second.. 11 hours..
    report abuseposted October 4, 2008 2:09 AM PDT
  • Kris B
    I have no intention of going natural, I'm signing up for the drugs.
    report abuseposted October 3, 2008 11:31 AM PDT
  • OK
    My 4ft 9 inch Grandmother had 11 children, including one set of twins @ home no drugs. I asked her if she would have liked medication and she said it would have been nice. It's your body, it won't hurt your baby, or don't have anything. Just don't let someone else make up your mind for you, have a plan and then a back up plan and you'll do fine.
    report abuseposted October 2, 2008 8:35 AM PDT
  • LYNN H
    RECOVERY FROM NATURAL CHILD BIRTH IS NOT QUICKER! WHERE DO THESE PEOPLE COME UP WITH THIS STUFF. I HAD AN EPIDURAL, AND THEN A NATURAL CHILDBIRTH(NOT BY CHOICE, MY SON BURST FORTH INTO THE WORLD IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. SO IT WAS TOO LATE FOR DRUGS...THOSE DRUGS ARE OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM VERY QUICKLY.
    report abuseposted October 2, 2008 6:45 AM PDT
  • kim
    mine was from first labor pain to baby being born 2 hours 3 pushes. same with the other 2 kids.
    report abuseposted October 2, 2008 6:25 AM PDT
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