epidural or normal?

First time mum and my labour experience was without epidural. Took the gas, but i felt that it only helped to relax my mind abit, pain was still very much felt and it made me more angsty. My poor husband got lots of scolding from me. Thinking back, although doctors kept on asking if i want epidural, i did not regret not taking it. Generations of women delivered without it, and it kept me going. I just focused on my breathing. I guess its all in the mind, and each person's pain treshold. Nevertheless, epidural or not, there is no right or wrong. Every labour is magical in its own way.