ramblings on childbirth

So, I am about to have a baby and my husband and I decided that we wanted to go natural. I have a friend who used hypnobabies (I used hypnobirthing for my first, but ended up with pitocin and an epidural). I have learned so much about birth from this program, and from my own research in the last few years, that I thought I would share some of it. Some background on me: I try not to take medicine, but I occasionally do. I believe that eating healthy is the best way to get nutrients into your body, but I do take prenatals. I don't eat organically, probably because I can't afford it, but I do try to eat fresh fruits/veggies and cook more than eating from a box or eating out. I have tried to eliminate hydrogenated oils from my diet, but I am not perfect at it, basically I try to live healthily, but I'm not perfect at it. I also plan to have my babies at a hospital. My daughter was born on her due date, from an induction because of low amniotic fluid and an old placenta. I am glad that I used pitocin -- because I believe that she would have been stillborn if we hadn't intervened. I am also glad that I got an epidural because I couldn't relax without it and once I was able to relax my body accepted the pitocin and I was able to have her (I labored 14 hours with pitocin before I got an epidural - 7 after). However, I know so much more about natural inductions now then I did then and if I were to ever be in a similar situation I would try to do natural inductions first. So I don't know why pregnancy in America is so risky. Partly I think it is because doctors and moms are on schedules and babies need to fit into their schedules. And I think that part of it is hospitals run a business and the more patients they can get in and out the more money that they make. My aunt was under the impression that her body didn't know how to go into labor on its own (really?). She had 7 children using pitocin and chose several of their birth days when it was convenient for her. Child number 8 decides to come on the convenient birth day that my aunt had chosen, without any help -- all natural. So that tells me that her body can go into labor on its own. So she gets pregnant with child number 9 and still picks her baby's birth date (this baby decided to come 5 days early). I just don't understand. Anyway, I guess I just wish that people would have more knowledge about childbirth. You don't have to get a c-section, in fact it is more risky and the more that you have the riskier it is. Childbirth is natural, and sometimes a woman is pregnant for 41 or 42 weeks and that's okay - as long as the baby is okay. Sometimes labors last for a long time and that is okay too. Everyone is different, and instead of having a factory for child birth, we really should be allowed to birth in the way that is best for us!