Jubilee, definitely using epidural! I took epidural for my first birth. Totally painless and I can relax and sleep while the cervix takes its time to open. My hubby said the machine which measures my contractions were shooting up sky high. Imagine if I hadn't taken the epidural, I might faint!
I just realised my baby was 1.6kg at 32 weeks, and 2.5 at 35 weeks, which means she grew 0.9kg in 3 weeks. At this rate, by full term, she'll be way past 3kg... much heavier than her gor gor when he was born! And I am still eating and eating and eating...