I do not work in L&D, but have had five babies! The first three were natural (not by choice), but the last two I had Nubain, I loved it, I told my husband I wanted another child just for the Nubain (he didn't fall for it!). When my ex-husband's wife was in labor with their child I told him about nubain and he said not only did it work during labor, but she had a c-section and it worked for the pain after, I always say if it comes in a pill form I would be in trouble. I hope this helps, I always wanted to be a L&D nurse, but during my clinicals I had seen a 12 year old having a baby, and a women who gave birth to a baby who tested positive for crack cocaine and she signed herself out of the hospital so she could get high, and that was my first day, afterwards I decided to stay away from L&D, it can be too sad.