I went into this hospital at 10cm dilated and read...

I went into this hospital at 10cm dilated and ready to push. I was wheeled into the first open area past the waiting room with about 8 people in it watching me (it wasn't a private room even though they had them there). They proceeded to give me pain medication I didn't want and had been holding off of for the entire labor. They gave me an epidural which I also didn't want while I was clearly in active labour. I was forced to lay flat on my back after spending almost the entire labour upright and the doctor told me I had two pushes to get my baby out or he would give me a cesarean. Pushing out a baby in two pushes is probably the most unnatural thing a woman can do and leads to consequences in the future but his threat made me determined and it turns out it is possible.
The epidural they gave me that I never wanted while I was in active labour ended up puncturing the area protecting the spinal column and led to a spinal headache. A spinal headache is basically when the fluid surrounding your brain starts leaking down your spinal column every time you stand up because the epidural needle punctured the area surrounding the spine. It is excruciatingly painful. I had to spend the first 4-6 weeks postpartum flat on my back in a dark room. I could barely care for my older daughter or keep an eye on her as I was in so much pain.I could stand for about a minute at a time before I'd have to lay flay on my back again.
I feel like so many medical issues that arose after going into this hospital could have been avoided if they just let me push (preferably not while laying flay on my back), caught the baby and handed him to me.