Birth of a father is a nice article of a birth from the Dad's perspective. It does end up with a c-section, though, and I can't help but wonder if she hadn't had the epidural if it could have been avoided. Here are the things that stuck out to me:
"Our birth plan is a simple one: 'I want drugs.'" and
"The epidural, not unexpectedly, has slowed down the contractions to every four minutes, so the doctor starts [her] on Pitocin to speed up the contractions." (my emphasis)... and
"...women on an epidural can't [use the squat bar] because the sedative causes a loss of sensation in the legs." they also can't move around and change positions in other ways, except rolling to one side or the other... and
"[She] keeps pushing for the next 90 minutes." okay, I know sometimes pushing can take a long time [The doctor says] "Your baby's a sunny-side up baby, He's facing up instead of down, which makes it harder and longer to push, but it's common and completely normal." at least something is normal... and
After 2 1/2 hours of pushing, all from bed, the doctor "advises a cesarean delivery."
The baby and mom both ended up fine, which is what is really the most important thing, but I can't help but wonder if she could have avoided the c-section if she could have moved around, especially since there were no other statements indicating that the baby was in distress.

When my sister ended up with a c-section, the baby's heartrate when down during contractions and she wasn't decending. After the birth, the doctor told us that the baby's cord was wrapped around her body 3 times, preventing her from moving down and causing the oxygen supply to be reduced. This story didn't say anything about anything like that. Food for thought.