There is really only two ways of child birth.. Natural or vaginaly, or caserian.
The only different choices you have with natural/vaginaly is if you wanna choice to have an epidural or if you wanna go through with out any pain medication! It is standard for an iv to be used in either birth process due to the fact of dehydration.
Caserian you get and epidural and are numb. They then cut you and pull the baby out..
Recovery is faster if you choice to have a vaginal birth, as your stomach and uterus are not required to be cut. Caserian may take a few weeks to totally recover. Also with a vaginal birth your normally discharged from the hospital within 2 days!
I hope this helped you a bit!