Epidural vs natural ?

*sorry this is so long* This is my 2nd pregnancy due in November. With my 1st I was induced because of Pre-ecplamsia and in labor 20 hours. From the start I wasnt keen on the epi and lasted as long as I could. I was bed ridden due to having to be monitored because of my blood pressure so there was no option of walking around or taking a hot shower. 18 hours into the labor I ended up needing pintocin to speed up the labor because bubs heart rate was slowing. It was at that point I got the epi. The pain I could handle, it was the urge I had to push. It was unbelievable! And it made the pain harder to cope with. After I got the epi and it kicked in I wanted to kiss the dr! Most relief I've ever felt in my life. But long enough story short bub was born healthy, I however was in a world of pain. I ended up needing the vacuum and had an episiotomy so things were every uncomfortable for the 1st 24hrs while I couldn't walk (because of the epi) and having the urine cathitor in. It was painful to even move around in bed or walk around for days after and weeks later i could still feel it. And this was what the dr said was 'healing nicely' now I look back I think was it worth the pain for having the epi, should I do it again? Does the epi really affect the healing process? Or would that have happened anyway. I want to try and make up my mind before hand this time because if I do get again I don't want to wait 18 hours!