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Sorry I& #39;m in a ranty mood and I would like to just expand on this whole childbirth thing.
The attitude against c sections, especially elective c sections, is purvasive and harmful. When I was pregnant, "natural childbirth" was pushed on me like a cult.
The attitude against c sections, especially elective c sections, is purvasive and harmful. When I was pregnant, "natural childbirth" was pushed on me like a cult.
I was told, over and over again, that to truly experience the "special, female only miracle" (all bullshit) of childbirth I would ideally have to have it be all natural with no modern medical intervention, including painkillers, at all.
I have known women who feel traumatised by their childbirth experience because they wanted it to be natural and they had to have a c section because of a medical emergency and they genuinely feel as if a woman& #39;s unique rite of passage was stolen from them. Like...
The romanticism of childbirth actively kills women. It certainly inflicts more pain than is necessary with the anti painkillers bullshit.
And I bought into this completely. I wanted a natural birth. And thank god for my sister, because the single best piece of advice I received when I was pregnant was from her.
She said: be prepared to accept your childbirth won& #39;t go the way you& #39;re wanting and expecting. She had to have an emergency c section, all her divine miraculous angels singing ideas thrown out of the window as they cut her open to literally save both her and my niece& #39;s life.
You end up with your own child. That& #39;s a miracle enough. It actually doesn& #39;t matter at all how you got there.
And like, yes. Whether you have a natural painkiller free childbirth or you adopt, if you want kids, having a kid is miracle enough no matter how you got there.
And like, yes. Whether you have a natural painkiller free childbirth or you adopt, if you want kids, having a kid is miracle enough no matter how you got there.
And not having kids is also fucking valid and genuinely a good decision, more people should make it, kids aren& #39;t your rite of passage or a badge of honour, they& #39;re entire human beings.
"Natural childbirth is so beautiful c sections are so clinical the way you can schedule them"
I didn& #39;t have a natural, painkiller free childbirth. I had an emergency c section. Twice. And for that, I and my children are all alive when we would be dead. So...
I didn& #39;t have a natural, painkiller free childbirth. I had an emergency c section. Twice. And for that, I and my children are all alive when we would be dead. So...
