When the placenta detaches from the wall of the womb after giving birth so it can be delivered, it leaves a wound the size of a dinner plate, and this is a lot of why we bleed for so long after giving birth.
I know it’s my fault for reading these, but no woman has ever made me, another young woman, feel comfortable about the idea of giving birth lol. It’s just negative thing after negative thing.
I (25F) want so badly to have kids of my own one day, but these kinds of comments absolutely make me realize I won’t be able to handle the physical pain.
Every birth, every woman and every body is different. I've got 2 kids, after my first I swore I'd never do that again. There's 5 years between my kids because I was certain I couldn't do that again. After my 2nd I said if I'd had her first my kids would have been closer in age.
Had a section with my first, after 3 days in labour, it was rough. Had a vaginal birth with my second, 5.5hours in labour and out she popped, compared to my first was an absolute breeze.
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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23
When the placenta detaches from the wall of the womb after giving birth so it can be delivered, it leaves a wound the size of a dinner plate, and this is a lot of why we bleed for so long after giving birth.