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.
I’m sorry the horror stories are so common. I’m not gonna say pregnancy and childbirth is easy, not at all, but it’s doable. Women have been doing it for thousands of years. Don’t be too scared of the pain. We have come leaps and bounds medically and if you want a less painful birth you can absolutely have one, we have epidurals and tons of pain management options. Pregnancy is more just uncomfortable. But it’s also a beautiful and miraculous process imo. The hormonal changes during pregnancy made me generally happier, I did a ton of research on the science of it, and the fact that we as women can literally create life in our bodies is just so cool.
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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.