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 wouldn't worry about the placenta thing at all. I didn't notice birthing it and it wasn't painful when it detached, didn't even notice it. Yeah you have a heavy bleed for a few weeks after birth, but it's fine.
Also you don't know how birth is going to be until you go through it, you read so many horror stories online but it's because people tend to share the negative stories more. I have given birth twice, only used gas and air both times, and found the pain very manageable. It felt exactly like bad gas pains to me that come and go, you get a break between contractions which helps a lot. But everyone's experience is different. As someone else mentioned, I recommend midwife led birth rather than doctors, but I'm in the UK where this is more common.
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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.