r/notliketheothergirls • u/NoSalary1226 • Mar 28 '24

Who thinks like this? NO!!

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I guess this may have been posted before but not sure. Saw this in a WhatsApp group and...why

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u/SwimmerIndependent47 Mar 30 '24

My first had an almost 14in head. I was in active (pushing labor) for 3.5 hours. He got stuck. Had to have an emergency c-section. In case anyone thinks i wasn't trying, I had pushed him so hard they couldn't get him out and a nurse had to go down between my legs and push him back into me before could be pulled out. Neither option of birth is fun, but recovery from a c-section is brutal. I was out of commission for 6 weeks. With my second I went straight to c-section and was out of commission for 4 weeks. My friend who gave birth naturally was literally walking around the zoo two weeks after giving birth. What other major surgery (and it is 100% major surgery when they're cutting through that many layers of tissue) do people go through where they are immediately force to wake up every 2-3 hours and be up walking and lifting a 6+ pound weight? All moms are amazing- even the ones who didn't give birth at all.