DrBLoading

talked to a pregnant friend who’s very into “natural” everything and is giving birth at a birth center without the option of an epidural. she asked me about my birth and i was like “are you sure you wanna hear this?” and she said yes, so i told her everything. when i got to the part about the pain of crowning i was like “jeez maybe i really shouldn’t be telling you this” and she was like “well it’s too late now” and then after a long pause she said with great uncertainty “well that was your birth, but my birth probably won’t hurt.” i have seen the natural birth content that insists that birth isn’t painful, it’s just an “intense sensation.” semantics aside, i think it’s horrible that there are so many women plainly being lied to, who are then making uninformed decisions about how to give birth.