Nothing can fully prepare you for the moment you give birth. It doesn’t matter how many books or articles you’ve read. Or whether or not you attended prenatal classes. Not all births are created equal. Some women describe theirs as a breeze. While others are still living with childbirth trauma, or physical pain and scars, years later. The truth is, you just don’t know what the universe is going to serve up the day you “pop” until it actually arrives. Whether Mother Nature will be kind or cruel.
Someone asked, "What are some gruesome facts about pregnancy/childbirth/postpartum that not many people know?" and moms who have been through the most didn't hold back. The post clocked up more than 8,000 comments, as people shared their own personal harrowing birthing stories, alongside the lesser-known facts they wish they'd been told earlier. Bored Panda has put together a list of the most hair-raising and jaw-dropping ones. Some might make you want to pass out. But keep scrolling for yet more proof that women truly were built to be warriors.
#41
Don't stand up immediately after giving birth without a spill pad on the floor. I had natural child birth. The nurse left the room, and I got up to go pee. Blood-colorered fluid rushed out of me and into a huge puddle on the floor. I just stood there, shocked. The nurse came back in almost immediately. She shook her head and blamed herself. She said she forgot to tell me not to get up until she put down towels or stuff because the vast majority of new mothers couldn't get out of bed due to numbing meds.
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#42
You will probably be very low on iron. Iron supplements will probably make you VERY sick.
Kellogs cereal (such as frosted mini wheats) have 100% of your daily value of iron in a serving. Put two measuring cups of it in a ziplock bag and snack on them during the day.
Kellogs cereal (such as frosted mini wheats) have 100% of your daily value of iron in a serving. Put two measuring cups of it in a ziplock bag and snack on them during the day.
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#43
If you have laboured to full dilation you can *still* wind up with an emergency c-section, so you don't get the "at least you can sit down/your baby has a nice round head" 'benefits' of not delivering vaginally.
If your baby's head is stuck in the birth canal when they do the c-section in these circumstances, freeing it comes with a really juicy squelching 'pop' - breaking the suction. Quite unnerving to hear.
If your baby's head is stuck in the birth canal when they do the c-section in these circumstances, freeing it comes with a really juicy squelching 'pop' - breaking the suction. Quite unnerving to hear.
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#44
You secrete a disgustingly rank fluid called lochia for over a month after giving birth, in addition to blood. For 8 weeks my v****a smelled worse than Satan’s a*****e.
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