So I was bored scrolling through Facebook videos and saw a bunch of women giving birth.... so I’m reading through the comments and one comment was “well I’m glad they included a csection video” I’m just in shock that everyone was commenting on there going “yes that was nice of them to include those” “yes I guess they can participate in the video also!” Like the mothers that were cut open and went through twice as long of a recovery was somehow less than natural birthing mothers like we were being handed a “participation” trophy while everyone else got 1st 2nd or 3rd I was offended. I was hurt and immediately looked at my body thinking about ALL the comments that have been made about how my body wasn’t good enough to give birth. How my body “failed” me. How “oh you took the easy way out”..... lemme just say I didn’t. I carried my baby 41 plus weeks! Labored for 3 days. Prayed and prayed for god to bring me a healthy baby to have my water break and see green.... to see my OBGYNs face go white. To everyone rushing monitors on me and not finding a heart beat. Screw all of the people that think my birth and other women’s births that were like mine was “less” because we didn’t get “ripped in our private area” no I wish I had a tiny tear instead I got cut open and will never feel from my belly button down. Instead I won’t ever remember after me itching and them taking my daughter away being my last memory before finally remembering things days later. I mean how terrible do I already feel when I have to put on papers that “I haven’t actually given birth. I had a c section” or pick option A diva cup because “haven’t given birth” so apparently my vagina is still in tact. it makes us feel like something is wrong with our bodies when in reality we aren’t any different from other mothers. Most emergency c sections we went through days of labor also! We are forgotten because our birth story seems tragic. We just have our babies in a very sterile room and the hole is bigger and their heads are cuter 😂🤷🏼‍♀️! #NormalizeEmergencyCSections