Birth envy
My friend just had her baby two months after my little one was born and she had a perfect pregnancy and delivery. I am having a lot of negative feelings towards her because she had the birth I wanted, just a non eventful vaginal delivery, while I had a traumatizing labor that ended with an emergency c section. I wasn't conscious for the birth of my son and I keep telling myself I'm okay with that, but I missed a moment in my life that I can never get back. I'm not mad at my friend, but I'm so disappointed by my own turn of events that every update on how well she is doing and hearing how her pain is already gone makes me want to cry. I feel like my body failed me and because of my own feelings of inadequacy I'm having a hard time being happy for my friend. I'm not really looking for a solution, just some ladies that have also gone through this who might want to share their own stories.
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