Was giving birth as bad as your thought it would be?

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I personally LOVED giving birth, both times. I had never felt stronger.

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I had a home birth, unmedicated and while there was definitely pain, it was never more than I could handle and I’d do it the same way every time

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I wanted a vaginal birth but baby was breach so I had a c section. I hateeedddd it. It was so scary. I was shaking so hard that the doctor had to hold me still to do the spinal block.

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6 hours in and I was begging for an epidural. And then my baby ended up being over 9 pounds and gave me a nice 4th degree tear among others. 😩
Safe to say it was wayyyyyy worse than I thought it would be.

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Pitocin and an emergency cesarean was WAY worse than unmedicated labor

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It was a breeze... I loved it... the 9 months prior was a nightmare

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Before epidural it was FUCKING TERRIBLE 
After epidural it was a walk in the park

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I had 3 natural and it was way worse.

Was giving birth as bad as your thought it would be?

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