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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the most important thing is to really *really* prioritize taking good care of yourself in pregnancy. It’s so hard with a second child because the first needs you, but make sure you’re eating well, sleeping well, doing a prenatal yoga class (only thing with empirical evidence of making a difference in labor) twice a week. This is going to be an investment in your recovery no matter how you give birth, but is what you can proactively do to increase your odds.

As you get closer to your due date talk to your OB or doula about the baby’s position and do spinning babies if necessary to improve it.

And stay off DCUM. I had very specific medical requirements to avoid a c-section at all costs (endorsed by my doctor) and pelvic floor trauma lady still showed up to tell me what a bad decision I was making. [/quote]

Oh yes, if you had or anticipate or just want to have a good vaginal birth experience and/or if you used a doula watch out because pelvic floor trauma lady will ruin your day. I don't know if she is c-section trauma lady, but that lady will probably get mad at PP for telling OP to do prenatal yoga because she was a fitness fanatic and she had a c-section and it was horrible (and Venus Williams and Gwen Jorgensen also needed c-sections, which proves her point that c-sections are unavoidable...) so no one should ever think that they can avoid a c-section. [/quote]

So basically you want any woman who had a bad experience with her birth or injured herself or had a traumatic experience and wants other women to be aware of what might happen to them to just STFU about it? Ok. I mean, I guess the only equivalent experience I can think of would be if there was a group of active duty war vets who got attacked and injured during combat talking with another group of war vets who survived and never experienced injury and the second group is telling the first group to go away and shut up because their experiences and trauma don’t matter. Ok. Got it. [/quote]

I specifically posted about the women or woman who attacks other women for posting that they had a good birth experience with a doula or saying that working out and eating healthy helped them with labor. If you are one of the women or the woman that does this the fact that you're swearing and comparing your experience to a vet's traumatic experience says a lot about where you are in your healing journey (not far) and the PP who said that you're trying to work stuff out through posts is also probably correct. Except I don't think you're working anything out. I think you are simply reliving your trauma and probably retraumatizing yourself and everyone else. Shouldn't we try to uplift this person with helpful advice instead of scaring her about her pelvic floor? Or do you not want anyone to have a positive experience because you had a negative experience?
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