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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re right, OP. I’m considering pelvic reconstructive surgery to fix damage from vaginal birth and am looking at 25-50K out of pocket for surgery plus at least a month or two off from work. There are also significant lifting/lifetime activity restrictions with this surgery which mean I won’t be able to lift my kids after so I’m choosing to wait until they’ve grown up more and no longer need to be carried. Realistically I will have to wait 5-10 years to ensure a greater chance of success. The surgical failure rate is also quite high (failure rate as high as 50 percent - not exactly great odds) and I can’t afford to do this multiple times. As it is it’s something I will have to save for for many years. Most of the women in my online support groups who do this surgery I know say it takes at least a year to fully recover. [/quote]

I cheer for you to have a successful one! I am becoming increasingly of the opinion that elective c-sections should be de-stigmatized the same way abortions were, the same way gender change is becoming, the same way plastic surgery is becoming. Nobody but the individual has the right to define what constitutes suffering for themselves. Someone is devastated to have an abortion and someone is devastated to have gotten pregnant. Someone is terrified of c-sections and someone is terrified or vaginal delivery. It takes just a drop of kindness and empathy to accept that another person's experience may be vastly different from your own. Rant over. Best of luck with the surgery! (I googled vaginoplasty and it ranges around $9000 for that alone. Maybe you can start with whichever part is most important to you first and then see from there? Just an idea..)[/quote]

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