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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the same reason people are annoyed when other women lose weight, go vegan, run a marathon, or any other number of things that take some effort and planning over a sustained period of time. It’s something most people CAN do, and most people choose not to.

A lot people are insecure about their choices and react defensively when other people make different choices because they don’t understand the difference between people living out their own adventure around them and people living AT them. They assume someone having a positive experience with their own different choice somehow negates or minimizes their own positive experience with their choice. Similar to marathon running or your new diet, if you don’t make it your whole personality, it shouldn’t be an issue. [/quote]

OP, this person, and her attitude, is your answer.  Unmedicated birth is great if it's what you want and things turn out well for you.  Congrats.

Believing that unmedicated birth is an achievement on par with training for a marathon, an accomplishment that lazy people envy but did not deserve, or even an outcome that was within your control is both stupid and exhausting to listen to.  These are the same people who will tell women with pelvic floor injuries that they just didn't visualize effectively enough.  Idiots, and loud ones, and they give regular women a terrible name and make discussing childbirth a minefield instead of an exchange of experiences or an opportunity for support.[/quote]

The marathon is a great example though.

Running and training for a marathon is terrible for your health. Most people who do it have m  we natal health issues like obsessive compulsiveness, anxiety, depression and need it to manage their own type of “crazy”, but then act like it’s some sort of accomplishment.

He if you need to run to manage your mental health /avoid time with family go for it … but it’s not good or gear or even healthy. Enjoy your hip/knee surgery.[/quote]

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