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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Lol you think an unmedicated birth is some accomplishment comparable to a marathon.[/quote]

For many people it’s a choice that they spend months doing squats and yoga, practicing meditation, and preparing for. Just like a marathon - most people can do it if they choose to spend their time and energy that way. And just like a marathon, not everyone who starts finishes. 
But that’s not the point.

The point is why do you care how I spend my time? Why does it make you angry if I chose to give birth differently than you did? [/quote]

If everyone crosses the finish line then it's not an accomplishment one way or the other.[/quote]

Giving birth is a huge accomplishment.[/quote]

Actually, it's really not. And yes, I've given birth.

It as a process that happens one way or another and if you are lucky results in a healthy mother and baby. It is not an accomplishment. Thinking it's an accomplishment is where all of the toxic language around going unmedicated comes from.
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That’s a very odd attitude imo.  You’ve literally created a new human life with your body and one way or another delivered that child into the world.  That’s immense, and really a miracle.[/quote]

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