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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp just stop. Your dichotomous, oversimplified line of thinking is wrong. It’s not like a mom is like, oh I want an uncomplicated vaginal birth and that’s what I will get. Nature does not work that way! Some women (like you) want that and get it. But a lot of women want that and don’t get it. Planning a vaginal birth is no guarantee to avoid a traumatic birth or a C section. Plenty of women plan for a vaginal
Birth and end up with a difficult vaginal birth and complications, and they may end up having to give birth via emergency C section, episiotomy, forceps, vacuum, under general anesthesia, etc. regardless of their plan.

Birth trauma can be experienced by anyone, regardless of how the baby comes out or how you planned to deliver. All birth is a major medical event, even if you do have an uncomplicated vaginal birth, because the potential is there for things to go wrong at any point in the process. Yes, it’s a “natural” process, and yes, for many women the birth process is straightforward, but for many women it is not and things can quickly go from
a normal situation to a major emergency in a short amount of time - shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, preeclampsia, etc. can come on very fast. Mother Nature can be quite cruel to women and babies. I mean, plenty of women in the developing world end up with obstetric fistula because their babies get stuck and they don’t have access to a C section. Then their babies die and they are injured, permanently, and often for life. I promise you those women would have given anything for the “major medical experience” of a C section. You’re oversimplifying a complex process which can have many different outcomes for people.

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Are you in therapy? If not, you should be. [/quote]

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