And something tells me the level of outrage would be a lot different if these were children from Norway or Sweden.

I had a very traumatic birth for my first child (that ended up causing severe mental health issues) and knew that unless I was able to have a c-section I would never have another baby. It took a while for me to get past the shame of asking for a c-section, and it was incredibly relieving when she OB said it was…

Well I’ve never popped a kid out my hoohah, so I can’t really compare either. But I can say that “I did tear” is not a phrase I ever want reason to utter.

My mom (and I mean this was in the 80s so I’m sure some things are different) was told that the nurse couldn’t tell her ANYthing because of liability bs. She could only get information from her doctor or a family member. Kind of a traumatic time to have information withheld. You have my sympathy!

Having had both a vaginal delivery (first) and a c-section (second, which was a surprise), I actually preferred the c-section recovery (although I don’t love the scar, womp-womp). Also, my son was born way faster! The scar also healed crazy quickly, with a minimum of discomfort, and my vagina wasn’t all beat up and…

I had a planned c-section (high risk pregnancy) and did a spinal block for pain so I was awake. I wasn’t prepared for having absolutely no feeling from the neck down. I couldn’t feel my lungs moving so it felt like I couldn’t breathe. I started panicking and yelling. The nurses said, “If you’re talking, you’re…

My three kids were section babies, all necessary.  People can look down on me all day long; my kids survived thanks to surgery and neither I nor them feels "bad" because of it. The end result is healthy kids, regardless of how they got here.

The stigma is here too.  I live in Seattle and people are shocked I'm not going to have a midwife when I'm able to have a baby.  My Dr already informed me I'm a C section due to the open myomectomy I've had.  Personally I just don't care what other people think; I just want a healthy baby.

I’m guessing one where he’s watched his mother being abused since birth.

I should ask my mom about her experience. I was essentially an emergency C-section because the cord wrapped around my neck while I was on my way out.

Fifteen years ago when I was having kids the news was all about how the US maternal death rate was really high BECAUSE of c-sections. I wonder if those voices were the same that claim vaccines cause “Brain injury”. Does anyone here remember that, or have insight to that issue?

You can’t bring up “natural” cult without bringing up it’s racist and sexist origins.

Yeah, all the stories I read about tearing and ripping and stuff falling out are horrifying. 

I give zero fucks about how somebody else feels about how I gave birth. I realize this is not the case for Nigerian women and that’s a shame. Because my c-section was quite pleasant and I’m looking forward to doing it again. It was like a mini vacation from reality and then they handed me a clean, wrapped baby at the…

When I was pregnant 27 years ago, all the literature and films were so anti-c-section. Turned out I needed one at delivery time. Glad I had one. I read so many horror stories about the episiotomy cuts. 

You don’t, really. They used forceps or a vacuum.

My mom says the same, only she actually delivered me vaginally. They just knocked her out for it. Apparently not super uncommon in the 70's, but I do wonder how you push?

Without going into any personal details because it’s PTSD-inducing, doctors/midwives can also be more inclined to avoid/delay C-sections for various reasons.

I went into my induction hoping that I wouldn’t have a c-section, but knowing that I might need one, and being fine with that. My son was 9lbs 9oz at birth, and while people have certainly birthed larger, his falling heart rate necessitated the surgery. (He’s perfectly healthy now!) I don’t feel like less of a woman…

I can't help but guess that it is learned behavior.