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Girl Talk 20w

I wish people would stop acting like birth isn’t dangerous just because it’s “natural”.

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Anonymous 20w

maybe because I’m black and black women die during child birth more often than other races but this is common sense to me

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Anonymous 20w

You need to remind them that death is also natural

Anonymous 20w

One of the reasons why human birth is so dangerous is because we are bipedal now. If we weren’t bipedal it would probably be much easier. Also our heads are really big nowadays compared to other animals

Anonymous 20w

Every time I think kids would be a fun idea, I remember how child birth is literally one of the top ranked causes of women’s deaths ;)

Anonymous 20w

My sister almost died because they let her be in labor for 41 hours before they called an emergency C-section. She had to get four pints of blood because of it, and she ended up with mental trauma from the birthing process

Anonymous 20w

Yes please omfg, like I’ve always wanted kids but also my mom had the most traumatic birth experience ever it was horrific

Anonymous 20w

Ppl like the idea and concept of pregnancy not the actually heavy lifting.

Anonymous 20w

i’m not

Anonymous 20w

Every time I tell people I want kids but I’m deathly afraid of child labor they’re like “why? It’s totally natural” like gee I’m sure that helped me mother when they had to roll her into a traumatic emergency C-section to save both of our lives

Anonymous

#4 20w

this…

Anonymous

#4 20w

This is true, but I think humans in general still are more likely to die during childbirth than other animals. But medical racism/misogyny definitely makes it worse

Anonymous

#1 20w

this wasn’t about comparing us to animals though nor is there an if and or but about what I said

Anonymous

#4 20w

We are animals there is no comparing 😭 there are multiple reasons why birth for humans is so dangerous. And one of them is racism and misogyny

Anonymous

#1 20w

i know this might not be your intention but this is really dismissive and insensitive in context. Don’t reply to someone talking about a hardship with “it’s hard for everyone”

Anonymous

#8 20w

Sorry I have autism and I suck as social cues, just thought I’d add onto it 💀

Anonymous

#8 20w

I tend to look at stuff on the biological evolutionary perspective-hence my comment

Anonymous 20w

are you saying this because you’re uninformed ? or are you being ignorant

Anonymous

#1 20w

No you’re good! I also have difficulties with social cues so I try to clarify / correct with understanding

Anonymous 20w

NIH has multiple publications on Race and its impact on Maternal health! Key studies indicate that mothers who identify as black have a elevated odds of maternal morbidity, with many studies citing being 3-4 times more likely to experience complications in birth and pregnancy

Anonymous

#1 20w

first you say it’s more deadly for humans than other animals I said that was not the point then you say we’re all animals so there’s no comparison. like ho are you cool? what I said remains true. child birth is FACTUALLY more deadly for black women compared to other races. no if ands or buts about it like I just said

Anonymous 20w

try speaking English first before you talk about education

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Anonymous

#4 20w

I never said that childbirth isn’t more deadly for black women? I said that it’s already bad as is and racism/misogyny that black women face make it worse. I don’t really understand your argument because I completely agree with you

Anonymous

#4 20w

And I said that we are animals because, we are indeed, animals. And your comment made it seem like you were saying that we weren’t.

Anonymous 20w

Research Serena Williams and her experience while giving birth then come back

Anonymous

#1 20w

my comment simply said black women die more in childbirth and your reply was irrelevant and not negating at all. like I really wanna know what your point was

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Anonymous

#4 20w

Idk I be high sometimes

Anonymous

#1 20w

right right right

Anonymous

#4 20w

Idk what else you want me to say im ngl I tried me explain myself but it’s okay lmao

Anonymous 20w

bruh what, they just said that

Anonymous

#16 20w

FORTY ONE HOURS??!?!?! that’s genuinely insane. i hope she’s been able to heal since then, both mentally and physically. i can’t even imagine how horrible that must’ve been to experience holy shit

Anonymous

#17 20w

She’s doing great now, my nephew is three and is a little hellion. My sisters mental health has improved and healed; she just had my niece not too long ago with a scheduled C-section. (That her doctor tried to talk her out of)

Anonymous

#16 20w

that’s great to hear! i’m so pissed the doc STILL tried to talk her out of the c-section tho, like wtf?? they genuinely hate women fr

Anonymous

#4 20w

yall always make everything about race

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Anonymous

#16 20w

Oh my that’s so dangerous if you can try to convince her it should be her last. Same situation happened to my aunt but her second baby trying for a girl sent her to the er after her second c-section almost killed her.

Anonymous

#1 20w

Comparing humans to animals is almost always a bad idea, just for the record. It’s most of the time used to make some faulty argument about what is “natural” and doesn’t account for human innovation at all.

Anonymous

#1 20w

Which is what you did. Human maternal mortality rate is higher than a frog, for example, because a frog lays eggs. But there are many animals that have way higher maternal mortality rates.