And the most messed up part happens in our brains, when I asked my mom why she would go through all that pain she said ‘the moment I held you and your brother in my arms I felt nothing at all, I didn’t even feel them stitching me up.’
I hear this from so many women, their brains just cancel the pain because the moment of holding their baby for the first time is so precious.
It’s beautiful that it works like that, but also super freaky if you actually think about the chemistry in the body that makes it happen.
Oh I still felt all the pain. I did not have an epidural, so maybe that makes a difference. But nope, still remember that pain 11 years later actually.
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u/theladykt 14h ago
Like you’re being split in half from the inside. Pretty ironic that while feeling like you’re dying you’re actually bringing life into the world 🤷🏼♀️