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C-section is not the easy way out.

There’s nothing easy about surgery, pain, or recovery while caring for a newborn with a stitched-up belly.
It’s not weakness or failure. It’s a life-saving medical decision.

Common Myths vs Truths:

❌ Myth 1: C-section is for lazy women who can’t push.
✅ Truth: Many women who have C-sections were in labor for hours or days before surgery. Some never went into labor because the baby was in danger. It’s not laziness. It’s survival.

❌ Myth 2: If you’re strong, you’ll deliver naturally.
✅ Truth: Strength has nothing to do with it. Some of the strongest women had emergency C-sections to save their baby or themselves.

❌ Myth 3: You can’t bond well with your baby after C-section.
✅ Truth: Bonding is not about the birth route. It’s about love, presence, and care. C-section moms are just as connected and nurturing.

❌ Myth 4: Once a C-section, always a C-section.
✅ Truth: Not always. Many women can have a VBAC (VG birth after C-section), depending on their case and doctor’s advice.

❌ Myth 5: C-section means you’re not a “real” mom.
✅ Truth: If you carried, birthed, and love that child, you are a real mom. Period.

Whether by VG or surgery, what matters is a safe baby and a healthy mother.

Let’s stop the shame. Let’s respect every birth story.

What I don't understand is why in the old days they had no c-sections AND no birth issues.

FreeIgboho:
What I don't understand is why in the old days they had no c-sections AND no birth issues.

And do you know the number birth related deaths in those days...??
Ask questions even though there were no data then..

One common thing that's present in myths and facts of C-section is that

HOSPITALS MAKE MORE BUCKS WITH C-section than natural birth

Educated, enlightened or illiterate. When they tell you some medical jargons justifying their choice of C-section. They know you'll comply coz You want your wife or daughter or whoever the female is to give birth fast to avoid drama.

It worked back then and its still working now.

I don't want to enter the other rabbit hole of c-section placenta versus natural birth placenta.

Talk plenty for that area. So lets stick with the money aspect. Its straightforward

Natbrowny:
One common thing that's present in myths and facts of C-section is that

HOSPITALS MAKE MORE BUCKS WITH C-section than natural birth

Educated, enlightened or illiterate. When they tell you some medical jargons justifying their choice of C-section. They know you'll comply coz You want your wife or daughter or whoever the female is to give birth fast to avoid drama.

It worked back then and its still working now.

I don't want to enter the other rabbit hole of c-section placenta versus natural birth placenta.

Talk plenty for that area. So lets stick with the money aspect. Its straightforward

Why don't you spill the oil about Natural birth placenta and Cs placenta.
It's all about education please

giftson102:
Why don't you spill the oil about Natural birth placenta and Cs placenta.
It's all about education please

Its a radical education by the way. People should know not all hospitals or medical officers do these and by the way its a conspiracy theories to some and others don't believe in it

Its known as Placenta harvesting. They are collected and used for various purposes, as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, or even stem cell research, without proper consent or transparency.

This above according to some whistle blowers in the academic fields claims with clean cut evidences that placentas gotten thru c-section give efficient results compared to natural birth placentas

The pharma companies harvest and exchanges placentas coz its hot cake in the global scale

These believes brought about delivering mothers to always have someone trusted beside them during birth because of placenta exchange without them knowing. Hospitals, not all anyways are notorious in activities against their policy. Placenta exchange, baby swap etc

Bottom line. Placentas in c-section contains some chemicals in its original state thats potent in creating pharma products. They claim during natural birth, placentas are no longer in its natural state and therefore loses its potency in makin some pharma creations.

Several medical officers are in jail or loses licence for this. Its a gold market.

But like I said. Some believes, others dont

giftson102:
And do you know the number birth related deaths in those days...??
Ask questions even though there were no data then..

We have our grand and great grand parents as evidence. And all those women in the Bible. You hardly hear of any of them dying in childbirth - despite no genotype, no ante-natal, no c-section, etc