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GOP men love demonstrating their total ignorance of the female reproductive system in public. (I& #39;d feel sorry for their wives, but they voluntarily married these dopes.) Pregnancy is very much a life threatening condition for a lot of women. Ask anyone who& #39;s had HELLP syndrome. https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1301203239140954112">https://twitter.com/SenTedCru...
And we have a healthcare system and a culture that basically gaslights women about the risk involved because women are considered disposable when it comes to reproduction. All that matters is the life of the child.
I had a miserable complication-laden pregnancy and was repeatedly told everything was fine when it turns out, it wasn& #39;t. I made it though, but a lot of women don& #39;t. Look at the mortality rate for pregnant mothers in this country. It& #39;s abysmal.
Also: I will say this for people who have not experienced pregnancy and might in the future: it is totally fine if your pregnancy sucks and you hate it. Anyone who tells you that you should be enjoying it more can stuff a sock in it.
It has no bearing on your fitness as a parent. So if you& #39;re still nauseated at week 32, you have gestational diabetes despite having no risk factors, your kid is in breech with the cord wrapped around his neck and oh, postpartum pre-eclampsia is a thing, it& #39;s fine to hate it.
(I had all of those things, btw.) And when someone smiles sweetly at you and tells you how much they looooved being pregnant, ignore it. Everyone& #39;s experience is different. And having a crappy pregnancy, and saying so, shouldn& #39;t be stigmatized.
So when people ask me what it was like being pregnant, I look them straight in the eye and say, IT WAS THE FUCKING WORST. Because it& #39;s a valid experience and people need to hear it more.
Luckily none of the complications affected the baby (though they could have). He& #39;s five now:
