6 Terrifying Things They Don't Tell You About Childbirth

they didn't mention the hemmoroids, heartburn, constantly having to pee right up till childbirth, and afterpains. With each birth, the uterus must work harder to get back down to size. After giving birth to child #4, the afterpains were agonizing.

Yes mom does poop while pushing the baby out. My son's father still talks about that, and we broke up in 1991 (said child is now 18).

I am so happy I got fixed after the fourth time. I would have had ten kids otherwise.

About #1 being the bill..... we get it free here in britain. But we pay for it in taxes...... fuck

there are women who deliver babies too ya know...

I looked at that Placenta thing and frankly I must say, you buncha wimps! Geez! The fish thing was worse....an I'mma friggin 13 year old girl...

i looked at the placentia!!!!!!i should get a fucking medal.....

when read about the placenta i had to scoll the page weird because i couldn't look at the blob fish, it scared the shit out of me ( but i'm guessing childbirth will do that job). but the alien head babies made up for it.

But in America, doesn't money talk?? Which is why, but sad to say it, if you're a billionaire and need a kidney transplant, you can get to the top of the transplant list quickly? In Canada, everyone's the same...free healthcare. Who cares if you need a kidney transplant, you will wait in line with everyone else, the more urgent ones get to the top. America seems to make more sense (if you have a ton of money) sad to say it. I could be totally wrong and have my head up my ass, so sorry!! I have family in Canada and they all want to come down here for health care. But why, if it's free up there??

Placenta: a grey, squishy, brain-like substance that gets into your body, controls your mind, and makes you psychotic.

It's a fucking METROID.

This is by far the most genuinely disgusting article I've read today. Kudos.

Honestly I think it is funny about how moms say when there baby is first born, they fall in love with it or discover the true meaning of unconditional love. Maybe I am just saying this cause I haven't had a kid, but all I know is if they handed me the baby and it had that weird alien shaped skull I would probably want to return it or something.

Amen - I'm a Canuck and I just got home from the hospital where my sister gave birth - she had a private room, got right in with her doctor that she had been working with throughout her pregnancy, had nurses fussing over her and the baby like crazy, and the whole experience cost 0.00. I would say that was worth what I pay in tax per year, which probably does not amount to what I would have paid in medical bills by now had I lived in the US - my guy's fight with cancer probably would have cost at least a million dollars, and he'd probably be dead by now because his family could not pay that.

Glad to live in a third world nation where my man is alive and well and my sister just had a happy, healthy baby for no money whatsoever. People from the US can go on paying out the butt for health insurance and medical bills all they want if they actually think it is doing them some good - it isn't. Nor are you a bleeding heart liberal if you express the opinion that gee, maybe universal health care is a fucking human right. Which it is.

Only an idiot would insult an entire country over the fact that they have free health care. Frickin' hilarious.

If Canada is a third world nation, then I am glad to live in a third world nation that has a dollar on par with the US, an abundance of natural resources, and an economy that isn't going straight down the crapper.

Umm, Americans spend twice as much as Canadians on health care (per person) and still manage to have 50 million people with no insurance.

I love reading all these comments from the third world nation to the north of us/US and faded glory across the Atlantic about their "free health care" and knowing they pay astronomical taxes to get it for free. As PJ O'Rourke said, "If you think health care is expensive now, wait until it is free"

Birth doesn't have to be this way. Fear hormones shut down birth hormones and literally cause nearly all the pain and problems many women experience in birth. I birthed my babies easily and painlessly into my own hands at home. No episiotomy, no fetal monitor, no 10 witnesses, no poop, no screaming. Just pure bliss. Google "unassisted childbirth" to see a different picture of birth.

..."who could have went on"? "Who could have gone on?"

And before you respond with what a tool comment that is, realize that I'm going to have to squeeze a sack of veiny sausage meat out of my vag one day and feel bad.

The fun doesn't stop there! Doctors encourage the mothers to eat the placenta, because it's full of all those lovely nutrients that every person needs!

Take a look at that picture of the Placenta. Now look at it again, but imagine it in your mouth.


Have a nice day, sir

No bill in Canada! Take that USA!

And LOL@alien heads

I couldn't even get born properly. I came out in my bag thingy and the nurse had to burst it, which was messy and you can imagine.