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The tribulations of the vain & body-image obsessed are rather heartbreaking, aren't they? Cannoli Send a noteboard - 27/06/2013 02:04:53 PM

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I have a serious fear of pregnancy/childbirth. I'd say it was rational, not pathological, if not for my morbid fascination with all that stuff. Every once in a while, I'll spend hours reading about all the awful things that happen to you and retraumatize myself again. Worst, there's a chance I'll vomit all that information back up. This is how my boyfriend knows what an episiotomy is.

So I'd like to share with you the latest thing I've found on the Internet. A blog with submissions of women speaking about how pregnancy and giving birth changed their bodies. With pictures. I feel so bad for them. It's so awful and depressing. Not because good looks are essential to happiness, but they experience a permanent loss, their bodies are warped forever,the lack of control over what happens to them.


That same experience is also a part of the phenomena known as "age" or "injury". Stuff happens. It's part of life. Deal with it and move on.

Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
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What pregnancy does to your body - 27/06/2013 01:34:11 PM 1133 Views
The tribulations of the vain & body-image obsessed are rather heartbreaking, aren't they? - 27/06/2013 02:04:53 PM 698 Views
almost a year post birth and no regrets here... your fears are unwarranted. - 27/06/2013 04:52:39 PM 754 Views
My wife loved being pregnant - 27/06/2013 05:44:35 PM 673 Views
Woah. Sexism much. - 27/06/2013 10:48:33 PM 582 Views
another thing... - 28/06/2013 12:17:44 AM 585 Views
What temeraire said. - 27/06/2013 09:52:07 PM 745 Views
Re: What pregnancy does to your body *edit* - 27/06/2013 11:21:37 PM 879 Views
i really love what you've said here. thank you *NM* - 28/06/2013 05:08:24 AM 467 Views
I have to agree, those pictures are kind of horrifying. - 28/06/2013 01:55:39 AM 646 Views
Well - 28/06/2013 05:45:40 AM 662 Views
ehh... my girl had 3 children when I met her - 28/06/2013 02:36:47 PM 604 Views
A textbook example of confirmation bias. *NM* - 28/06/2013 04:29:59 PM 336 Views
Also: - 28/06/2013 04:54:53 PM 642 Views
I don't want kids as a guy, I certainly wouldn't want them as a woman - 01/07/2013 04:51:24 AM 707 Views
I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATED being pregnant.. - 02/07/2013 09:14:33 PM 667 Views
hmm. - 04/07/2013 04:53:30 AM 782 Views

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