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[–] EgoNo4@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I'm fairly certain that if women would get a full disclaimer with all the nasty side effects a pregnancy comes with, they'd give it a second thought... On the other hand, some women insist on having a second baby... And then a third... And a fourth...

[–] BenjiRenji@feddit.org 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)

They literally have hormons to forget the worst of birth.

[–] volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

I remember I asked my husband in all seriousness to please kill me. Not in the heat of the moment, I actually meant it.

I don't remember the pain. I guess it must have been bad but I cannot even imagine what it felt like or where it was located.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, birth isn't always the worst of it.

[–] 843563115848@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Co-signing on their house loan, THAT'S the worst part.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I learned this from Scrubs and cited it to my wife just yesterday!

[–] BenjiRenji@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've heard it from friends. They got the freshly newborn baby in there arms and immediately feel like they wanna do this again.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't wanna do it again because I used up all my luck with the awesome kid I already got.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

That was exactly what we concluded. We had a conversation about it, and my wife said "We got lucky and got a perfect kid on the first try. What are the chances of it happening twice?"

He's 26 now, and we're best friends.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

I was told all the things that could go wrong when I was a kid, and then my mother was all, why not have a kid, and I was just

"CAUSE IT'S A NIGHTMARE???" lol

[–] philpo@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Obligatory video: https://youtu.be/uMcIUmfTZS4

Tbh: I know people who have incredibly easy pregnancies, deliveries and then habe a child that hardly bothers anyone. And then others....not so much.

And hormones are mighty in what they do to a brain.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 11 points 3 days ago

Sometimes they don't get the really horrible effects, or at least not the first couple of times.