I am a woman and didn't want the same thing
Becoming a mother is a permanent change. I 'm not sure how having a c-section improves on that change
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Everyone is free to do whatever they like with their body
Yes, I agree. To each her own.
I was just responding to your claim that if someone were a woman they would want what your wife wanted.
Avoiding pain and trying to avoid change was definitely not what I wanted (and FWIW, I bounced back from my homebirth ridiculously quickly and was a rocking a bikini within a few months).
Yes, the pain was intense but it showed me what I was capable of and was also a rite of passage into the most important role I've played in my life.
I realized after posting this yesterday that it seems like I'm throwing shade on your wife. That was not my intention.
I'm just frustrated with women getting the message that childbirth - something we have been doing forever - is too difficult for them.
It didn't bother me at all, I understood your point of view :)
Thank you 🙏