What does giving birth feel like? Does giving birth hurt? After years of censoring the truth, it’s time to talk more openly about the realities of childbirth and new motherhood.

What does giving birth feel like? Does giving birth hurt? After years of censoring the truth, itu2019s time to talk more openly about the realities of childbirth and new motherhood.

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“Does giving birth hurt? We need to be honest about childbirth”

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How painful is giving birth? “She told me the truth about her birth - she was in therapy due to the emotional and physical trauma it had left her with”

According to the NCT, nearly half of women with postnatal depression are not identified as having the condition

Giving birth: It’s time we talked more honestly about pain

Eight out the nine women in my NCT class went on to have an instrumental delivery or an emergency Caesarean

Many of the other mums I spoke to felt cheated, and lied to, and patronised

Censoring ‘bad’ birth stories is not a way of protecting us. It is simply another way in which women are silenced

“Censoring ‘bad’ birth stories is simply another way in which women are silenced.”

“Why it’s time to start talking more honestly about giving birth”