This Blogger Proved C-Sections Are NOT the Easy Way Out With 1 Viral Photo

Source: Instagram

White displayed the “6 inch gash in [her] abdomen" that looked "like a gutted shark who had the body parts of the surfer it ate retrieved” in the selfie, which she initially took to view the scar herself. You know, since she “couldn’t see past [her] still inflamed uterus.”

And in case showing the scar wasn't enough to prove c-sections are no joke, White went further to describe the (pretty painful) experience. She said the sensation she experienced after the anesthesia wore off wasn’t much more enjoyable than the “feels like your vital organs are trying to escape.’” And the feeling she endured while being sewn back up? White wrote: “It’s like you’ve been hit by a bus which then backed over you just to make sure it didn’t miss you the first time."

In the hundreds of comments that White’s post garnered, many women thanked her and offered up tales of their own c-sections. Several recalled the feelings of guilt they experienced after receiving negative comments after their deliveries.

In 2017, about 32% of babies in the United States were born by C-section. C-sections are often required when delivering a baby vaginally would risk the life of either the mother or the baby. If these statistics, and White’s photo and graphic description, aren’t enough to adjust the attitudes of naysayers, then it’s difficult to imagine anything that would.

In spite of all the pain associated with the grueling experience, White could definitively say it was worth it.

“But for all the skin tight Kookai dresses I bought while pregnant that now make me look like I have a kangaroo pouch – I wouldn’t change it!," she said. "Because if it wasn’t for the ability to deliver my babies this way, they might not be here.”