Nobody tells you that it takes a couple days for you to actually make milk out of those suckers or that the first few weeks of breastfeeding can be just as painful as the
actual act of giving birth.
For example, in discussing the virginity of Mary in
the act of giving birth, Fr Flader cites additional texts explaining the more specific point of how «Jesus could pass through the virginal body of his mother without rupturing it» (p114).
you know in my ancestors society
the act of giving birth was so divine that it gave women the right to rule over our every day life.
So much emphasis is placed on the pregnancy, and then on the newborn, that
the act of giving birth is left without enough time given to learn about and prepare for it.
Pregnant persons are often bullied by doctors and hospital staff; they might go into labor at an unexpected time, weeks before they're due; their birth plan might change so drastically
the act of giving birth isn't beautiful, but essentially horrific.
The act of giving birth does not make one «sick».
Most health practitioners and the general public describe
the act of giving birth as labor and delivery or childbirth.
It has also been defined as the time or
act of giving birth.
Sometimes,
the act of giving birth can be a painful reminder of traumatic events that have occurred earlier in their lives leaving them feeling powerless and victimized.
Of course the process of carrying a growing baby for 9 (plus) months INSIDE of your body, followed by
the act of giving birth, and then carrying the baby (and then toddler... And then preschooler... And sometimes even a first grader...) can definitely strain the pelvic floor and is one of the primary contributors to prolapse.