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<p>Mother-of-two Olivia White has had it UP TO HERE with people <a href="https://www.someecards.com/parenting/pregnancy/jodie-shaw-mother-c-section-scar/">criticizing women</a> who give birth via c-section, calling it the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/parenting/moms/mom-writes-letter-c-section-not-the-easy-way-out/">&quot;easy way out&quot;</a> and downplaying their experience as <a href="https://www.someecards.com/parenting/moms/photographer-mom-c-section-birth/">&quot;not birth.&quot;</a> (People really say these things!!!)</p><p>So after giving birth to her second child last week, via c-section, she shared this selfie on Instagram to make an important point:</p><oembed>https://www.instagram.com/p/BT8rfsilGIg/</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>In the caption, she explained her decision to take a selfie hours after giving birth &quot;so they can see where they sliced you open and yanked out a whole person.&quot;</p><p>She then describes what having a c-section was REALLY like, in hilarious, graphic, emoji-laden detail. It turns out, there&#39;s nothing &quot;easy&quot; about it.</p><p>She wrote:</p><blockquote> <p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">To anyone who thinks it&#39;s the easy way out, we&#39;ll try having a 6 inch gash in your abdomen like a gutted shark who had the body parts of the surfer it ate retrieved! That&#39;s then sewn back together with fishing wire while it feels like your vital organs are trying to escape! I mean sure, everything is ? and ? till the spinal wears off! After that it&#39;s like you&#39;ve been hit by a bus which then backed over you just to make sure it didn&#39;t miss you the first time! If you don&#39;t time the </span>Endone<span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> exactly before the previous lot wore off then you will most certainly know you are alive (while wishing you were dead) ☠️ and worst of all you&#39;ll feel as if you&#39;ll spend your entire life wearing </span>nanna<span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> knickers up around your waist because the thought of anything settling in the canyon between your gut and pubic region is the stuff nightmares are made of. Anyone who&#39;s ever had c section knows that you&#39;ll forever be </span>dependant<span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> on your friends Nancy, Dr 90210 and </span>Spanx<span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> because you cannot for the life of you get rise of the ditch that is left by the scar. But for all the skin tight </span>Kookai<span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> dresses I bought while pregnant that now make me look like I have a Kangaroo pouch - I wouldn&#39;t change it! Because if it wasn&#39;t for the ability to deliver my babies this way they might not be here today plus I recon getting cut from A to B sounds way worse.</span></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>She&#39;s getting a lot of love in the comments from other moms who&#39;ve had c-sections sharing similar stories:</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" height="343" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-128stN.png" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" height="350" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-yCfvuG.png" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" height="190" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-fmkkxY.png" width="700" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Not only is a c-section not the &quot;easy way out,&quot; it&#39;s also not an uncommon way out. According to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/delivery.htm" target="_blank">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>, nearly 1.3 million women in the US give birth via c-section each year, making up about 32% of all births.</p><p>Whether a woman delivers her baby vaginally or via c-section, let&#39;s all agree that creating a human in your body is some punk rock shit.</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://giphy.com/embed/26xBtR4Iu34KW60bC" width="480"></iframe> <p><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/comedycentralstandup-26xBtR4Iu34KW60bC">via GIPHY</a></p> </div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Mom's graphic, hilarious c-section selfie goes viral because it's not 'the easy way out.'

Mother-of-two Olivia White has had it UP TO HERE with people criticizing women who give birth via c-section, calling it the &quot;easy way out&quot; and downplaying their experience as &quot;not birth.&quot; (People really say these things!!!)So after giving birth to her second child last week, via c-section, she shared this selfie on Instagram to make an important point:https://www.instagram.com/p/BT8rfsilGIg/In the caption, she explained her decision to take a selfie hours after giving birth &quot;so they can see where they sliced you open and yanked out a whole person.&quot;She then describes what having a c-section was REALLY like, in hilarious, graphic, emoji-laden detail. It turns out, there&#39;s nothing &quot;easy&quot; about it.She wrote: To anyone who thinks it&#39;s the easy way out, we&#39;ll try having a 6 inch gash in your abdomen like a gutted shark who had the body parts of the surfer it ate retrieved! That&#39;s then sewn back together with fishing wire while it feels like your vital organs are trying to escape! I mean sure, everything is ? and ? till the spinal wears off! After that it&#39;s like you&#39;ve been hit by a bus which then backed over you just to make sure it didn&#39;t miss you the first time! If you don&#39;t time the Endone exactly before the previous lot wore off then you will most certainly know you are alive (while wishing you were dead) ☠️ and worst of all you&#39;ll feel as if you&#39;ll spend your entire life wearing nanna knickers up around your waist because the thought of anything settling in the canyon between your gut and pubic region is the stuff nightmares are made of. Anyone who&#39;s ever had c section knows that you&#39;ll forever be dependant on your friends Nancy, Dr 90210 and Spanx because you cannot for the life of you get rise of the ditch that is left by the scar. 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&#39;t change it! Because if it wasn&#39;t for the ability to deliver my babies this way they might not be here today plus I recon getting cut from A to B sounds way worse. She&#39;s getting a lot of love in the comments from other moms who&#39;ve had c-sections sharing similar stories:      Not only is a c-section not the &quot;easy way out,&quot; it&#39;s also not an uncommon way out. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 1.3 million women in the US give birth via c-section each year, making up about 32% of all births.Whether a woman delivers her baby vaginally or via c-section, let&#39;s all agree that creating a human in your body is some punk rock shit. via GIPHY 

Mother-of-two Olivia White has had it UP TO HERE with people criticizing women who give birth via c-section, calling it the &quot;easy way out&quot; and downplaying their experience as &quot;not birth.&quot; (People really say these...