Mum-of-two hits back at people who suggest C-section births are the easy way out

Australian mum Olivia White is so sick of people suggesting she took the easy way out by having a C-section, that she has hit back in a candid post.

Taking to her Instagram account, the mum of two girls, Annabelle and Theodora, shared a photo depicting the truth of a C-section.

 

Look I know it might not be my best angle (or is it?)  but who wouldn't take selfies hours post birth so they can see where they sliced you open and yanked out a whole person  (if you couldn't tell I still couldn't see past my still inflated uterus)  This is what you really look like a few hours post c-section  To anyone who thinks it's the easy way out, we'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'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'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! If you don'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'll feel as if you'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's ever had c section knows that you'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't change it! Because if it wasn'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 

A post shared by  OLIVIA WHITE  (@houseofwhite_) on May 11, 2017 at 3:07am PDT

The snap depicts what it's really like post birth, her six-inch scar stretching across her abdomen, Olivia describing it as: "A gutted shark who had the body parts of the surfer it ate retrieved!"

"That's then sewn back together with fishing wire while it feels like your vital organs are trying to escape," the mum added. 

 

A post shared by  OLIVIA WHITE  (@houseofwhite_) on Mar 27, 2017 at 3:26am PDT

And the mum perfectly describes the pain experienced postpartum, explaining: "If you don'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)."

But it was her next sentence that should resonate with each and every person, giving some food for thought.

 

A post shared by  OLIVIA WHITE  (@houseofwhite_) on May 14, 2017 at 3:50am PDT

"If it wasn't for the ability to deliver my babies this way, they might not be here today."

We feel it's important for people to note that every birth is different, once the baby is happy and healthy that's all that truly matters.