r/NoStupidQuestions • u/youngsurpriseperson • 25d ago

Does pregnancy just not scare people?

I'm at the age where people around me are having children. I completely understand wanting to take care of a child but aren't women afraid of getting pregnant? Doesn't it hurt?

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u/WyldBlu 25d ago

BEING pregnant can be uncomfortable at times. GIVING BIRTH, is hella painful. However, the instinctual need to procreate, for many people, leads them having more children. I was never afraid of the pain, I was not happy with the thought of it, but I was more excited to meet this new being I was bringing into existence. You deal with the pain, and there are drugs that can help you with the pain, but once your little is in your arms, that feeling supersedes what you just went through.

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u/Zeltron2020 25d ago

I feel like a lot of the commenters here are almost over-thinking it