damn being a woman and a mother is not for the weak
crippling periods monthly because you aren’t pregnant
then you get pregnant and crippling nausea and headaches plague you
when the headaches and nausea subside, your back, hips, and ribs hurt and you have trouble sleeping. on top of not really sleeping you also you need to get up throughout the night to pee a few times. getting up out of bed with your heavy belly takes the breath out of you every time
then labor + delivery. can’t speak on that yet but it looks horrendous
afterbirth healing and postpartum depression while caring for a baby that needs to be fed every three hours. i hear breastfeeding is not easy either
and then when the newborn stage is over, you have a whole child to raise and protect. constant worrying. constant fear of outside influences and nefarious people messing with your child and it doesn’t stop when they turn 18. you worry about them until you die