Thread by @GZzyzyx

Natural (unmedicated) #birth
feels like weighted squats
at the gym for 12 hours.
#PainlessBirth
Its exhausting and drones on and its uncomfortable, and you’re hungry and thirsty. Its a marathon. But u don’t feel pain until the next day.
#neuroscience
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

I was able to achieve this maybe for a couple reasons:
Before #pregnancy I was fit AF.
Exercise was not painful.

At all.

Exercise changes pain reception.
Athletes feel LESS PAIN.
And the uterus is
just a GIANT muscle
which needs extra oxygen.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30379385/

IF YOU FAIL TO BREATHE
while exercising,
YOUR MUSCLES HURT.
This isn’t bc exercise hurts.
Its bc lactic acid builds up around your tissues and without excreting muscle cell wastes,
the body feels pain.

I have a hypothesis,
and I need help.
#athletes #buff #workoutmotivation

I want to talk to #athletic women about their birth experiences.

If you know any #moms who had sick pack abs before #pregnancy, can you send them my way? I wanna ask them about their uterus muscle contractions.
How they felt, how they breathed. #birth #momlife

This needs to be on this thread too
hgi.org.uk/resources/delv…
Birth is a psychological transformation. Fear of stretching out the vagina can prevent the brain shutting down. Talking prevents breathing, which causes pain. Expectations of pain, cause more pain, ability to let go, etc

Your subconscious mind
is the one giving #birth.