Women with kids, what was your birthing experience like and the healing process after?

How fast did you give birth? Would you say it was traumatic? Was it very painful? How long did it take to heal after? Was sex hard after? What was your overall experience and would you do it over again?
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  • I had a 14 hour labour and pushed for two hours ( although it felt like 10 minutes)
    Labour contractions make you want to crawl out of your own body. Pushing is both easy and frustrating. The urge to push is overwhelming, there is nothing you can do to stop yourself.
    For me, she was stuck in an awkward position and every time I pushed, it would move her, but then she would move straight back and I genuinely thought I wouldn’t have the energy to get her out. After that point, it felt like she was here in no time.
    I didn’t have sex for 8 months after because I was single when I had her, and then I met my boyfriend. The only thing strange about us having sex the first few times was needing to keep my bra on, because when you have milk, it can be messy.
    Absolutely, I would do it again. My boyfriend wants kids, so it has been on my mind.

  • I've had two.
    Contractions are the worst bit. I was in "prelabour" for nearly two weeks with my youngest. The actual pushing was less than an hour for both of mine. I had to have surgery to remove placenta both times. Up to 6 weeks to allow bleeding to stop and sex was fine after.
    I only intended on one but birth control failed. Worst part is the baby blues or if unlucky like me, post natal depression. It fucking sucks.

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  • Labor was the hard part. They were all 12-15 hours long. Mostly natural, got epidural at the end with 2 of them. Pushing is the easy part since I just wait till the baby wants to come out on its own. Sex after I waited about 2-3 weeks and it hurt like losing my virginity again everytime since it heals so tightly but after the first time it felt normal again.