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dudes in general are hideously ignorant abt pregnancy, self included we tend to think it's like 9mo of sick leave, you get a bit hungrier & your back hurts a bit, then you have the equivalent of an extra-big shit that's like thinking we know war because we played Call of Duty https://t.co/RLeKgWr8yp
pregnancy was literally a leading cause of death for women for 1000s of years, and 830 women still die from it every day https://t.co/6kcefSOXbt it's literally having a living parasite inside your body. EVERYTHING gets disrupted. hormones. bladder. digestion. sweat. discharge https://t.co/ADEF0oRqXS
Your mum risked her life and put her body through serious trauma have you, your dad risked nothing. Again, just facts. Your dad might be the nice one and your mum might be an asshole but facts are facts 😂 https://t.co/dCGrtagcyK
Imagine if like, due to some ancient curse, one in a thousand dudes just drop dead after sex. Imagine if, after successful insemination, your balls start swelling 10x their size, and then if you‘re the lucky lottery winner, they explode https://t.co/TdZQ75O4EE
Respect mothers’ wishes https://t.co/IQ7ylaeR3g
You have no idea what mothers or mothers-to-be have been through https://t.co/rSxvPbEVWs
“Cells from the invading placenta digest their way through the endometrial surface, puncturing the mother’s arteries, swarming inside and remodelling them to suit the foetus.” https://t.co/RF5L2IOt5i